Polar Bear swim set for January 1 at 1pm, Ruby’s expected to be open

 Posted by Brian Hedden at 8:00 am  Coney Island, Events
Dec 232010
 

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club will take their annual New Year’s swim a little over a week from now, on Saturday, January 1, at 1pm. A little dip in the frozen pool sounds like a great way to manage that NYE hangover!

If you go, be sure to check out Ruby’s Bar & Grill, one of nine Boardwalk establishments to be served with eviction notices at the end of October. Despite the uninvitation from their landlord, Ruby’s plans to open for business at 10:30am.

Also, while you’re there, take a gander at the Shore Theater, the city’s newest landmark. And one of the few buildings in Coney Island that apparently won’t be torn down.

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Shrinkage Wrap

 Posted by Brian Hedden at 7:00 am  Blogwrap
Jan 042010
 

polar bear

(photo credit: Johnathaneric via Flickr)

That’s right, male Polar Bear swimmers. I went there. While you were showing off your misplaced sense of machismo in 34-degree water, I was enjoying a comfortable, climate-controlled subway-and-ferry ride to Staten Island.

I’m jealous. Really really really really really really jealous.

Because rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and Coney Island beats Staten Island. Always. It’s in the rules. Look ‘em up. (Besides – looks like fun.)

You can read all about the Polar Bear swim at Amusing The Zillion. Or on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 countless Flickr photosets. Update: Also, Lola Staar’s blog.

I expect I’ll be posting infrequently for the next week or two – in addition to recovering from vacation mode, I’m also hoping to work on some tweaks to the site in my spare time – for now, I present to you the new Monday edition of the formerly-Friday blogwrap.

  • Everything you ever wanted to know about the $500 million undertaking by the City DOT to renovate the bridges of the Belt Parkway. (GerritsenBeach.net)
  • Word that the body of the Bensonhurst teen found in Greenwood Heights on Christmas eve was dumped the night before, then moved four hours later. (Kudos to Sunset Park Chronicled for mining that from the Spanish-language El Diario de la Prensa)
  • The Village Voice interviews Dick Zigun, Coney Island’s All-Everything cheerleader. “I (interviewer Robert Schaffer) asked Zigun what he thinks of the new plans for the old neighborhood. His response was mixed, but leaning toward the optimistic.” Yeah… aren’t we all. (Village Voice)

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