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04 Sep 2009

DIY Diva: Crafty DIY Bath & Beauty Products for the Ladies (or Metrosexuals)

Heyo – the DIY Diva here with a practical quartet of crafty do-it-yourself bath & beauty products that you can make for yourself or as awesome gifts for your hipster friends. I don’t know about you, but I could easily – EASILY – spend a $100 per visit in the

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04 Sep 2009

Allen Ginsburg and the HOWL Festival

So this is it kids, summertime is officially over and this weekend marks the death rattle! For NYC people its been a bit of a weird summer: no sun until July, an extreme and very smelly heat wave and the death of like a billion public figures which of course

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03 Sep 2009

Get a Job – 2009 Empowerment Job Coaching Tour

One thing that is nice about our current economic slump is that, whereas during the Great Depression if you were out of work you pretty much had the option of riding the rails and getting shot for stealing apples, nowadays you can cash in your workforce chips and go back

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03 Sep 2009

Divisadero Art Walk — Come Party with Workshop and Nooworks!

Kelly, who runs the Indie Mart and is the only real woman Stu and I fight over, has been knee deep in sawdust for the last few weeks with her dad and various others trying to get her new project ready. It’s about 75% of the way done, and you

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03 Sep 2009

5 Movie Characters With Crazy Hot Style

We’ve all heard about Holly Golightly’s style, and how amazing and ever-emulated it will be. Ditto Annie Hall, Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour and Marlene Deitrich in everything.  The 5 below may not be classic in the traditional sense, but with a serious 80’s/early 90’s revival upon us, you’ll

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03 Sep 2009

Equinox: How The Other Half Gyms

For those of you who don’t know, Equinox is one of the higher-end gym chains in the New York city area.  I belong to Crunch, but after going on a sort of yoga sampler for the past month or so (going to different yoga studios every couple of days), with

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02 Sep 2009

Godzila Sushi: Raw and Cheap Sushi Gone Wild

When hearing the words ‘œraw fish’ and ‘œcheap’ in the same sentence, it’s easy to envision two days hunched over the toilet wishing your mom was there to make you soup and tell you everything is going to be alright. Going out for sushi is perfect when you’re in the

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02 Sep 2009

How to Behave in a Restaurant

You know how in places like Israel and Switzerland it’s mandatory for every citizen to spend a certain amount of time in the military?  I’ve always thought that it should be the same in the US, but that instead of the army or navy, Americans should have to be in

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