Pervaiz Shallwani
Contributor, Wall Street Journal
- Business and Finance, Metro New York
- Brooklyn, New York
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Journalist & taco lover. Write for The Wall Street Journal. One-time co-host of the #NYChowReport. RTs ≠ endorsements. Opinions: Just me. PervaizShallwani.com
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RT @powellnyt: Googa-what? Curious Cost/Benefit Analysis of Privatizing Prospect Park and ruining grass. My GothamExtra: http://t.co/0bqmak…
A Curious Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Park Fund-Raiser
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com — In 2004, I spoke with Adrian Benepe, who was then the parks commissioner, about the desire of hundreds of thousands of Americans to protest the Iraq War and the Bush administration by marching through the streets of our city for a rally at Central Park's Great Lawn. Mr. Benepe and Mayor Michael R.
@atossaaraxia oh, I hear ya. Not my cup of tea either but far from what's ruining Brookyln.
So far @googamooga tame, but $12 for this empty plastic glass! A small pour of the "best wine in… instagram.com/p/Zbu0KyKnkf/
RT @Reuters: Shots fired at Cannes film festival, actors flee for cover reut.rs/12hKRcF pic.twitter.com/52Jk3GyKUJ
Shots fired at Cannes film festival, actors flee for cover
preview.reuters.com — CANNES, France - A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover.
Reuters: Shots fired at Cannes film ...
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RT @robertsietsema: Thanks to everyone for your good wishes, it almost makes getting shit-canned a pleasure!!!
RT @wcp: The $40 cocktail is gone, but not forgotten. is.gd/Ghlc7D
Azur Axes $40 Cocktail, Revamps Drink Menu
washingtoncitypaper.com — Apparently there is a limit to how much people will pay for a cocktail, and it is somewhere south of $40. Chef Frederik de Pue's new seafood spot Azur opened with a $40 cognac-based cocktail as well as several $20-plus drinks on it initial menu.
RT @andygreenwald: I am joking but the serious question remains: what's the point of the Village Voice if you silence all the voices in it?
Village Voice Fires Twenty-Year Veteran Restaurant Critic Robert Sietsema
newyork.grubstreet.com — Gawker reports that the embattled alt-weekly continued its ongoing series of brutal layoffs this morning by firing three of its most influential writers, New York legend Michael Musto, venerated theater critic Michael Feingold, and restaurant critic Robert Sietsema.
RT @Kwagstaff: Silver lining: Now another lucky publication gets to hire one of NY's best food writers, Robert Sietsema http://t.co/zI7QwP0…
'Bloodbath' Day at Village Voice: Musto, Sietsema, Feingold Out
gawker.com — Last week, top editors at the Village Voice resigned in protest when they learned that management wanted them to lay off several members of their already-decimated staff. This morning, those layoffs came down. They're not pretty. We hear that executives from the Voice's parent company flew in for today's massacre.Have a Story?
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