Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-06-26

I am workng on a few “work” projects today. But I have enough time for a new set of daily Pook-Emu Bee links. If you enjoy the links, you can follow via feed (although I personally recommend following the main site feed for all of my postings).

Links from around the web

1. Iconic 121-year-old NYC Italian restaurant Ferdinando’s gets new life — but with a twist (Nicole Rosenthal for the New York Post. March 4, 2026.)

Never been. Sounds like good news. But just to be pedantic, I submit my two cents that Fernando’s is in Columbia Street Waterfront District, not Carroll Gardens. It is just around the corner from the American Beauty Pasta mural I once covered on NLJ.

1. The Nine Best Whole-Pie Pizza Spots in Brooklyn Right Now (Scott Lynch for BK Mag. March 2, 2026.)

I don’t really go out to eat and have not been to any of these places. I know of Frank’s (walk by it regularly) but did not know they made pizza. Now I know.

1. The Insider: Boerum Hill Garden Floor Taps English Design (Cara Greenberg for Brownstoner. February 19, 2026.)

I like it on the whole but the lack of ceiling moldings outside the bedroom (especially kitchen, bathroom, and “gym”) bother me.

1. Review: Tales Of Berseria Remastered (Switch) – QoL Tweaks Make A Brilliant Game Even Better (George Yang for Nintendo Life. March 6, 2026.)

I was playing through Bersaria co-op with a friend back in 2019 and early 2020. Something happened in 2020. Didn’t finish _Bersaria_but did launch NLJ.

1. Yemen’s Houthis could still join war, IDF sources say (Yonah Jeremy Bob for The Jerusalem Post. March 5, 2026.)

The article throws out a few theories for why the Houthis have been oddly quiet in the current Iran War. I (speciously?) suggested the reason was money three days ago. Alternative theory: Perhaps they are being “held back” as leverage against Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

1. Marco Rubio in Europe: No Foreign National Has a Right to a Visa in U.S. (John Binder for Breitbart. February 16, 2026.)

I have worked on several cases in the past that would have gone better had the petitioner/applicant understood (or acted as if he/she understood) this basic principle.

Clicking “Random Article” on NLJ

Powder Blue Tugboat and Foggy Manhattan Skyline (Nicholas A. Ferrell. October 28, 2022.)

Very much an “as advertised” article from my archive.