New York

20 Jul 2010

L Magazine’s Summer Screen Triumphant Return to Williamsburg

Every summer, we gush over the benefits of free outdoor movie screenings and how their awesomeness can never can eclipsed. This is what happens to a drive-in theater deprived nation. While you can catch a flick each week all over the city to suit your style, there are some screen

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19 Jul 2010

Sailing School In Jersey City!

This past week I was fortunate to check something off my bucket list.  I finally tried an activity that I have wanted to learn for my whole life’I learned to sail.  Now this activity is not cheap BUT it can get you into circles of people who have real money. 

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19 Jul 2010

Get classy, Bro: Bushwick Country Club in NYC

Things I like: drinking, drinking outside, drinking on the cheap, drinking with fellow-minded attractive single people. I tend to prefer bars where all of the above can happen, but finding a comfortable in-between is difficult. Usually bars that are super cheap are also lacking in atmosphere (which is, fine, whatever,

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17 Jul 2010

Yelp Summer Camp

While the theme of this weekend is certainly music heavy, what with Siren Fest bringing out all the kids to Coney Island, and the Summer Hummer party with Fucked Up DJing at  the Soho Grand, you have your pick of where to sway and sweat. While I promise myself every

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17 Jul 2010

Cheap Hair Cuts at the Carsten Aveda Institute

There is this thing called Science (closely related to that often annoying “truth”) that indicates human scalp hair grows at about 1/2 an inch per month. I get this. What I do NOT get, however, is that people have decided undoing this growth is a task worthy of all of

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16 Jul 2010

Matt Torrey’s Puts New York on Tap

I totally respect anyone who decides to name a bar after themselves, and the self-named bars are almost always the best. Jimmy’s Corner in Manhattan, Sharlene’s in Prospect Heights, and now there’s Matt Torrey’s in Williamsburg. Not that you can see the name on the building. It’s only marking is

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16 Jul 2010

Tenth Time’s the Charm: Siren Music Festival Hits Coney Island

Look, I’m not a selfish person. I don’t ask for much, I pay my taxes, I give the occasional financial pledge to the destitute and homeless, I hold doors open for strangers. I do good things. So grant me your understanding and spare me your judgment when I tell you

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15 Jul 2010

Sweet Ups Bar in Williamsburg: As Sweet as it Used to Be?

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this bar is: “Whoa man, you’ve changed”.  So the bad news is, it’s not as cozy and secret-y as it once was in say, 2006.  But, really, the whole faux speakeasy thing has really been over for quite a while. 

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