–New York City bodegas will shut down at noon today to protest Donald Trump’s refugee ban. [BuzzFeed]
–For his fashion week show, Lower East Side designer Robert James finds inspiration in America’s new protest movement. [Billboard]
–The “cool kids” descended on Ludlow Street for Hood By Air’s sample sale. [W Magazine]
–Not even the groundhogs can agree this year. [Gothamist]
–Taiyaki on Baxter Street serves ice cream in a fish-shaped cone. It’s become an Instagram sensation. [Channel 7]
–Beginning on Feb. 3, the New York Historical Society will be featuring a tattooing exhibition which, of course, has a major Lower East Side emphasis. [Forbes]
–Up close and personal with some of the Lower East Side’s juvenile hawks. [Laura Goggin Photography]
