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27 May 2009

5 Warm-Weather Sartorial Mishaps

This Memorial Day I watched a dear friend place two bags of BBQ charcoal on his skateboard, sit  atop of them and let his Pit Bull pull him all the way home. It was awesome.   Right before that happened, I was in Prospect Park, riding around on one of

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26 May 2009

The Patriot Saloon– $6 PBR Pitchers and a Whole Lotta Drunk

One evening, after arriving to go to what was promised to be a very rare and awesome party in the otherwise-barren nightlife wasteland that is downtown NYC, I found myself with a bunch of dudes, semi-stranded after the cops shut down the said awesome 5-story (allegedly clandestine) dance party.  Thinking

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26 May 2009

Pay What You Want Wednesdays at the Bronx Zoo

Before you pucker your face like a dried apricot sphincter, save your exhaled breath and negative judgment of zoos.  Yes, zoos impose less than favorably living conditions on some of their animals.   They also educate and encourage kids and adults to invest in and gain awareness of the animal kingdom;

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25 May 2009

Drinking by Numbers at 440

I guess if you wanted to categorize 440, it could best be described as SOMA-light.  It’s no Chaps II mind you, but if daddies and random acts of oral sex are too intense for you, then you may want to have your Castro Street experience elsewhere.   One incentive to

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25 May 2009

Memorial Day Special: The Sling Shot Man

Normally, we have a sex and dating post on Mondays, but since it’s Memorial Day we’d rather give you something really American to go along with our special brand of over-eating and cheap beer drinking.   Enjoy.

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25 May 2009

FREE Virgil’s Ribs in Times Square

You couldn’t pay me money to go to Times Square today.  Actually, you could.  I will do anything for money.  ANYTHING!   However, I would feel more compelled and less indebted if I were lured to this godless place by free ribs, which is exactly what Virgil’s is offering when the

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24 May 2009

Spice things up South American Style–Carnaval 2009!

The dull cold weekend is wrapping up, and you’re probably still hung over from Kelly’s fine work over at Dolores Park yesterday. Since you can’t be in South America like Stu, I’ll still give your broke-asses a free awesome travel tip ‘” most of you without having to leave your

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24 May 2009

FREE Cultural Escape: DanceAfrica Bazaar

This massive outdoor market with over 250 vendors began yesterday, continues today, and will wrap up tomorrow.   I’m not particularly interested in buying any of the wares (divestment folks, its the way of the future), however, culturally speaking, it could almost be  like a trip to Africa.   Since I haven’t

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