*Everyday Chatter

See what the East Village streets were like in 1993. [EVG]

Billy's Antiques adds a farm stand. [BB]

Shepard Fairey releases spray-can man collectible toys. [LM]

What's great about America? Ray's Candy. [EVG]

American Dream is "elusive"...for adult children who live at home yet turn down $40,000 jobs. “My parents are subtly pointing out that beyond room and board, they are also paying other expenses for me, like my cellphone charges.” [NYT]

Zelig Blumenthal's move to Brooklyn as his LES landlord gets too tight. [TLD]

BP lives like a troll in Queens. [Restless]

So, the controversial TGI Friday's in Union Square--it's already doing a brisk business, packed upstairs and down with New Yorkers who inexplicably say to themselves and their friends: Hey, I worked hard today, I deserve some Sesame Jack Chicken Strips washed down with a coupla Pink Punk Cosmos, and there's no better place in the whole darn city than Friday's!

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