Elaine’s, a venerable restaurant on New York City’s upper East Side, is closing in nine days after being open for 48 years. Elaine’s, in its heyday, was a hotspot place to be seen. Woody Allen played his clarinet there. Authors celebrated their books there. Celebrities went there to be seen. Elaine Kaufman — the “Elaine” in Elaine’s — died six months ago and now her namesake restaurant is following her to the grave.
The Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska has been streaming live Blues music into the world since 1973.
If you aren’t texting the questions in your life to “GOOGLE” (466-453) on your iPhone, or other smart phone, then you aren’t really living an untethered life. GOOGLE SMS is a free service — though other carrier charges may apply to your SMS phone plan — that instantly answers your questions and helps you win arguments and wager bar bets. As you can see in the shot below, I was able to get an instant response from Google when I asked for “Weather Los Angeles.” I was not successful in getting Google to tell me Julie Chen’s age or what year Hawaii gained statehood.
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