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27 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Sandwiches: Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich Deli

There are goddamn sandwiches everywhere in NYC.  Each bodega has their own interpretation of what a sandwich is.  My bodega seems to think a sandwich is slimy meat with shredded lettuce that dissolves into rusty water, and I’m pretty sure the bodega across the street uses the deli cabinet to hide drugs.

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26 Oct 2011

Fill Up at Fillmore Street Cafe

The Fillmore Street Cafe is probably the closest and cheapest place for decent food to my house – especially on those days when you are so hungover you don’t think you could make it any further. Luckily, two blocks is doable, even if you think you might die on the way

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26 Oct 2011

Win Tickets to See Fighting Robots plus a Discount Code to Buy!

Win tickets to what amounts to the World Series of fighting robots. Yeah, you read that right.

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26 Oct 2011

When Halloween Falls on a Monday…

Last time Halloween fell on a Monday was in 2005. San Francisco is a town that likes to run through the streets in costume, so Halloween was pretty much from Thursday to Monday. I fear it will be the same this year. This is what I ended up writing at the culmination of it all in 2005.

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26 Oct 2011

Jamaican-style Veggie and Vegan Eats at Strictly Roots in Harlem

NYC is the city of a thousand and one restaurants – if you’re in the mood for a certain dish, there’s probably someplace that’ll make it for you. Yet, sometimes, you need something so specific that you’re left scratching your head and wondering, “Where the hell can I get that?!”

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26 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Halloween Costumes Gone Wrong

Halloween can be painful– and for reasons besides buying bags of mini-candies at the drugstore, eating them all at once while lounging in bed watching Netflix, and subsequently worrying about tummy aches/lack of dental insurance/pants button-popping (haaayyy).  Rather, Halloween can be a financial pain for people on a budget, a.k.a.

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26 Oct 2011

Bruce Davidson’s FREE Exhibit “Subway,” Talk TONIGHT

If you’re a huge fan of FREE art – particularly about the great City of New York, check out a FREE exhibition of selections from Bruce Davidson‘s 1986 photography series, Subway at the Aperture Foundation Gallery. But wait, there’s more! If you go today, Wednesday, at 6:30pm, Davidson himself will be

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