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Specials Every Day of the Week at Blue Jay Cafe!
Blue Jay Cafe is a happy place, and not only because they give away FREE smiles on Fridays (more on that in a moment). Like many establishments lining the Divis corridor, the decor at Blue Jay is vibrant, cheery and made complete by the really cool but ridiculously expensive artwork

Your Sunday: Charms, Cyclones and Retractions
Ah, March, you can be such a tease. You totally put out last weekend with your 70 degrees and above weather, then totally turn all frigid on us this weekend and say stuff like “I’m not ready for this”, ugh typical. For the real hardcore Coney enthusiasts, be one of

The Increasingly Unjustifiable Enterprise of Going To the Moo-vies
Movie prices rose this weekend, making going to the movies just embarrassing at this point. On average, to see movies in 2D in New York costs $11, in non-Imax 3D up to $18, while getting the full Imax effect can cost you close to $20 for a ticket, and therefore

Narwhals – The Unicorn of the Sea
My senior year of high school I took a class called Astronomy/Oceanography. It changed my life. One semester was dedicated to the study of the sky, and yeah, it was pretty cool, but stars are so five million light years ago. The second glorious half of the year we focused

Broke-Ass Porn: Sideboob
Once a week we present Broke-Ass Porn. It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired. If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought

New York City Subway Etiquette
We all understand in New York that cold weather makes people angry. It is especially jarring after a warm, balmy tease of a weekend such as we had a week ago. I myself have developed distinct frown lines from this current cold snap alone. But, I understand, dropping temperatures are

Do it in the Dark – Earth Hour 2010
I like Earth. It’s a pretty dope planet in my opinion. Not as awesome as Saturn, or as controversial as Pluto (STILL A PLANET IN MY HEART), but overall Earth is pretty neat. Unfortunately, we humans have royally fucked ourselves into a corner, environmentally speaking. We’re on an express train