Help calculate the calories/fat in my favorite NYC street food: lamb over rice. [more inside]
posted by falameufilho on Aug 19, 2009 - 9 answers

Several years ago there was a captivating video on the web of a napkin or piece of paper wafting/dancing in the gentle breeze on a street sidewalk. [more inside]
posted by wsg on Jul 29, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I reduce the amount I'm threatened on the street in an urban environment? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jun 22, 2009 - 47 answers

What instrument is this, that I remember from my youth? [more inside]
posted by Rewind on May 4, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me find some images of street elevations composed with photography. I saw some work done by someone of entire city streets (at least several blocks worth) of buildings, where he'd have to take images every few feet apart down the street so that when it was stitched together the perspective didn't become distorted, but I don't remember where it was or what his name is. There may also be lots of people who've done the same thing if I can only find them.
posted by lou on Mar 11, 2009 - 4 answers

Screenwriters working on scripts related to current economy [more inside]
posted by matthewstopheles on Mar 5, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm loving Street Fighter IV on the Xbox 360. I've gotten quite good with Guile, though I need to branch out and work with a new character? Who do you think I should take-up as my new character. I'm reluctant to go with one of the big three (Ken, Ryu, Sagat) because they're so common. [more inside]
posted by sorrenn on Mar 4, 2009 - 11 answers

Can you identify this strange interactive sound making device? [more inside]
posted by Henrik on Feb 12, 2009 - 8 answers

Have I been wrong on my financial core beliefs? [more inside]
posted by MrMulan on Feb 11, 2009 - 22 answers

How common has it been in US history for a Presidential election to prompt celebrations in the streets across the country? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Nov 6, 2008 - 8 answers

Can you identify this symbol (http://h4xr.org/9rb2)? It's a diamond centered between two vertical lines with a dot in the middle. I've seen it on sidewalks and streets and presume it's used by electricians or other street/maintenance workers. What does it mean?
posted by deep_sea_diving_suit on Oct 17, 2008 - 6 answers

Who will the current bailout plan benefit and how? [more inside]
posted by jeanmari on Sep 22, 2008 - 14 answers

What are the words to this Sesame Street Song? - We hear "Everybody loves [something], as sure as [something] loves [something], and googling for lyrics isn't helping fill in the blanks.
posted by Artw on Sep 6, 2008 - 11 answers

Can you help me locate editable vector street map of southeastern suburbs of Columbus, Ohio? [more inside]
posted by UnclePlayground on Aug 6, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm not from NYC, is there a street name that sounds like hugo? I got an address over the phone and clearly should have asked how to spell the name, anyone have an idea?
posted by karpet on May 22, 2008 - 12 answers

Please help me find a map of Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala! [more inside]
posted by greta simone on May 22, 2008 - 10 answers

What is that building on Water Street at John street in downtown NYC (you can see it on street view on googlemaps)? What are those numbers for? Is it a clock or counter or something?
posted by activitystory on Mar 4, 2008 - 7 answers

Seeking charming and peculiar diversions in NYC and Brooklyn. [more inside]
posted by Scram on Mar 2, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm sitting in North Clairemont, San Diego, watching the fires pass by on the north, east and south. Why are all the street names in my neighborhood named after mountain peaks? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Oct 22, 2007 - 18 answers

In Vancouver, BC, the avenues are numbered sequentially, except the street that should be 9th Ave is called Broadway. I thought nothing of this until noticing that the same is true in Eugene, OR. Is that a bizarre coincidence or is there more to it? I thought maybe it was the same in NYC but it doesn't look like it. What gives?
posted by PercussivePaul on Oct 20, 2007 - 13 answers

Local Knowledge: Looking for an application that can tell me if a road is paved/dirt/unmaintained. [more inside]
posted by SirStan on Oct 7, 2007 - 7 answers

What skateboarding video is most likely to make my monocle pop out, my top hat fly off, and cause me to run around the room slapping my ass with both hands and declaiming a total lack of belief? [more inside]
posted by felix on Sep 25, 2007 - 23 answers

Who did the original of this iconic girl? [more inside]
posted by bru on Sep 16, 2007 - 7 answers

If you found a diamond on the street, would you have to pay taxes on it?
posted by paulinsanjuan on Aug 22, 2007 - 17 answers

How does one go about acquiring the permit for a band (not solo performer) to perform/busk on the streets of New York City? [more inside]
posted by Mali on Aug 16, 2007 - 6 answers

please give me, all your Slang, Colloquial, Street terms for theft, shop lifting, pickpocking, general crime, the taking of property/ ownership, conartisty [more inside]
posted by complience on Jun 6, 2007 - 60 answers

I need help identifying unique, urban music scenes from around the world for a radio program I'm hosting. [more inside]
posted by concourse on May 12, 2007 - 24 answers

Can you recommend the most amazing street markets? [more inside]
posted by Morrigan on Apr 27, 2007 - 26 answers

People on the street always look at me and say, "Rasta!" [more inside]
posted by dead_ on Jan 5, 2007 - 39 answers

Where do New York City street vendors (hot dog carts, etc.) buy their supplies? [more inside]
posted by tundro on Dec 28, 2006 - 8 answers

How do I overcome camera shyness as a foreign photographer? Much [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Aug 13, 2006 - 15 answers

For a friend: While on holiday in Japan several years ago, we saw this street vendor with his dancing, jumping puppet. Hows it work? Download Video (mp4) [more inside]
posted by lemonfridge on Aug 7, 2006 - 4 answers

How can I stop listening to an annoying street musician? [more inside]
posted by pantufla on Jul 25, 2006 - 22 answers

On my street (and others, here in Toronto) workers have cut large circular pieces out of the sidewalk about every 10 feet or so. For several days, the big wheels of cement sat nearby, and the holes were covered up with metal lids. Now the pieces are back in the sidewalk, all patched up with cement filling the gaps. So... what the heck was being done there?
posted by Robot Johnny on May 1, 2006 - 9 answers

Where can I find pictures of street photography in San Francisco on the internet that aren't cliched and touristy?
posted by azuma on Feb 21, 2006 - 13 answers

There's a preserved street in the basement of one of the London department stores. Where is it? [more inside]
posted by cillit bang on Jan 5, 2006 - 15 answers

What's the etymology of "gully" (as in "street", "badass")? Thanks.
posted by matteo on Dec 4, 2005 - 11 answers

What LA street is Massive Attack's music video for Unfinished Sympathy filmed on? [more inside]
posted by daninnj on Nov 26, 2005 - 6 answers

Why prevent skateboarding? [more inside]
posted by richtea on Aug 31, 2005 - 23 answers

Why do north-south streets in Chicago run from the northwest to southeast? [more inside]
posted by @homer on Jul 8, 2005 - 15 answers

Help Identify a Hip-Hop Sample. The artist is MF Doom, the album is MM...Food?, the track is "Kookies" (Amazon link; listen to track 15). I'm fairly sure it's from Sesame Street (or some other children's show, circa 1970s) -- if not the main theme, than an outro or something else. [more inside]
posted by kmel on Apr 30, 2005 - 12 answers

I see a hundred interesting people on the street every day, but I'm too introverted to photograph them. I have this weird fear that they'll attack me or something, like "Don't take my picture, dammit!" How do you take street photography while remaining unobtrusive? [more inside]
posted by selfnoise on Apr 20, 2005 - 46 answers

Urban rollerblading: I've just taken up rollerblading again, after an absence of some years. It's coming back pretty well, but I have some best practices-type questions. [more inside]
posted by o2b on Aug 30, 2004 - 3 answers