Jeremy Lin, Explained

It’s pretty simple, actually:

“Whenever there was a Knicks game I would switch the channel because they were so bad,” [a Chinatown restaurant owner] said.

“Then, all of a sudden, there was a Chinese guy, and I flipped to the MSG channel and he’s playing so well.

“I put the game on every time they play now.”

The Latest In Public Relations Jujitsu: Quipping And Punning Your Way Out Of The Question

And the Bloomberg administration becomes relevant again:

A New York tradition more than three decades old ended yesterday when the Health Department declared that starting next year, Sardi’s restaurant can no longer invite the winner of the Westminster Dog Show to a special dinner.

. . .

“We can’t be expected to just roll over for the champ. Our primary concern is making sure people and pets follow the doggone rules — ideally without whining or begging,” quipped city Health Department spokesman John Kelly.

Everyone [Hearts] Fashion Week

Another year, another park where Fashion Week has worn out its welcome:

Since 2010, when the New York Fashion Week shows moved to Damrosch Park from Bryant Park, residents say, Damrosch Park has been all but taken over by one special event after another, making it off-limits nearly 10 months of the year.

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On Tuesday, a group of residents and NYC Park Advocates, a nonprofit group, announced that they had sent a “cease and desist” letter to the city and to Lincoln Center demanding that Damrosch Park be returned to its proper use as a city park.

City officials brushed aside the criticism, saying that Damrosch Park was a hard-surface plaza with few visitors in winter. They argued that residents had ample access to nearby parkland, including Central Park, and said that many thousands of New Yorkers were able to enjoy the circus and the fashion shows.

“Fashion Week generates $865 million in economic activity each year and helps create jobs in one of our city’s most important industries,” said Julie Wood, a spokeswoman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Nearly $1 billion in economic activity? For reals? How can this possibly be? And if it is true, why don’t we do something truly altrustic and send it to Camden or Detroit for a season or two . . . ?

Whither The Candy Cigarette?

Baby as coffeehouse accessory:

Brooklyn’s obsessive coffee culture is rubbing off on the borough’s youngest cafe-goers, with tots ditching their bottles and juice boxes in favor of “babyccinos” — mini decaf cappuccinos or frothy cups of steamed milk and foam.

Moms and dads in neighborhoods like Park Slope, Fort Greene and Prospect Heights are ordering the small, foamy, surprisingly grown-up beverages for their pint-sized offspring.

One Day We’ll Look At Statements Like These And Cringe

But until then, hey, it’s pretty cool to have another beer garden to patronize:

“We want this to be a summer camp for adults.”