New York

23 Jun 2010

FREE Beer and Wine at Alite Designs Pop Up Store

While The North Face, Coleman and Kelty make some quality tents and sleeping bags, none of them make a sleeping bag that you can wear like a jumpsuit. But Alite Designs came to the rescue with their “Sexy Hotness” sleeping bag with zip apart legs, so you can wrap yourself

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23 Jun 2010

Times Square to Become Bubble Battle Central This Saturday

Glinda arrived via bubbles. Bert and Ernie got groovy (when the cameras stopped rolling, of course) with a bath full of bubbles. And the late Michael Jackson used to wear Bubbles like a backpack. (Yeah, I know one of those is not like the others, but this isn’t the SATs.

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22 Jun 2010

FREE Popsicles to Kick Off your NYC Weekend

I haven’t moved for the last 20 minutes because I’m fairly certain my back is stuck to my chair. It’s hot in this city – hot like the dickens. Most young people who live here don’t have an air conditioner under the auspices of environmentalism by way of being really

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22 Jun 2010

Play Me I’m Yours: NYC Street Pianos Project

Writing for any New York based blog, you’re required to stay on top of all the cool events that are happening in the city. And while my list of bookmarks is the length of a phone book, sometimes you notice cool things just by walking by. Every day I walk

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21 Jun 2010

Free Snacks and Booze for International T-Shirt Day

I thought about starting this post asking who likes T-shirts, free booze and free snacks. But that’s kind of like asking, “Who likes puppies, breathing, and candy?” So instead, I’m just going to say if you’re really, really into T-Shirts you should go to Sweet and Vicious tonight for their

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21 Jun 2010

Late Night Booze ‘n’ Food Specials at Cabrito

I’m about to share what, in my estimation, is the greatest happy hour in this city. I know! I have no idea what you did to deserve this either. No matter, though – let’s get in there. Cabrito, which is Spanish for baby goat, is owned by the same people

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20 Jun 2010

FREE Shakespeare in the Park

I always thought of Al Pacino as being middle-aged, like in his early retirement years. This was before I wiki’d him and discovered he is 70 YEARS OLD. One foot in the grave, basically. So it seems urgent to make it to Shakespeare in the Park this summer. Pacino stars

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20 Jun 2010

Keep Punk Free: Punk Island returns to Governor’s Island

Last weekend,  Governor’s Island was transformed into an oasis of collaborative art. This weekend, the punks are moving in. The result?  By this point next weekend, there won’t be a Governor’s Island. Entering its third year, Punk Island is music festival far removed from the your hip older brother’s Bonaroo and

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