New York

24 Aug 2009

FREE Games, Beer and Mac n Cheese at Glasslands

A few weeks ago, I accidentally wound up at a bar on bingo night. Apparently, bingo is a game you can be bad at. The entire group of seven next to my friend and I won a scratch off lotto ticket, so did my friend’pretty much everyone in the bar

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22 Aug 2009

Warm Up (like you need help doing that) at P.S.1 Today

So it’s almost the end of August.  Remember all those plans you had way back in May and haven’t gotten around to yet?  Well it’s time to get started folks. Head over to P.S.1 ‘“ like right now ‘“ because today (Sat. Aug. 22) the MoMA extension in Long Island

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21 Aug 2009

Take the L Train: The Best Tacos in Williamsburg and Bushwick

For several reasons, tacos have replaced burritos as my favorite Mexican entrée. Burritos top my list of foods to avoid on dates, unless I’m sure the dude will find it adorable when I drop half my meal in my lap. It’s easier to scrape up enough change from your bag

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21 Aug 2009

Celebrate The Birth Of A Legend with Soul Imperial

Who’s this legend all the kids are talking about?  Well, let me lay down some knowledge for you:  it’s none other than yours truly.  How on earth could you not have known?!  And, yes, that’s right, I AM riding out my birthday for what’s been about a week now. Let

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20 Aug 2009

Russ & Daughter’s in the Lower East Side

The above photo is from Greenwich Village Daily Photo Ok so you moved to New York from ________ and back there you really didn’t know a lot of Jewish people.  Sure you went to that Rubinstein kid’s bar mitzvah in 7th grade, but other than him and a couple Chinese

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19 Aug 2009

Lansky’s: The Best Deal in Manhattan?

Finding Lansky’s was like finding a Kenny G album in Henry Rollins’ iPod. It was puzzling and unexpected. I only venture out into the expensive foreign land of the Upper West Side when it is necessary, and hearing about cheap beer and sliders made this a necessary trip. Lansky’s is

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19 Aug 2009

FREE Naughty by Nature Show…In Staten Island

In the third grade, one of my classmates said something that rhymed with ‘œOPP,’ so I naturally responded singing ‘œYeah you know me” I was severely disappointed when she didn’t get my Naughty by Nature reference; apparently she hadn’t spent her weekend watching the same MTV countdown I had. I’ve

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18 Aug 2009

COMICS in Bryant Park, Cheap FILM FESTIVALS, and a HEALTH CARE PARTY this Week!

COMICS PANEL – Word for Word Series in Bryant Park Sometimes I want to avoid Midtown at all costs.  When it is hot, it seems hotter there.  When it is humid, it seems that all things stick a little bit better there too.  However, us broke-asses can’t always choose where

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