Urban Place

Have only been in New Orleans (acually Metarie) for a couple of days. I’m getting board looking at TV at night, I’m looking for a night spot of an early 30’s upscale urban person. What’s a good place?

Sounds like you may need to keep movin on. New Orleans is the Big Easy, not the Big Pretentious. This isn’t Atlanta (thankfully). And all those places listed in the other post are nice, but they are purely "Butsie" (uptown, white, pretentious) hangouts, not at all urban. Maybe try Donna’s on St. Ann and Rampart, or Loraine’s on St. Claude. Really, the best spot for what you are looking for would be either Snug Harbor, Cafe Basil or the Blue Nile on Frenchman Street in the Faubourg (neighborhood) Marigny (just next to the French Quarter – please don’t say French Quater"s" – or, New Or-"leens," for that matter). New Orleans invested funk and still is. (The Funky Butt Saloon was a pre 1900 place where jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden played. The word "funky’ is African via Congo Square here in New Orleans and means "deliciously good.") Upscale is viewed as being in bad taste and very, "out-of-town." Just get funky, hang out, have fun and enjoy the Big Easy.

I read all these questionson yahoo answers, and a crap load of them are racist and soooo dumb.
I’m now assuming that the states is also much more racist. do you agree?

Know that i’m here, i waan crush some Canadian stereotypes.
-the first and most common one, the word, "eh". ! meet some american people and they think that’s all we say. but the fact is i know of no one who says that all the time. I hears americans say it just as much.

-Also, Canada is not always cold, it’s cold in winter and some of fall. This ones quite popular, I’ve heard it all the time that "Canada’s cold up there"

-We do not live in Igloos. That one must be a joke! I couldn’t believe people would think that. but, i know not all americans are dumb though.
we live in houses, apartments,condos, and mansions

-We have huge downtown urban areas.
i sometimes see Canada depicted on TV as this, country wilderness place with those mounty police.
in conclusion, what do you really think of Canada?
aha "curls" your friend says "eh" alot? lol
no problem "sexiidyme"
Yeah props to "crazy girl"!

I like Canada. I don’t live there, but I live near the border. I go to Toronto every so often. Up near the Arctic Circle it must be very cold, I don’t think many people live that up north. That might be the "wilderness". And for your first comment, eh.

How did tobacco impact the rural and urban environment in its place of origin (the Americas) and where it is transplanted (Europe)?

America is the cradle of tobacco. The indigenous population that lived in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans chewed or smoked tobacco in religious rituals. The sheet was planted across the continent and to trade with the settlers, soon spread to Europe. Fifty years after his arrival in the old world, is pipe smoking across the continent, which was a symbol of civilization.

Famous painters throughout Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth reproduced characters like kings, ministers and generals smoking or inhaling snuff.

Once in Europe, tobacco immediately and dramatically altered the context of the economic policy of governments, becoming the largest source of income from public coffers. Spain in the early seventeenth century, had great portion of the tobacco trade in Europe and tried to establish a monopoly on the continent, being contained by England and Holland, which for years dominated the imports and exports. These countries, with the American colonies, assured the transport of tobacco by its vessels charging hefty fees to other countries. Companies have become real powers like India Company and Virginia Company of England.

The name of nicotine, in turn, derives from Nicot. Jean Nicot, French diplomat and scholar, in 1560 introduced the tobacco to be placed in the nose to the French court. The tobacco plant, nicotiana, also has its name derived from Nicot.

Tobacco arrived in Italy in 1561 by Cardinal Prospero Santa Croce, which led seed provided by Nicot. Was grown in the Vatican and is called divine or holy herb. The pipe and snuff became popular in churches, which began to be smoky with so many smokers, including priests and priests. The situation reached a point so serious that Pope Urban VIII ordered excommunication for smokers.

From the eighteenth century, spread the habit of vacuuming snuff, who reigned for 200 years. With the universalization of smoking, other industries flourished. Many pipes were made of expensive materials. The nobles wore gold to tobacco studded with diamonds. The miniature jewelry industry, performed by well known artists, has developed rapidly. Some of the more affluent, used a tobacco per day, having hundreds of different types. The budget wedding of Marie Antoinette to Louis XVI, money consisted of 38,205 pounds for the purchase of tobacco. Napoleon, who restored the freedom of the plantation, manufacturing and trade of tobacco, include all the new ambassadors with a tobacco costing 5 billion to 15 billion francs, according to the size of the country. Who was not noble and had no money, used snuff deposed the back of the thumb of the hand, bent so that a triangular pit. In the books of anatomy is called the anatomical snuffbox.

The cigar and cigarette began to reign from the nineteenth century. His popularity among the wealthy symbolized high socioeconomic status.

The cigarette, however, had its expansion because it is more economical, more convenient to carry and use than the cigar or pipe. Paris was invaded by smoking in 1860. In the United States, there was explosion in the 1880s, when he invented a machine that produced two hundred units per minute. Soon, there were machines producing hundreds of millions per day. The first major global expansion was after the First World War, from 1914 to 1918. However, their distribution was almost in males. Among women, consumption grew after World War II, from 1950, with the development of advertising techniques.

The cigarette industry has consolidated from the end of the nineteenth century with the invention of the machine of manufacturing cigarettes in 1881. Between 1904 and 1947, the American tobacco companies have grown as or faster than cars, with the popular brands of cigarettes.

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Freeze puts bite on aid, resources

By DEBORAH CIRCELLI
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH — As volunteers stocked the pantry behind them, Nadine McLaurin sat with her 3-year-old daughter wondering where they will sleep the rest of the week.

The Daytona Beach mother was taking refuge inside the Halifax Urban Ministries offices as agency leaders worked with other groups in the area to find a more permanent solution for her, her daughter and 6-year-old son.

"We are very concerned about this young family," said the Rev. Troy Ray, the agency’s executive director. "Our primary focus is to try to find a positive, permanent solution for this family to be off the street."

McLaurin, 44, was one of more than 100 homeless people staying in cold weather and emergency shelter earlier this week and Tuesday night.

After staying at a Port Orange church Monday night, she was taken with other homeless people to a church in Deltona on Tuesday where she and her children would stay in a separate room.

Homeless advocates said it’s unusual to have a mother with children show up with other homeless individuals seeking shelter on cold nights. This is the first time it’s happened in the seven years Halifax Urban Ministries has been working with area churches to open when temperatures creep below 40 degrees, Ray said. The problem, he said, is there’s not enough existing shelter to help people long-term.

The STAR Family Center shelter on North and Segrave streets for families and people with medical issues is full, with two families added Tuesday and another today for a total of 84 people, including 48 children. Nine other families are on a wait list.

In McLaurin’s case, she’s no stranger to getting help. She was in the Family STAR Center shelter for six months in 2008 and went into public housing, but left before she was about to be evicted because she didn’t have money for rent, she said.

She’s had various jobs and in the past year has been "bouncing from house to house" of friends and family, including another 23-year-old daughter, who also recently helped care for the two children. She also had been in a domestic abuse shelter recently, she said.

McLaurin, who has five other grown children in New York and Florida, also has been on probation for issuing a worthless check. The father of one of her children is in prison for uttering a forged check, she said.

She said Tuesday while her daughter was playing on her lap with a toy and her 6-year-old son was in school that she’s trying to get back on her feet and is grateful to area agencies. Being on the streets, McLaurin said, "is not a good place to be worrying about where you will lay your head or where your next meal is going to come from."

McLaurin is unable to go back to the STAR center because it’s full, officials said, and also because the agency generally only lets people stay once for about six months or longer if they are making progress to get a job.

Meanwhile, the STAR center’s dining room area was opening as a cold weather shelter Tuesday night, along with two churches in Bunnell and Deltona. Two other churches, which have not been involved in the past, have offered to open today and later this week.

But Ray said a long-term solution is needed. His agency, he said, is taking over the STAR Family Center and is working with the local homeless coalition to get grants to expand long-term shelter services to 100 additional beds, which will include room for individuals. Ray also wants to see a day center there where people can stay during the day and have case managers to help with job placements.

Meanwhile, other agencies are also helping people because of the cold.

The Jewish Federation of Volusia-Flagler Counties had several people come forward to donate used and new jackets. But the director is worried about meeting the demand from people seeking assistance next month with high utility bills afterrunning their heat. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast helps with water and electric bills and propane, if needed, in addition to food and other help. Halifax Urban Ministries also helps with electric bills and will help provide people with propane gas.

The Council on Aging checked in the fall on its more than 4,000 clients ages 60 and over to ensure they have working heaters. The agency also sees its clients daily when delivering meals.

"We don’t wait until the difficult weather condition is upon us," said Gail Camputaro, executive director. "We check in the fall to make sure all are prepared for this kind of situation."

deborah.circelli@news-jrnl.com

There used to be government agencies that helped fill in these gaps in the social safety net. But supply-side, right-wing "Christians" got rid of them. These same "Christians" support the economic policies that cause these personal crises in the first place.

I’m visiting nyc this weekend, for shopping especially. I’ll be in manhattan, but I plan on going all around. I’m going to be hitting up urban outfitters and american apparel, but I’m not quite sure where else I should go. I guess you could say I have an "out there" trendy, alternative sense of style. Any locals or frequenters of the city have any suggestions for me?

Also, I plan on doing some touristy things why I’m there, like checking out the john lennon memorial and apartment building. What are some other neat attractions? Maybe art museums with really abstract art? Or really great places to grab a bite to eat?

Everything is appreciated, thanks!

May I recommend the following.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building
-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck
-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World")
-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area
-United Nations
-Central Park
-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)
-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the world)
-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)
-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets)
-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)
-MoMa
-Whitney Museum of American Art
-New Museum of Contemporary Art
-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum
-New York City Fire Museum
-New York City Police Museum
-Transit Museum
-The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
-The Bronx Museum of the Arts
-Brooklyn Museum
-Milk Gallery
-American Craft Museum
-Museum of American Folk Art
-Museum of the Moving Image
-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
-The Municipal Art Society
-Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
-The Studio Museum of Harlem
-The 9/11 Memorial Site Preview Center
-Jacques Marchais Tibetan Museum (only Tibetan museum in the USA)
-Alice Austen House (one of the first professional women photographers, many of her prints are on display, and her home had an absolutely unbelievable view of the harbor)
-Snug Harbor (nation’s first and only home for retired mariner, its now a museum complex)

Shopping

-Macy’s (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)
-Bloomingdale’s (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)
-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don’t max out you credit cards)
-FAO Schwarz
-Toys "R" Us in Times Square
-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)
-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can’t get on Fifth Avenue)
-NBA Store (for the basketball fan – 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)
-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)
-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street – Columbus Circle)
-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)
-M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)
-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)
-H&M
-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)
-forever 21
-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)
-Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)
-American Eagle Outfitters (4 locations in Manhattan)
-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)
-Manhattan Mall
-Queens Center Mall
-Queens Place Mall
-Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island)
-Fulton Street Mall
-Kings Plaza Mall
-Woodbury Common Premium Outlets
-Garden State Plaza
-The Westchester Mall
-Palisades Center Mall
-Westfield Sunrise Mall
-Green Acres Mall
-Jersey Gardens

Restaurants

In regards to place to eat in New York City. There are thousands of restaurants in the Five Boroughs of New York City. Depending on your taste, your budget and your preferred location, may I recommend the link below.

http://www.menupages.com/ — MenuPages.com is the one of the best website on the online. It included menus with prices, as well as restaurant reviews. Bon appetit!

I hope this information is very helpful.

Good luck
Native New Yorker

i heard about this on someone elses question called the hanging tree its a haunted place and urban legend i searched it but cant find it anywhere,
anyone know about it or site with info on it?

Well, the myth is quite a common one, even here in the UK, and the basic idea goes like this: some places or things become places of death, often in bizarre ways, and hanging trees are one of them. They are generally thought to be the trees popularly used by lynch mobs for hangings, or were used as official hanging sites, and the trees and the area around them have been haunted by death and violence ever since, sometimes in strange circumstances.

Im moving into an apartment next month, and there are NO green spaces, its an urban area, so there are no parks close by. I just got a maltese, and he is trained to do this business outside, in a cement area we have in our current house. But my new place does not allow dogs wandering around. The apartment has patios, but they are both ceramic tiles. And to make matters worst, it pours for 4 months straight where i live. (Its like living in a rain forest). So, i was about too give my pup to my mom, cuz she has a large back yard, but she has 2 HUGE dogs, so im kinda worried plus i dont wanna give him away . So im wondering if anyone has had experiences with litter boxes for dogs, i have googled some, but not completely sure about em, or if someone has any ideas THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! thnx! and sorry if its looong!!
btw, i used pee pee pads. they smell HORRIBLE, plus, he eats them!

i would leave with your mom because im pretty sure it wont like stayin in one place it might be bored and stuff

Im moving into an apartment next month, and there are NO green spaces, its an urban area, so there are no parks close by. I just got a maltese, and he is trained to do this business outside, in a cement area we have in our current house. But my new place does not allow dogs wandering around. The apartment has patios, but they are both ceramic tiles. And to make matters worst, it pours for 4 months straight where i live. (Its like living in a rain forest). So, i was about too give my pup to my mom, cuz she has a large back yard, but she has 2 HUGE dogs, so im kinda worried plus i dont wanna give him away . So im wondering if anyone has had experiences with litter boxes for dogs, i have googled some, but not completely sure about em, or if someone has any ideas THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! thnx! and sorry if its looong!!
btw, i used pee pee pads. they smell HORRIBLE, plus, he eats them!

i would leave with your mom because im pretty sure it wont like stayin in one place it might be bored and stuff

Im moving into an apartment next month, and there are NO green spaces, its an urban area, so there are no parks close by. I just got a maltese, and he is trained to do this business outside, in a cement area we have in our current house. But my new place does not allow dogs wandering around. The apartment has patios, but they are both ceramic tiles. And to make matters worst, it pours for 4 months straight where i live. (Its like living in a rain forest). So, i was about too give my pup to my mom, cuz she has a large back yard, but she has 2 HUGE dogs, so im kinda worried plus i dont wanna give him away . So im wondering if anyone has had experiences with litter boxes for dogs, i have googled some, but not completely sure about em, or if someone has any ideas THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! thnx! and sorry if its looong!!
btw, i used pee pee pads. they smell HORRIBLE, plus, he eats them!

i would leave with your mom because im pretty sure it wont like stayin in one place it might be bored and stuff

Im moving into an apartment next month, and there are NO green spaces, its an urban area, so there are no parks close by. I just got a maltese, and he is trained to do this business outside, in a cement area we have in our current house. But my new place does not allow dogs wandering around. The apartment has patios, but they are both ceramic tiles. And to make matters worst, it pours for 4 months straight where i live. (Its like living in a rain forest). So, i was about too give my pup to my mom, cuz she has a large back yard, but she has 2 HUGE dogs, so im kinda worried plus i dont wanna give him away . So im wondering if anyone has had experiences with litter boxes for dogs, i have googled some, but not completely sure about em, or if someone has any ideas THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! thnx! and sorry if its looong!!
btw, i used pee pee pads. they smell HORRIBLE, plus, he eats them!

i would leave with your mom because im pretty sure it wont like stayin in one place it might be bored and stuff