new york city

19 Sep 2010

The Best Massaman Curry in Williamsburg at Khao Sarn

Even though I order take-out from Khao Sarn pretty much every time I’m hungover, which is often, I do not have a very extensive knowledge of the menu. This is because the deliciousness of their massaman curry has prevented me from ordering anything else, ever. Eventually, maybe before October, I

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18 Sep 2010

Help Yourself and Others: Clothes Recycling at the Saturday Greenmarkets

Football is back. Pumpkin beer is on shelves. People are less shiny and uncomfortable-looking. This can only mean that fall is here! Let’s fill our closets with cozy sweaters to celebrate. If you’re like me, seasonal closet cleaning doesn’t have much to do with actually being organized or providing enough

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16 Sep 2010

Feast of San Gennaro Kicks Off Tonight!

Are you ready for some cannolliiiiiiii!?!?! (Please read in the style of “Are you ready for some fooooootballll?!”). I sure hope so because today is the opening day of the 84th annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, the Italian festival that celebrates the patron saint of Naples and

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16 Sep 2010

Second Stop Cafe: Worth the Wait

First, the immediate good news. Second Stop Cafe is not only steps away from the Lorimer L stop, but carries Stumptown coffee, has amazingly delicious food with great healthy options (& smoothies!), and it has free wifi! The semi-bad news? It’s always super crowded with laptop people, it can get

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15 Sep 2010

Cheap Jazz: Hot Five at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

I mostly go to the Time Warner Center because it’s fancy. Not fancy in a “Oh gawd I wish I knew how to match my clothes” but more fancy than most public spaces in NYC in that it’s extremely clean, there are often free hors d’oeuvres thanks to samples at

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14 Sep 2010

Bummed You’re Missing Fashion Week?

Marc Jacobs, Spring 2011 We are interrupting the third in our series of back to school looks for this special announcement — IT’S NEW YORK FASHION WEEK! For those squares who are still wearing JNCO’s and Jellies, New York Fashion week is the biggest event in the industry that helps

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14 Sep 2010

BYOB’n in Brooklyn: Palmyra Restaurant

BYOB is a broke-ass’s best friend. It seemed like you could find a BYOB place anywhere in the city, especially with new restaurants waiting to get their liquor license, and luring in new clientele with the promise of unlimited booze. But the city has recently cracked down, and now new

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13 Sep 2010

East River Bar: Getting Williamsburg Properly Drunk

  While the original use for this huge bar was a paint factory, the only things currently being produced here are very drunk people.  With the exception of me that is.  Every time I come here I’m already too drunk.  In fact, the first time I was here was when

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