As you know, I have recently issued yet one more ruling against the stupid baby name Brooklyn (in all its permutations). Well, a reader calling himself "Shallow End of the Gene Pool Guy" is protesting against the edict because he longs for some way to honor his beloved homeland of New York City in baby name form.
Though I am highly suspicious of all place names for babies, the Dada Drummer is nothing if not a gracious dictator. So I send a plea to you: please suggest some New York themed names that our fellow traveler might find useful as non-Brooklyn alternatives.
For example: Lincoln (as in Center!)
P.S. Before you even suggest them, these are totally off the table:
Tribeca
Soho
MOMA
Though I am highly suspicious of all place names for babies, the Dada Drummer is nothing if not a gracious dictator. So I send a plea to you: please suggest some New York themed names that our fellow traveler might find useful as non-Brooklyn alternatives.
For example: Lincoln (as in Center!)
P.S. Before you even suggest them, these are totally off the table:
Tribeca
Soho
MOMA
8 comments:
Flatiron
Apple
42nd
Battery
Barney Miller
Waldorf
Rocky Feller
- Upper West Side
- Trump
- Yankee
- Hudson
- Random Act of Violence (or Rav for short)
- LaGuardia
- George M.
- Rolex? Five Dollar.
- Subway
- Walk-up
- Broadway
- What's that smell?
- Equity
- Madison
- Harlem
- Apollo
Dan totally beat me to the "Apple" punch!
Richmond (as in County)
Park (as in Central)
Hudson
Lenape (the Native Americans who first lived there)
Shea
Brighton
Suny
Penn
Jet (good enough for Travolta)
Astoria
Rockette
Seven (a la Seinfeld)
Broadway
Gotham
Bloomberg
Guiliani (Guili=Julie?)
Amsterdam (used to be called New Amsterdam--Amy for short??)
Met
Staten
Brown Stone
Nyse
Ranger
Columbia
Yeshiva
I really like the idea behind "What's that smell?" So many positive connotations to it. Both good and bad, inferences to diapers as well as other bodily odors, foods, and many many more other elses.
Come on...
Carrie
Samantha
Miranda
Charlotte
Well done, Whitney. I was thinking of my old neighborhood, but Flushing really ain't pretty and I always thought those folks who insisted on Fresh Meadows were reaching. So, I'll just cross Utopia Pkwy and there you are: Jamaica.
Of course, if you like "What's that smell?", you could go with the pride of Staten Island: Fresh Kills.
I know it's too late for the poll, but Justin L. recommended Nick - spell NYC.
Gramercy, anyone?
Waverly, perhaps a bit more obscure...
Urban, as in the popes
Guggenheim. :-)
Eateries:
Balthazar
Florent
Sarabeth
~Elisabeth www.youcantcallitit.com
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