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Giant Squid – Masters of the Ocean
This is the story I was born to tell. The story of the Giant Squid. When I first learned of the existence of this mammoth animal, I was mesmerized, enraptured; a fan for life. I quickly became an authority on all things giant squid. Few could school me on the

BKLYN Yard: Your Ultimate Outdoor Drinking Destination
There’s a lot of things about New York summers I look forward to. The return of free barbecue, outdoor movies, late night bike rides, and mostly importantly, the Yard, BKYLN Yard that is. The name pretty much sums up this Gowanus dance-fest watering hole. While no one can really brag

FREE Appetizers and Wild Art at Project One
Remember Domonique Echeverria? She’s a former Broke-Ass of the Week and a self described, “Liza Minelli loving, gypsy glam rocker tranny trapped inside of a real woman’s body”. Ah ha!…now you remember! It’s pretty safe to say that anyone who identifies as such can be counted on to curate a

Broke-Ass Financial Coaching: Pros and Cons of Debt Consolidation
While being young, broke and beautiful is all well and good, some people’s finances are more jacked than others. That’s why we’ve invited Betsy Crouch (aka Coach $izzle) to come onboard and dole out some much needed advice. She is a professional financial coach after all. If you’ve got a question

A Post Punk Anti-Prom
It seems like we’ve been living in the ‘œpost’ era for some time now. Post-rock, post-sarcasm, people have even gone so far as to mention that we might be post-racism. (Though I know a lot of us would strongly disagree.) Anyway, tonight you’re invited to a Postpunk Anti-Prom. Or Not

More Cheap Clothes in Union Square! Daria on DVD!
I’m really excited for two very different things happening tomorrow… 1. Daria comes out on DVD. If you were a fan of the show, you have also been waiting for eight years for the DVD box set. I would like to point out that you can order the Bachelor Finale

Throwing a Birthday Party: Do’s and Don’ts
Birthday parties as a kid were the best. You got wolf down ice cream while presents were shuffled past you and if you acted like a brat you got put in time out. It was all very democratic. I distinctly remember go down a slide that extended out of the