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24 Jan 2011

FREE Playlist Mondays at Panda (With Whiskey and Vodka)

Right now, I would like to curl up on a giant panda and take  a really long nap. But I’m pretty sure China doesn’t lend them out as furniture, especially non-zoos. Instead, I’ll just have to settle for my second choice: hanging out at Panda NYC and drinking FREE whiskey

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24 Jan 2011

The Inevitable Black Swan Post: This Time It’s Sexual

Sorry, guys, but I had to. However you feel about Black Swan– I feel like my friends are of two camps: (1) It was a tour-de force gripping thrill ride, or (2) It was the campiest mother-effing thing since the birth of “No more wire hangers”. I, on the other

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23 Jan 2011

Anthony Bourdain: Broke-Ass At Heart

We all still like Anthony Bourdain, right? (I mean, other than the vegans and the Alice Waters-aterians.) Here’s a man who likes tacos and street food and donuts just like us, so he can’t be all bad. Even though he’s definitely filthy rich at this point, we can’t begrudge the

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23 Jan 2011

Get In The Mood (Wink Wink) With $1 Oysters at Waterbar

I LOVE going to nice restaurants and being that customer that sits at the bar refusing any other food besides the absolute cheapest things on the menu, which, at the beautiful, yet fairly douchey (a word I reserve for eateries that are not taquerias), Waterbar, are the $1 “Today’s Featured

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23 Jan 2011

FREE Viewing of Spike Jonze’s “Tell Them Anything You Want”

Maurice Sendak seems like he’d be a cool person to hang out with at his house in Connecticut with his German Shepherd, Herman, just like, drinking wine and listening to him complain about people. I can see why Spike Jonze made a documentary about him. It sounds like Sendak is

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22 Jan 2011

Everything’s Better with Beer: Beer Goggles at 92Y Tribeca

I probably don’t really need to tell you that beer makes things more fun. Parties…bowling…sitting/walking/standing… add a cold one and anything’s more of a party. The folks at 92Y Tribeca get this, too, and have launched a monthly Beer Goggles film series in which they screen a night of themed

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22 Jan 2011

FREE Cal Science & Engineering Festival

Calling all Science Nerds! This Sunday, January 23rd, the first-ever Cal Science and Engineering Festival will commence, bringing the geeky wet dreams of smart kids across the globe to life! The sexy activities will allow you to: Put solar power to the test, get hands-on with ancient fossils, discover the

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22 Jan 2011

FREE Reading, Music, Wine and more Tonight at WORD Bookstore

If you are like the majority of Americans, one of your New Year’s resolutions is to read more. And again, if you are like the majority of Americans, you will not actually do this. So why don’t you call a spade a spade and try being read to?! It worked

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