August 2007

Hints from Bed Bug Helloise: a quick, cheap side table!

August 31, 2007

Thanks to our Anonymous commenter today who suggested this: A great “side table” for Bedbuggers: it’s really a thick glass vase turned upside down. At $60, it’s a cute idea and not a bad deal, and something you could use for other purposes as well. Side table? Bedside table? Enormous vase?!? Check out Blueprint magazine […]

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“Take me please, I’m not infested”

August 31, 2007

That’s the plea on a discarded sofa, the photo of which is posted on the wonderfully-named Greenpoint blog, newyorkshitty.com. What the authors of the sign do not know is, just because they do not feel any bites, doesn’t mean you won’t. Many people don’t react to bed bug bites. Caveat curb-shopper!

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ad on Craigslist: new bed bug documentary

August 31, 2007

This Craigslist ad, posted on August 24th, asks for interviewees for a bed bug documentary: It says, Reply to: comm-405308738@craigslist.org Date: 2007-08-24, 7:54PM EDT We’re in the research stage of a documentary film on the growing bed bug problem in New York City. Award winning director internationally exhibited (Cannes 2007) If you have bedbugs have […]

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Moon Over Manhattan Madness

August 31, 2007

Moon Over Manhattan Madness Originally uploaded by nobugsonme Three blocks from the last photo, this one was taken Thursday evening on 50th Street between Second and Third Avenues by iphone Interloper. The East Side is getting awfully itchy.

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The Times (UK) on bed bug epidemic in the USA

August 30, 2007

I was perplexed by this article from August 20th in the Times (London, not New York) about the spread of bed bugs, mainly because it was only about the bed bug epidemic in the USA. Times reporter Chris Ayres writes from Los Angeles, Five decades after being declared officially dead, the most toe-curling of all […]

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48th Street between 3rd and Lex, last night

August 29, 2007

iphoneinterloper2 Originally uploaded by nobugsonme For our Mattress Travelogue series: Courtesy of a Bedbugger reader, a lovely photo of a discarded mattress on East 48th St. You can click the photo, choose all sizes, then choose the large size, to see in greater detail. It looks like a nice clean mattress. Only a few feet […]

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New Yorkers: a real-life “I called 311 to report bed bugs” story

August 29, 2007

I always rant and rave about the absurdity of New York City officials basing their statistics of the incidence of bed bugs in NYC on the number of people who call 311 to report bed bugs as a housing violation. Here is my rant on NYC statistics, for those who have not read it before. […]

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Bed Bugs in Hampton Roads, Virginia hotels

August 25, 2007

Lindsay Roberts reports for WVEC.com that bed bugs are flourishing in Virginia hotels in areas such as Newport News, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach. One woman is interviewed who used to work as a motel housekeeper; she started getting bitten at work, and she quit her job because of it. “If I’m getting bit up […]

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More on Canada’s laws re: bed bugs and tenants: province by province

August 24, 2007

Our FAQ on who pays for tenants’ bed bug treatment just got a little more complete. Since this is a really helpful resource, I am blogging it too. Courtesy of the CBC’s links from its fine story on bed bugs (which remains the best television clip on bed bugs to date, hands down, in my […]

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My Bedbugs children’s tv show

August 23, 2007

The award-winning Children’s show “My Bedbugs” now has a 100 million viewers in the US, according to a press release [dead link to press release now removed]. As more and more of those kids get bitten by real bed bugs, I bet the producers and merchandisers are wishing they picked another “cute” name for their […]

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FAQ: Bedbugger en español: consejos de un profesional para obtener servicios para eliminar las chinches

August 23, 2007

El siguiente arti­culo fue escrito por Sean, un profesional de control de plagas y entomólogo en Vancouver, y lo publicamos con su permiso. Visite su pagina web The Bed Bug Resource. ¡Gracias Sean! Tratamiento para una infestación de chinches de cama: consejos de un profesional de control de plagas No puedo enfatizar lo suficiente lo […]

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NPR’s Morning Edition: not blasting any preconceptions about bed bugs

August 23, 2007

Bed bugs were the subject of a report on Morning Edition this morning. While it is always good that bed bugs are in the news, I have a few issues with the way this story was presented. First, NPR fell into the trap of describing bed bug bites as if they always look the same: […]

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