A hot dog shaped food cart as a cargo bike
Is this my new dream cargo bike?
This is pretty nuts and I love it! I first saw a photo of this on Bluesky and instantly wanted to know more. It turns out this beautiful hot dog shaped bicycle vending machine is made by a company called ETO Foodcarts.
They specialize in highly customizable deployable food carts that can be as standard as you want or as unique as they come — hence this hot dog bicycle. It looks like so far only one of these were made and it went to a vendor in Los Angeles.
ETO Foodcarts also made a similar version of this hot dog food service cart as a towable trailer. The trailer features much of the same shape as this bicycle version shown here.
Stimulation Clicker revisited
I won the Stimulation Clicker game.
I had some downtime yesterday and decided to play Neal’s Stimulation Clicker browser game to the very, very end.
It took some time, and in the end I was way overstimulated, but the effort was well worth it. Yes, you too can get your game to look like the image here in this post!
A New York Friend BOOTLEG beanies
A New York Friend beanies are now available for $35.
A NEW YORK FRIEND has released some official “BOOTLEG” beanies just in time for the cold snap coming to NYC.
This release is limited and available for $35 local NYC only. Email studio@anewyorkfriend.com for details! More releases to come!
The narrowest escalator in New York
This is the narrowest escalator in NYC!
Escalator at 10 Rockefeller Plaza
Have you ever wondered where the skinniest escalator is in NYC? An escalator that literally has no room to pass on either side? An escalator that is only able to accommodate a single-file line of passengers? Wouldn’t you love to see and ride one just like this?
10 Rockefeller Plaza
Well, you’re in luck because if you pass through Rockefeller Plaza between W 48th St and W 49th St (at 10 Rockefeller Plaza), through a set of glass doors lies the narrowest escalator in all of NYC. This escalator leads up to the street level from the Rockefeller Center Plaza dining and shopping center below ground. If you aren’t in the mood to eat or shop and just want to ride this escalator, you can enter the building at 10 Rockefeller Plaza and walk down the large spiral staircase and then take the escalator back up. There is a security person here at all hours but honestly, they don’t mind since the lobby here is adorned with a beautiful wrap-around mural by Lakela Brown.
The last Blockbuster in Philadelphia
The last Blockbuster sign in Philadelphia still exists.
If you keep your eyes up while traveling through West Philadelphia, you might catch a glimpse of a remnant of entertainment past.
Located at South 24th St and West Passyunk Ave is a 78-foot high Blockbuster sign that has been there since the closure of all Blockbuster locations way back in 2014. Today, the former Blockbuster store is a CK Real Beauty, but the Blockbuster sign remains, towering over the neighborhood like a watchful eye.
For whatever reason, the sign has never been taken down and you can drive by and see it today!
Professional pogo stickers at famous NYC skate spots
Street pogo stickers in NYC!
I had no idea pogo stickers had a professional slant. My friend Greg Navarro filmed a bunch of athletes in the pogo stick sport at famous NYC skate spots and shines a spotlight on these incredible stunts.
The Hario Suiren is a packable travel V60 coffee dripper
A Hario V60 perfect for compact travel.
I stumbled upon this by accident but I had no idea until recently that Hario actually makes a packable version of the V60 coffee maker best suitable for travel.
If you already own a V60 (size 02), this portable coffee maker will be perfect for travel as it uses all of the same filters. The difference with the Suiren is that it does away with the “walls” of the traditional V60 and instead uses a series of detachable “fins” that assemble together to create the cone shape funnel we all know and love from a V60.
The Suiren is available now for $20.
How humans use a ping-pong table
The everyday uses of the same object.
TTP is a fantastic book by Hayahisa Tomiyasu photographing the various ways people make use of a humble ping-pong table outside of his dorm room window in the German city of Leipzig.
The camera, seemingly fixed on a tripod, shows the table being used as a prop, as a seat, as a meeting place, and even a tanning bed among other creative uses.
A great cross section view of a typical street in Manhattan.