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21 Aug 2009

DIY Diva: Cheapo Pet Toys To Please Your Pussy & Puppy

Heyo — the DIY Diva here with this week’s on-the-cheap craftacular project for all you out there in Broke-Assland. Pets are absolutely, positively a luxury and not something for the broke-ass.  Though I am a broke-ass and have a dog.  And, I bet you either have a dog/cat or know

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20 Aug 2009

Cheap Air Fares to New York with American Airlines

Interpreted through a wide-angle lens, ‘œpromotions’, ‘œdeals’, and ‘œlimited time offers’ aren’t all bullshit, but damnit, you have to approach them with a level head. Companies sling deals in an attempt to buy loyalty so they can recoup losses in the future business you and other suckers provide to them

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20 Aug 2009

FREE Operas All Over Town! This Weekend: Stern Grove

I always thought The Opera was too high-brow for me’”that it would be all crustless sandwiches, drinking with your pinky up, and polite behavior (you’re not allowed to say ‘œfuck’ at The Opera).  But then in high school my worldly, cultured friend’s parents took us to the San Francisco Opera. 

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20 Aug 2009

Go Bang!: Cheap Swill and Moist Music!

Who doesn’t love a crossover?  Remember when you were a kid and Maude would show up on All in the Family or the Addams Family helped the kids solve a mystery on Scooby Doo? Cameos and collaborations breathe life into timeworn tales as the fires of inspiration are sparked when

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20 Aug 2009

Tickle Me Surprised!!

Let’s take a quick trip back in time’back to the year 1994.  Shit was pretty awesome back then, as I don’t really need to tell you:  Clinton was in office,  Global Warming was just alarmist hippie bullshit,  Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s first Black President, Bill Bellamy presided over the

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20 Aug 2009

Russ & Daughter’s in the Lower East Side

The above photo is from Greenwich Village Daily Photo Ok so you moved to New York from ________ and back there you really didn’t know a lot of Jewish people.  Sure you went to that Rubinstein kid’s bar mitzvah in 7th grade, but other than him and a couple Chinese

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19 Aug 2009

Lansky’s: The Best Deal in Manhattan?

Finding Lansky’s was like finding a Kenny G album in Henry Rollins’ iPod. It was puzzling and unexpected. I only venture out into the expensive foreign land of the Upper West Side when it is necessary, and hearing about cheap beer and sliders made this a necessary trip. Lansky’s is

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19 Aug 2009

Chicken, Watermelon and Breasisists

The whole thing is real casual. And on a Friday. And although Casual Fridays are soooo ‘80s, this kind of casual is a bit different than your older-brother’s pleated Dockers.

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