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18 Jul 2009

FREE: Siren Festival on Coney Island

Few places in New York are as mythic and storied as Coney Island. From the Wonder Wheel to the Cyclone, to Nathan’s to the the beach itself, the place is unlike any other in the city and that’s only one reason why you should check out today’s Siren Festival. Produced

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18 Jul 2009

FREE Musical Ambrosia at Dolores Park – SF Symphony Park Day

Such a versatile venue Dolores Park is.  Though the city is awfully good about providing and utilizing public spaces, Dolores has the accessibility, beauty and ease of the best of town squares.  Whether it be a naked, divinely-inspired pageant, a derby or just lying in the sun, Dolores has something

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18 Jul 2009

Starbucks Throws a Holiday- Free Pastry 7/21; 5a.m.-10:30 a.m.

I wouldn’t say this is something I’d rush out the door for.  Actually, to be completely honest, I’m generally never awake during the time period for which this offer is good I do remember my admin days though, and unless you’re on some crash diet, this is one of those

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17 Jul 2009

Give Some Love Back to Dolores Park

The other day Curtis, The Creme Brulee Guy, had a great idea.  He posted on his twitter, “How many of you LOVE Dolores Park? Anyone willing to get together to help mitigate the cost to the city of cleaning up the mess we all make?”.  I was like, “Hey I

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17 Jul 2009

Scandals of Yore: Calvin Klein Ads and More

Recently, the advertisers at Calvin Klein were slapped on the wrists yet again, for another scandalously attention-whoring advertisment that looked to some like a weird, drugged-out threesome and prompted concern from certain groups over the passive appearance of the woman in the photo.  The controversial billboard has since been replaced

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17 Jul 2009

Sweaty Friday: Kelli Rudick, Rooftop Films and an Open Bar

It looks like it’s working up to being a steamy, muggy friday here in NYC.  Gross. This is the kind of day that makes you want to do nothing more than stay inside with the AC, a ton of water and the Freaks & Geeks box set, until the sun

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16 Jul 2009

Mission Creek Festival’s Awesome FREE Concert

It’s been 13 years since the the Mission Creek Music Festival first began, and this year they’ve decided to take their awesome rating up a notch and attain the highly salivated after rank of “Awesomer”.  That’s right, while the festival is raging throughout Oakland and San Francisco from July 10th-25th

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16 Jul 2009

8 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Date This Summer

The arrival of the Jelly NYC Pool Parties can only mean one thing: it’s. fucking. summer!  Contrary to popular belief, I’ve found that I’ve had way, way more fun, and been more happy about my life overall during the summers I’ve not been in relationships.  The following exchange took place

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