Email Author Jen Doll

2012 Stories by Jen Doll

• An Opossum Took the D Train the Other Day

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Add this to your list of animals, exotic and banal, from turtle to rat to chicken to pigeon to naked human, sighted on the subway: the New York Times reports that an opossum was noted aboard a D train... More >>

• RentStuff.com Wants to Become the 'eBay Meets Facebook' of the NYC Rental Market

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Most New Yorkers are pretty O.K. about renting things, at least when it comes to our living spaces. As for those living spaces, we're pretty resigned to them being on the small side -- so small that w... More >>

• More Idiots Than Ever Are Being Injured by Walking With Headphones

  published Jan 17, 2012

  The latest in things that your mom and probably Mayor Bloomberg have been telling you are bad for you for ages (though of course you've failed to adhere to their recommendations to stop doing them) is... More >>

• Olek Opens Her First Solo Show in London, Complete with Crocheted Text Messages

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Olek, New York City's most popular crochet artist and a personal favorite of Runnin' Scared, has been abroad for the last few months, and she's just announced her first UK solo exhibit, "I do not expe... More >>

• A Baby Was Born on a PATH Train Yesterday

  published Jan 17, 2012

  A baby boy was born on a PATH train en route to Manhattan yesterday, allowing for all sorts of hilarious "express train" jokes from the dailies. Rabita Sarkar and her husband, Aditya Saurabh, New Jers... More >>

• Andrew Hyde, the Guy Who Only Owned 15 Things, Has Upsized

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Imagine minimizing your life to the extent that you have but 15 items in your possession -- and none of them, not a one, is a $65 Dave Eggers shower curtain! We're talking about the very efficient sho... More >>

• Wind Blew a Billboard Down on the BQE Today

  published Jan 13, 2012

  It's windy out there, be careful! So windy that on the way into work we almost blew across the street. So windy that a billboard on the BQE between Meeker and Metropolitan plummeted 200 feet to the gr... More >>

• Get Your At-Home Cocaine Test at the Williamsburg Duane Reade

  published Jan 13, 2012

  File this under "good to know." Should you be wandering about Williamsburg on your way to your appointment to pee in a cup and get approval for your new job with the CIA, or for your court appointed b... More >>

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  Paraskevidekatriaphobia Sufferers Are Having a Bad Year

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Today is a day that strikes fear in the hearts of some and general amusement or even glad tidings in the hearts of stauncher types. It is Friday the 13th. If you are one of the terrified, you suffer f... More >>

• Words With Friends Saved a Life

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Remember all the hubbub when poor Alec Baldwin was so rudely interrupted while playing Words With Friends by a meanie-mean flight attendent, and then hauled off the plane, to the media's amusementr He... More >>

• Broadway Heir Accused of Pulling Hair

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Theater people are just like us, prone to childish foibles and the occasional bad decision. For instance, take Eric Nederlander, of those Nederlanders, you know, the Broadway ones, and former husband ... More >>

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  The TSA Has $400,000 of America's Hard-Earned Spare Change in Its Clutches

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Have a bunch of spare change that you've left in your drawer or in a bag under your bed, waiting for that rainy day (or a clear, sunny day, because that would be better for transportation purposes) in... More >>

• How Long Must We Wait With Bated Breath for Michelle Obama to Tweet Something Excitingr

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Guess who's on Twitter, now!r Yeah, you, me, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rupert Murdoch, that guy we broke up with 100 years ago who still insists on creeping into our everyday virtual reality, and, yes... More >>

• The Hot New Downtown Trend Is Babies

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Once upon a time, hip, taste-making Manhattanites in the know would trek to Brooklyn to propagate the species with relatively more space and sometimes even backyards in which to park their Maclarens. ... More >>

• Car Plunges Into Hudson River Off West Side Highway [Updated]

  published Jan 12, 2012

  A car plunged into the Hudson River off of the West Side Highway earlier this morning, according to reports. The FDNY confirms the incident and says the call came in at 10:05 a.m. -- the vehicle went ... More >>

• Presenting 'Shit Nobody Says,' the Inevitable Conclusion to the Shit Says Meme

  published Jan 12, 2012

  The meme of the moment has turned on itself, eating its own shit tail, if you will. Here, from Tripp Crosby, Tyler Stanton, and others who could be co-opted into the making of this video, are "Phrases... More >>

• Following Private Patti Smith Concert for Developers, a Flash Mob Is Planned at the Chelsea Hotel in Support of Tenants [Updated]

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Last night Patti Smith was at the beleaguered Chelsea Hotel, playing what appears to have been a new-hotel-management-planned event to which tenants were not invited, but the architect and others were... More >>

• Nevermind, People, Mayor Bloomberg Doesn't Want to Take Away Your Booze

  published Jan 11, 2012

  After a massive fervor must have ensued (we're guessing that liquor businesses, like liquor patrons, can be quite vocal) following the New York Post's story on the Health Department's possible plan to... More >>

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  Hawk-Naming Scandal Hits the New York Times

  published Jan 11, 2012

  The New York Times has been very much involved in the life and times of the red-tailed hawks at Washington Square Park (a watch sadly marred by the recent death of poor Violet, mother hawk to Pip). Me... More >>

• Woman Who Jumped from Williamsburg Bridge Identified, Expected to Survive

  published Jan 11, 2012

  There's a bit of news to follow up to yesterday's breaking story that a woman had jumped from the Williamsburg Bridge and landed, 20 to 30 feet below, and alive, on the windshield of an NYPD cop's Hon... More >>

• Yes, You Can Pray on the Subway. Sort of.

  published Jan 11, 2012

  As recently sighted by Alex Aizenberg on the R train between the Atlantic and Union Street stops in Brooklyn, the above, added in magic marker to a posted sign, is an exhortation to pray on the subway... More >>

• Mike Bloomberg Is Out to 'Fix' Our Drinking Problem

  published Jan 11, 2012

  You know how our dear Mayor Bloomberg went after our soda-chugging habit, and how, on the occasion, we enjoy delicious trans-fat-full French fries, and how much salt is in our foodr He also made us st... More >>

• Smoking Pot Occasionally Won't Hurt Your Lungs, May Make You Better at Lung Tests

  published Jan 10, 2012

  According to a new paper released by the Journal of the American Medical Association, contrary to the beliefs of some, smoking pot is actually cool, healthwise, so long as you do it in moderation. Mod... More >>

• A Woman Just Jumped Off the Williamsburg Bridge [Updated]

  published Jan 10, 2012

  According to a tipster, a woman has just jumped off the Williamsburg Bridge, landing on an vehicle parked on Pitt Street, at Delancey. Our tipster says, "She fell onto the windshield of an SUV on Pitt... More >>

• Search Effort Unfolds for Ian Burnet, 22, Who Went Missing in NYC on December 30

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Friends and family members of Ian Hunter Burnet, a 22-year-old engineering student at Virginia Commonwealth University, have launched a massive effort to locate him after he disappeared on December 30... More >>