By Wm Patrick Cranley
Saying a prayer for Rendezvous (and other food news)
Closing Dish: Although we haven't ventured out into the heat to check with our own eyes, we did hear from a very credible source that, at least for the 12 minutes he was standing in front of the place, Rendezvous Cafe appears closed for business. Apparently, all the lights were out and a sign written in Chinese had been placed on the locked doors.
Kanye West, Gnarls Barkley and ... the Super Voice Girls?
While the rest of the world is wondering how George W. Bush will further fuck up Iraq and where Becks and Posh are going to settle in L.A., we came across a report about a concert event in Las Vegas:
A US$250 way around Shanghai's internet clusterf*ck
We simply got tired of waiting for the optical cable guy to arrive. We also started experiencing the internet withdrawal shakes had some research to do. A man can only organize his Gmail inbox so many times. So we laid down some cash and got things working again. Here's how.
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
There's a whole wide world out there, and here's the proof:

