SOUP TO NUTS: Enjoy Some Nutty Bits Before Halloween!

October 26, 2008 by David Donnell
Filed under All Nuts

Late breaking bits of New York nuttiness!… All the nuts that’s fit to print… Odds and ends our Nuts in NY interns might not have time to investigate fully… But don’t miss these… Hot off the press from New York City… Sometimes weird, often wacky… And remember don’t be shy about clicking here to share your own nutty bits with the rest of the class…

A MORE APPEALING CHOKING VICTIM POSTER

Most people are familiar enough with the standard, required Choking Victim poster which hangs in most restaurants around town, informing us how to save such a victim using the Heimlich maneuver. Well here’s an alternative version:

This version hangs in Porchetta in the East Village. According to Slashfood, it was designed by Alex Holden for a Cuban-themed bar, because they couldn’t deal with the standard version. He had this extra copy, which he passed on to Porchetta.

Source: Slashfood
Photo credit: Joe DiStefano

A LESSON FROM SNL ON THE STATE OF COMEDY

Somewhere in NYC, Carla Thompson teaches something, but I’m not sure what or where. Anyway, the following, which reportedly happened to her in her classroom the other day, is the kind of thing that can happen to a New Yorker at some point:

Last Friday, sick as mangy dog, I hauled myself into class to teach… Just as I was about to sit…one of my students burst into the room, talking mile a minute about Saturday Night Live and…could they come in and shoot…

SNL’s Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg, dressed as a Rasta Man and singing…sat among the students as they pretended to take a test. They even got into the act a bit “singing” a few words and waving their arms… [I]t aired on Saturday Night Live. I am happy for my students, but I am so sad for the state of comedy.

Source: Carla Thompson’s The Ride
Photo credit: James Dittiger/Paramount Pictures

UPPER EAST SIDE RECESSION: BOTOX, VACATIONS, HAIR COLOR AND DOGGY BAGS

Former Cosmopolitan Magazine senior editor Betsy Perry, now NYC’s Commissioner for Women’s Issues, brings us this heart-wrenching tale of upscale economizing from the Upper East Side:

I was part of a conversation at Settemezzo about what one might give up first in hard times — Botox or a vacation. The vacation was first to go… There’s still a lot of Upper East Side streaked blond hair, but I’m now into the trashy rock star look myself with lots of roots thanks to my color wizard Frank Friscioni at Madison Avenue’s Oscar Blandi salon.

Betsy Perry

While I never pay less than $250 for a half head of streaks, I’m still saving since I gave up the perfect blond look which needed $100 touch ups every two weeks. Frank confided that even his laid off Goldman Sachs clients — men and women — aren’t giving up hair color. What he does hear is economizing in other areas including taking doggy bags home with unfinished dinners to be recycled for next day’s lunch…