Currently drawing an estimated twenty thousand people to the Uptown/Downtown corridor on any given Friday, First Fridays is self-described as an "immersive art and community experience".
Every Thursday and Friday night sees Music at the Frist in the grand lobby or cafe, with the exception of "Frist Fridays", a series of outdoor concerts on the final Friday of June, July and August from 6pm (admission to Frist Fridays is $10 for non-members).
The hotel's weekly bacchanal, Ditch Fridays, is in full flare.
Group prayer on Fridays is for "extra points," he said.
Mommy juice on Fridays is a cherished ritual along the bus route.
The first of 17 new furlough Fridays is scheduled for Aug. 27, if money is not found.
The Metroliner fare, Mondays through Fridays, is $119 one-way (Saturdays and Sundays it is $101) and the Acela Express is $139 one-way (weekends, $117).
But swapping it for three-hour shows from Wednesdays to Fridays is a big step up for which she has been planning enthusiastically.
And the practical reason why men usually monopolize the prayer space is that communal prayer on Fridays is an obligation for men, while for women it is optional.
At Level, one of the newest clubs, with 45,000-square-feet of laser-illuminated dance floors, Fridays is gay men's night.
Mr. Gibson, who sells at the Union Square Greenmarket on Fridays, is a case in point; he may have dirt under his fingernails but he also has B.M.W.'s in his driveway.
