When the Cheng sisters went off to college, their Taiwanese mother made batches of the dumplings they’d grown up on, froze them, and shipped them to her daughters in coolers.
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About Rachel Lapidos
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Jenny Slate’s Breakup Jeans Come to Williamsburg as Courtshop Opens
Bedford Avenue was abuzz last night with the opening of Courtshop, a New York-based women’s clothing brand specializing in skin-tight denim, tops, overalls and accessories.
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This Subway Busker Might Have Made More Than You Did Last Month
Jesse Cohen performs in the subway (Photo: Brett Murphy/Buskrs
The money doubles if Jesse gets to work at 7 a.m. instead of 8. Amidst the blur of subway commuters, he goes to the right spot on the platform, pulls out his guitar, and starts singing. Heads start to turn. Some change and some dollar bills fall into his guitar case. Today his office is the Bergen station of the G train. Park Slope has the best paying crowds, but the Bedford and Metropolitan stops – near his home in Greenpoint – are better on weekends.
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