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30 Aug 2010

How To Exit A Bad Date

Whether it’s a blind date, online date, or just a date that didn’t exactly go as you thought it would, there is possibly no more anxiety-inducing feeling than being stuck on a date that is either excruciatingly boring, awkward or just going horribly wrong. So, how exactly does one get

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29 Aug 2010

$8 Bottomless Mimosas at Nickies Weekend Brunch

While it’s true that a real broke-ass, if craving the fancy brunch drink made up of OJ and champagne, might just walk around the corner to the liquor store and buy a $5 bottle of Cook’s (probably at that point just skipping the OJ altogether), there all instances in which

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29 Aug 2010

5 Bad Things (That Are Actually Good) About Magazines

A lot of people are under a lot of strange impressions nowadays. The internet empowers it. Example: 19% of Americans, many of which vote and operate dangerous machinery, are under the impression that the President of the United States is a secret Muslim. This is a sincere belief, and its

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29 Aug 2010

FREE Coffee at Four Barrel’s Happy Birthday Party!

Four Barrel is turning 2 on Monday and like every good party for a two-year old there will be a petting zoo (wha?), photo booth, cake, and coffee! From their twitter feed: “We just booked a pony for the kiddies. Seriously. 12-2 on Monday, along with cake, free drinks all

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29 Aug 2010

Pick Up Chicks at Duckduck

Duckduck is currently the only reason I ever go out to the Montrose stop on the L, because I am super lazy. If you are too, then three train stops might sound far away, but it is literally like 15 blocks. Duckduck has cheap drinks and they make them STRONG,

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28 Aug 2010

Jazz Age Lawn Party Take Two

Per usual, I’m going to be out of town for the throwback Jazz Age Lawn theme party this Saturday. I miss it every year and it’s starting to feel like I’ll never get to sip cold glasses of St.Germaine and do the Charleston on Governor’s Island. If you missed the

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28 Aug 2010

Rare Vampire Films at YBCA

If you were into vampires long before the new, sparkly, abstinent breed came along, then you’ve surely been yearning for a taste of the dingier, old-school blood suckers. This Saturday and Sunday, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be screening Carl Theodore Dreyer’s, 1932 classic, ‘œVampyr’ to satiate all

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28 Aug 2010

5 FREE(ish) Things I Enjoyed This Week

Because I am truly a broke ass, I go through my week trying to fill my unemployed hours as inexpensively as possible. And I know I’m far from being the only one with monetary limitations, so here are five FREE (if you work it the right way and pretty close

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