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23 Nov 2009

To Wax or Not to Wax? Haven Spa, Soho

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23 Nov 2009

FREE Craft Night at Etsy Labs

A few years ago, “crafting” was probably more widely associated with crazy women hand-painting wooden signs to say “Spoiled Rotten Akita Lives Here” or cross-stitching pillows with pictures of birds hugging crying kittens. But with the rise of DIY culture, crafting has turned into something hipper, with people making cross-stitches

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22 Nov 2009

Naked Lunch Redux — Tonight at Amnesia

If you’re fucked up like me, you’ve read Naked Lunch [several times.] It has a permanent place on my bookshelf and will always be near and dear to my…veins. Burroughs is a legend and conversations about his work, his involvement in the literary scene as well as just exactly how

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22 Nov 2009

Make New Friends but Bring the Old

When I first walked by HiChristina, all I saw was a whirl of lights, projection screens, and people dancing like they were having the time of their life. I was intrigued to say the least. Having done a little digging, I found out that the space is run by Christina

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21 Nov 2009

Slow and Steady Wins the Dance Contest

Are you slow? I’m not talking in terms of intelligence or wit (you know you’re the funniest, smartest, lady/dood in the Mississippi), but actual, physical speed. Were you always the slow one in gym class? Does the idea of running, jogging, or moving at a velocity much faster than that

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21 Nov 2009

You Sexy Beach!

Dear November,  Remember all those hot plans I had this summer to live it up (and get it on) under the balmy stars?  Well, guess what Dead Leaves?  It’s not too late!  Tonight, BangOn!NYC is commandeering a Williamsburg Thai restaurant to bring me a loud, raunchy beach party with DJs,

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20 Nov 2009

Don’t Touch Me There- Free Comedy

If you assholes like to laugh, and I’m pretty sure you do, allow me to direct you to an event this evening that will have you busting a gut, splitting your sides and Ell-Oh-Ell-ing with such alacrity that your friend will have to ball-gag you! “Don’t Touch Me There”, tonight

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20 Nov 2009

HHC Options: Protect Your Uninsured Ass

I am clumsy as shit. I’ve gotten stitches on three separate occasions, each time in my face. This Halloween, I slipped down some stairs and got a bruise on my ass the size and color of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, after spraining my ankle the previous week. I’m the kind

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