I'm sure there are Jamaican people in Jamaica, Queens, but I think of it as a fairly miscellaneous poor neighborhood, mostly black, but not predominantly Jamaican, for sure.
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Okay, is anyone else watching Stylista? It is almost unbearable but also addictive!
I'm sure where they could find a good store was the primary consideration over actual neighborhood characteristics.
From Lee Anne's blog:
I know about ethnic neighborhoods and food, but sometimes production reasons get in the way of, well, reason. Like the fact that The Nile Deli is also technically in Astoria (actually right behind my apartment building on Steinway), but they didn't want Astoria on two knives (Titan market is a famous Greek market in my hood also), so we settled for Long Island City which is also my zip code and appears on some of my mail, even though technically I'm considered to live in Astoria. Then there were politics of calling it Little India (which is technically on 6th Street in the East Village when really Kalustyan's is located in a neighborhood known as Curry Hill, which I think the production company thought could be interpreted as offensive).
Lee Anne is totally my neighbor!
She says Bushwick is where the kitchen is, so I guess the apartment's in Williamsburg. (I wonder if they're as close to Manhattan as they make it look, or if those views are faked?)
Apparently 20 Bayard: [link]
(I wonder if they're as close to Manhattan as they make it look, or if those views are faked?)
I'm pretty sure that they are.
Okay, show of hands.
Who really really REALLY wants to see this turned into a reality competition show???
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