Sometimes, you want to feel fancy. You need a break from warm PBRs and using a paper towel to touch the bathroom doorknob from time to time, and that’s perfectly OK. Sometimes you gotta treat yourself like the classy guy/gal on the town you tell people you’ll someday be, and

When I first came to San Francisco, I didn’t know many people.  Two activities (three if excessive solo drinking at bars counts) connected me with my current group of friends:  Moving in with roommates from Craigslist and joining a sports league.  While the former is undoubtedly a direct channel to

Of all the extremely compelling things about the east coast regionals of this year’s Air Sex World Championships, few are more humorous than the subtle irony in the event occurring on the same date as the first Nerd Nite of the year. The two events may not be mutually exclusive in terms of their fanbases, but

Since blizzard number two hit the city, New Yorkers have kicked into hibernation mode which usually includes more than your average amount of movie nights. Escape cabin fever and enjoy free screenings of under the radar films in a more pleasing environment than your shabby futon. Both the hipster hostel

In case your morning began with this shudder-inducing  video of a rat crawling on a sleeping man in the subway like mine did, you better do something awesome tonight to justify living here to yourself once again. Fortunately, Super Furry Animals frontman/awesome documentary maker Gruff Rhys (pronounced Griff Rees) and

In New York, there is an outlet for you to be any type of nerd you want to be. Case and point: The Bell House‘s TV Parties. Extreme fandom is no longer just for Sci Fi shows, their party on Thursday night is celebrating the first season of Arrested Development,

Pretty soon it’ll be too late for New Year’s resolution references (if it isn’t already), so I better use them all up while still appropriate. New Year’s Resolution No. 3:  Appear devastatingly attractive to members of the opposite sex.  For mating purposes, obvi.  This is a purposefully open-ended resolution that

You know all those stand-up specials you watch on TV? They’re the shows that comedians roll out their best material at after weeks/months/years of honing their funny. Whenever there’s a cut from the comedian to the audience they always seem to be in tears, getting the best of the best