Extra Extra: Mini tote bag, major demand
March 14, 2024, 3:01 p.m.
Because you can't fit much inside a mini Trader Joe's tote bag, here are your afternoon links: fireworks during somber calls, Queens loses its Sam Ash Music Store, a subway zine, and more from around the city and internet.

It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City where you should enjoy this spring weather while it’s here because the temperature is going to drop next week.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Real New Yorkers know you don’t pronounce Houston Street like the city in Texas, but are you saying the rest of these New York City street names correctly?
- Apple’s new feature on video calls that allows users to send firework or balloon animations with hand gestures is all fun and games until it happens during a very serious moment, like a layoff announcement.
- There was a narrow window of opportunity to snag a $2.99 mini tote bag from your local Trader Joe’s before people started buying them out and reselling them, sometimes for over $100.
- Queens residents are mourning the loss of a local Sam Ash Music Store. The Forest Hills location is one of 18 closing nationwide, which leaves the sole New York City location on Flatbush Avenue in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
- Notable millennial bad boy popstar Justin Timberlake is trying really hard to reclaim his title, but are we ready to forgive him for his alleged sins of the '90s?
- The hottest new zine can be found hidden on subway cars and around stations.
- Gwyneth Paltrow just dropped a new product: an AI-powered meditation app that’ll help you meditate with your eyes open.
- And finally, may we all experience a love like this:
@lenacmlattimore244 MY BABY GIZMO’EXPRESSING FROM MY HEART MY DEEPLY LOV EYES TO SEEE FOR MY LITTLE CHARMING BABY GIZMO IS LOVED LIKE A HUMAN BEING…GLIZMO HAVE ARMS, LEGS AND FEETS THE SAME AS I…A MOUTH TO EAT, EYES TO SEE EARS TO HEAR…GIZMO YOU’RE BREATHING AND SNEEZING JUST LIKE ME#fyp
♬ original sound - Lena CM Lattimore