*Everyday Chatter

The Times visits the virtual Chelsea Hotel, too--maybe we should have a virtual party. Meet you there? [NYT]

At decadent yunnie brunches, what can you do with $90,000 worth of Dom Perignon? Spray it on "the biggest show offs in NYC." [GofG via Curbed]

Avenue B "NIMBYs" win battle against a crowded, noisy bar. [Eater]

Beloved, quirky New York Doll Hospital to close after death of owner, Irving Chais. [NYT]

Irving Chais, by NY_Doll, flickr pool

Landmarking a little street in Williamsburg that Henry Miller called: “The ideal street for a boy, a lover, a maniac, a drunkard, a crook, a lecher, a thug, an astronomer, a musician, a poet, a tailor, a shoemaker, a politician.” Or, you know, a condo. [NYT]

Celebs complain about having to live near meatpacking plants--in the Meatpacking District. [EVG]

"On the Bowery we’ll be a little French," says Boulud of his ill-named DBGB. [TONY]

When calamity separates people from their shoes at the cobbler shop. [NYT]

After Nic Cage movie "ravages Chinatown," it nearly kills people in Times Square. [Gothamist]

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