New York

17 Nov 2010

FREE Craft Night at NYC Resistor

I’ve been saying since college that I’m going to have a weekly craft night for my friends. I keep failing for a multitude of reasons: people get busy, apartments are small, I have to work, I ran out of hot glue, I forgot to buy more googlely eyes, etc. Instead

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17 Nov 2010

Soft Spot, Where Everybody Knows Your Name

New Yorkers go to a lot of bars. Mostly because there are more bars in NYC than people (maybe), and we don’t have to drive so we can get as drunk as we want any time we damn well please. But finding a bar you actually want to go back to

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16 Nov 2010

Cup: Coffee With Room For Trivia

You know what one of the signs that I just made up of what a great coffee place is? Consistency. You know what shop has more consistency than Goods and Second Stop COMBINED, even though it might not necessarily have as “good” of a coffee brand? That’s right: a little

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15 Nov 2010

FREE Post Apocalyptic Road Movies at The Bodega

Are the increasing number of Christmas decorations making you feel a bit too warm and fuzzy inside? It’s not even Thanksgiving, but there are giant snowflake garlands above major avenues, dollar stores are covered with enough tinsel to give you retina burn and the animated holiday specials will be on

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15 Nov 2010

Lunch and Dinner in One Go at Akdeniz

One does work in midtown. One does touristy things in midtown. One can anticipate the largest and dumbest waste of time, space, and money ever to have been dreamed up since the days of the French aristocracy in midtown.  And now you can do one stop meal shopping in midtown

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14 Nov 2010

Stiff Drinks and FREE Shuffleboard at The Whiskey Brooklyn

The Whiskey Brooklyn, which just opened this past August, is modeled after its two brother bars, The Whiskey Tavern in Chinatown and Whiskey Town in the East Village. Not surprisingly, they offer a wide selection of Scotch, Bourbon, and whiskey divided by provenance, including (for relaxing times) Japan’s own Suntory

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13 Nov 2010

Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off Benefit

Another day, another food-themed charity event. What do Brooklynites love more than eating local comfort food?, showing off how well they can make said food. There’s a cook-off for every foodstuff, but I have a feeling no one can deny the pie. Get your pie fix in a low-key comforting environment. Before

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13 Nov 2010

Dancing in the Dark at No Lights, No Lycra

Fess up. Maybe you had a good day, maybe you had a bad day, maybe you just had a really good sandwich, but you know you’ve done your own version of Tom Cruise’s epic Risky Business underwear dance at one point in life. And it felt good. So good that you

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