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10 Jul 2012

FREE Pilates Classes on the Hudson River

Wanna work on your beach bod, or at least get healthy and stuff?  Well, you’re in luck– every Tuesday evening between now and the end of August, there will be FREE pilates classes in Riverside Park.  Strengthen that core while taking in the beauty of the Hudson River, y’all. The

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09 Jul 2012

I Just Wanna Dance – On My Lunch Break!

  The Swedes are at it again. Not only have they taken over the furnishing of our country via Ikea, now they are influencing Americans to dance their lunch hour away. Come see what all the fuss is about at RECESS this Wednesday at Monarch. RECESS, the FREE new midday

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06 Jul 2012

Win Tix to See Chuck Palahniuk or Michael Ian Black & Megan McCain Plus Discount Codes!

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, do I have some good giveaways for you today! I’m giving away a pair of tickets to two awesome events…

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06 Jul 2012

A Broke-Ass Writer’s Guide to Greenpoint Coffee Shops

As a starving, malcontent, narcissistic New York City writer, you have one of two options: writing in your apartment or writing in someplace that is decidedly not your apartment. The former is a simple premise. If you’re having trouble with it, you might consider giving up writing in favor of

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06 Jul 2012

Good Meals For Starving People: Chili

Beans! Today is all about ’em. I know last week I wrote about sex and I am probably wrecking boners everywhere, but please hear me out. I’m going through this really weird time right now. I’m starting new projects and none of them pay for a couple more weeks. So I’m in-between

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06 Jul 2012

Macy’s FREE Fishing Clinics at Prospect Park

Fishing. There’s something most New Yorkers might not know how to do. Although this is mainly an event for children, I think adults unfamiliar with the art of fishing will benefit from these FREE fishing clinics taking place in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Macy’s is sponsoring this FREE program, offering kids

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05 Jul 2012

North Beach First Fridays: Stroll, Gaze and Drink

If you’re like me, unwinding at the end of the week means finding time to wander. And First Fridays in North Beach has everything I like in a Friday afternoon: block after block of beer, poetry, and art. There are 20+ galleries and shops with happy hour deals and every

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Courtesy of Craftsman and Wolves
05 Jul 2012

Craftsman and Wolves…

I remember living on Valencia St. when KFC was still on the block, junkies constantly shouted above the bell of the nearby church and Lost Weekend had half-off Wednesday and VHS tapes. Then, the gallery attendants below me started to leave traces of hispterdom: cans of PBR. They were everywhere.

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