Are you ready for some cannolliiiiiiii!?!?! (Please read in the style of “Are you ready for some fooooootballll?!”). I sure hope so because today is the opening day of the 84th annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, the Italian festival that celebrates the patron saint of Naples and

First, the immediate good news. Second Stop Cafe is not only steps away from the Lorimer L stop, but carries Stumptown coffee, has amazingly delicious food with great healthy options (& smoothies!), and it has free wifi! The semi-bad news? It’s always super crowded with laptop people, it can get

It’s pretty simple logic: two separate awesome things become more awesome when combined. Examples: tubbed frosting spread on a graham cracker, cross-breeds of dogs, puppets and the Talking Heads, etc. Sinking Ship Productions has nailed the later combination for their eighth installment of Puppet Playlist. Puppet Playlist is bi-monthly show

I mostly go to the Time Warner Center because it’s fancy. Not fancy in a “Oh gawd I wish I knew how to match my clothes” but more fancy than most public spaces in NYC in that it’s extremely clean, there are often free hors d’oeuvres thanks to samples at

BYOB is a broke-ass’s best friend. It seemed like you could find a BYOB place anywhere in the city, especially with new restaurants waiting to get their liquor license, and luring in new clientele with the promise of unlimited booze. But the city has recently cracked down, and now new

  While the original use for this huge bar was a paint factory, the only things currently being produced here are very drunk people.  With the exception of me that is.  Every time I come here I’m already too drunk.  In fact, the first time I was here was when

If you’re sitting on your couch thinking “There just isn’t enough indie rock made by Italian twins and a Japanese woman,” tomorrow is your day. Blonde Redhead‘s new album, Penny Sparkle, is officially released, and there’s a FREE listening party in the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Based on the

Regretful decisions I have made at Welcome to the Johnsons: there are so many! Talking to a guy in a bandana, using the bathroom, ordering a seventh vodka-soda-orange juice’ the list goes on. But I will love Welcome to the Johnsons forever for its chill atmosphere and super cheap drinks.