metulj writes: “AGGGGGGHHHHHH! It’s like London without the bad food* and with cheaper rents — for now.”

Where is Tish James when you need her?

*Except for Indian. There’s some damn fine Indian food in London.
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Sick to Death of This Rain [Prospect Heights Message Boards]

How do May 2005 temperatures look compared with previous years? Does anyone know enough about weather stats to figure that out?

UPDATE: abf tells DAILY HEIGHTS: “The average high so far this May (through the 24th) has been 66 degrees, about 4 degrees below normal. May 2003 was similarly cool.”

May 2005: 66.1 (-3.8)
May 2004: 73.6 (+2.6)
May 2003: 65.8 (-5.1)
May 2002: 69.2 (-1.7)
May 2001: 71.4 (+0.4)

When a giant cockroach climbs up your pant leg and tickles your inner thigh: Spring has arrived.

ROUND 1: Cockroach attacks elbow; runs away.
ROUND 2: Cockroach mounts leg; pants removed; cockroach escapes.
ROUND 3: Cockroach taken out with targeted blast of RAID Ant & Roach Killer (Aroma a Aire Fresco).

[IMAGE: Action Pest Control]

Deborah Kolben of the Daily News was the first to break the story of 5-year-old Prospect Heights resident Sam Ritter, who "decided he was sick of
sledding but trudged off anyway with his dad to Prospect Park … ‘This is an igloo with bunny slopes,’ explained Sam, who was busy engineering a giant snow sculpture, complete with tunnels."

Heads up: The snow melted, and parking rules are in effect again. Don’t try anything funny.

You think you had it bad. CLICK VINTAGE PHOTO to see what Park Place looked like on March 14, 1888.

Can anybody pinpoint the block? Someone should go out and take "now & then" photos.

Hooligans, donning facemasks to conceal their identity, prepare to ransack Sterling Place condos. View the full Flickr slideshow.

9:45 am. Be back later with some pictures. What’s going on with you?

In case you haven’t looked outside yet.

Is the forecast still > 12 inches of snow?

Flurries earlier than expected. DEVELOPING…