i wish park slope stayed up later

the chipster · July 2007

What makes it impossible for ANY americans to live like Europeans:
Subsidized Child Care
Free Health Care
Siestas
Three times as much vacation time as ours (Yes, we Americans log more hours than the Japanese)
It has nothing to do with how late things are open--Las Vegas is open all the time, and errrr...no thanks! Most Amsterdam closes at 11pm--and yet the QUALITY of time enjoyed is....enjoyed.
We are in a rush to relax; and when we have a moment; uh-excuse me, let me just take this one call/check my email/fax this in....

raw · July 2007

Santa wrote:
lets be rational here, if you have the luxary to walk into a store at 11pm just for giggles that poor man working is sitting there at 11pm with 1 or 2 people coming in every 30min.

And someone must pay him.

And hopefully none of the 1 or 2 people coming in every 30 min have guns.

raw · July 2007

The Chipster wrote: What makes it impossible for ANY americans to live like Europeans:
Subsidized Child Care
Free Health Care
Siestas
Three times as much vacation time as ours (Yes, we Americans log more hours than the Japanese)
It has nothing to do with how late things are open--Las Vegas is open all the time, and errrr...no thanks! Most Amsterdam closes at 11pm--and yet the QUALITY of time enjoyed is....enjoyed.
We are in a rush to relax; and when we have a moment; uh-excuse me, let me just take this one call/check my email/fax this in....

I hear you loud and clear. In the 1980s, American media wrote about the absurd hours that the Japanese worked, claiming that overworked Japanese men were likely to die prematurely of heart attacks. Now Americans themselves work more than Japanese. Sad.

caseopele · July 2007

We used to be open until 9:30 M-Th and 10:00 on Friday and Saturday. About 2 years ago (I think) we switched to 9:00 M-Th and 9:30 on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, the few customers we got during that half hour weren't enough to justify keeping the store open.

I think the answers to why some businesses don't stay open very late are here:

Brooke Lynn Knight wrote: Tarzian (if that's the hardware store you're referring to) closes at 6 because it's family-run, and the family chooses not to work till all hours. The other places close because the cost of keeping them open late exceeds the expected revenue from late-night business.

Nuclear Redaction wrote: That sort of thing is pretty common across the Mediterranean countries and Latin America, but the entire daily schedule there is different from ours -- everything shuts down in the afternoon while people go home for lunch or a nap, and people start their day later, so dinner at 10 and drinking or dancing till 4 a.m. doesn't interfere with the need to be up at 6 a.m. to get to work.

Santa wrote: lets be rational here, if you have the luxary to walk into a store at 11pm just for giggles that poor man working is sitting there at 11pm with 1 or 2 people coming in every 30min.

The Chipster wrote: What makes it impossible for ANY americans to live like Europeans:
Subsidized Child Care
Free Health Care
Siestas
Three times as much vacation time as ours (Yes, we Americans log more hours than the Japanese)

restless native · July 2007

Osaka goes full blast just about every night of the week, and they've got every excuse not to - long work hours, trains that stop running at 12am, etc.

So funny seeing businessmen in disheveled suits stumbling to work in the morning after spending all night at the cabaret clubs. I don't even want to get started on the stellar night cuisine out here.

Don't know if I can leave this lifestyle behind to return to Park Slope, where makeup application for women has gone the way of the abacus and 'Crocs' are the new heels. =;

opossumqueen · August 2007

torisoaw wrote:
Anyway, Joe's Pizza (which is super delicious) on 5th and 11th/12th-ish has been open at 3am at couple of times when my husband and I were wandering home from Commonwealth. It's no croissant, but it works in a pinch.

Joe's on weeknights? I've tried to get a pizza there around 10:40 and was told they close at 11 and weren't take more orders. I've never walked past it open past 11, not even on a weekend. Do they have new hours??

eggcream · August 2007

Subject: Re: i wish park slope stayed up later

Your reading comprehension is lacking. Nobody is saying your a spoiled brat because you go on vacation. It's the fact that you are whining about PS and the hours here.

It was also pointed out in numerous posts about places in Park Slope that do stay open late, 5th and 7th ave, even Smiling Pizza to go for that tipsy slice yet your last post "go back to your babies and tv's...there's nothing to see here" is uncalled for. It's all or nothing for you isn't it.

belzjm wrote: ok ok...i know some people get sick of the comparisons of new york to europe or other cosmopolitan cities outside the u.s., but after just having come back from vacation abroad yet again, it always strikes me as disappointing to come back home to a dark park slope at 10pm. i realize 5th avenue is a better situation than 7th, but it's so nice to be able to eat a late dinner, stroll around in nice weather, have a coffee, etc. you can walk down streets similar to those in park slope in other cities at 1am on a weeknight and still find people sipping wine, eating, etc. why have we become so uptight here that everything needs to close so early? even the hardware store closes up at like 6 :00 or 6:30 or something. for those of us that work till 6, i can't even make it there on a weekday, and have to wait till the weekend for a small home improvement project.

are there any others out there that feel this way? my idea would be to start encouraging businesses to start their day a little later....shops could open at 11 or 12 instead of 10 and maybe stay open till 8 or 9pm or even 10pm. even the pizza place on 7th and union closes at like 11. i can't get a slice of pizza ANYWHERE nearby coming home a little tipsy. this seems crazy to me.

i just wish we could take a cue from some of the ways those in other countries have the ability to enjoy not only their weekend, but also the weeknights. we should relax a little, and the best way to do this is to enjoy food, drink, shopping, etc. we've got all the great stores here already, the system just needs a little fine tuning in my opinion.

doctorj · August 2007

Subject: Re: i wish park slope stayed up later

belzjm wrote: ok ok...i know some people get sick of the comparisons of new york to europe or other cosmopolitan cities outside the u.s., but after just having come back from vacation abroad yet again, it always strikes me as disappointing to come back home to a dark park slope at 10pm.

Just be thankful that you could get home. You could have been out in London, and missed the last train after closing time.

daver · August 2007

Subject: Re: i wish park slope stayed up later

doctorj wrote: Just be thankful that you could get home. You could have been out in London, and missed the last train after closing time.

That would suck. As it was, I missed a train in Staten Island by 1 minute. Which cost me a half hour wait for the next train. Which got me into the ferry. Which only runs on the hour on Sunday. So there was another half hour. So my one minute lateness for the stupid train cost me a full hour getting home, increasing my trip from 2 hours to 3 hours and reminding me one of the reasons I disliked living in Staten Island. I was DAMN happy to make it back to Brooklyn where you can actually do stuff on a Sunday.

santa · August 2007

also for the record I hate the term "cosmopolitan city"

belzjm · August 2007

thanks for all the welcomes to the neighborhood.

i'm now beginning to see some truth in all the stories i hear about the inhabitants of park slope. eggcream...you don't seem to be able to have a conversation about anything without showing an incredible amount of disdain and anger. i was merely starting a conversation. i wasn't demanding anything. if you don't agree, how about trying to figure out a way to comment without sounding superior and condescending...

if it weren't for the brilliant architecture, i think i'd be outta here.

santa · August 2007

honestly if I used people who post in internet forums as a sample of an areas inhabitants than pretty much everywhere would be a hellhole.

but honestly your thread was alittle silly.

belzjm · August 2007

yes santa, and these two examples of the incredibly thrilling and intellectual posts you've commented on over the past week makes mine seem so silly. i can see why you'd say that.

"im just confused now.
im gonna take a nap.
stop raising my rent"

"my gf just killed the largest cockroach ive ever seen the other day.
it as like an alien."

santa · August 2007

hahahaha

who said this forum was a lit class?

also this thread is silly because your entire thread is about park slope not being 24/7 when you live in the largest city in the US which has plenty of 24/7 options. Its a bummer park slope isnt 24/7 party central but if you walk alittle or get on the 24/7 subway system im sure you will find something.

also most Americans dont like working late because it sucks.

raw · August 2007

Santa wrote:
also this thread is silly because you entire thread is about park slope not being 24/7 when you live in the largest city in the US which has plenty of 24/7 options. Its a bummer park slope is 24/7 party central but if you walk a little or get on the 24/7 subway system im sure you will find something.

But I can't live unless the best organic grocery store that features a sushi restaurant in the back with a karaoke bar that features a dance floor and stage for performances by the coolest bands is directly underneath my apartment and open 24/7 THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

veets · August 2007

Raw.. You are too funny.. Personally, I am happy that at least if I am in to partying I have to walk around the corner to 5th Ave!!

Bang, Bang,, Let's just shoot this thread down and let it rot!
It gives none of us grace to contribute one word more, really!!

i wish park slope stayed up later

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