new york city

24 Aug 2010

Geek Out at Desert Island Comics

You may have walked by the mysterious “bakery” before on Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg and marveled at the wonderful displays in the window like I did. That was what first peaked my interest about this little neighborhood comic shop, but what’s inside is what keeps people coming back.  The proprietor,

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24 Aug 2010

Bring your Fangs to Coney Island Tonight

Tell me, broke-asses, just how shameless are ye? Tonight is the last full moon ride on the Cyclone at Coney Island — that is, it’s your last chance to be terrified for your life under a full moon (outside of taking a night trip to East New York, that is).

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23 Aug 2010

Get as Bombed as You Want on Sangria at Calle Ocho

Oh don’t bother with that straw. Just pour it in my mouth. New York is full of brunch-n-booze deals. It makes sense, after all – the only people who really need to get hammered again on a Sunday morning are the ones who are probably still wasted from the weekend.

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21 Aug 2010

Shhh… there’s a Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in Greenpoint, too

The lines at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in Dumbo are almost as famous as the ice cream itself… but it’s totally worth it, right? Like, it’s gotta be… why else would people decide that standing outside for over an hour for something that’s available on almost every other street corner

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20 Aug 2010

Serena Studios: Affordable Belly Dance Classes

I took a belly dance class in college, mainly because of my professor’s insistence and partially because of my love of shiny fabric. I was terrified at first, the only dance I’d taken was jazz in the seventh grade. My fears were assuaged after the first class. Contrary to the

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20 Aug 2010

Things To Do At Rockaway Beach

Summer is almost over, and if you’re anything like me you’re panicking about every passing second that is not spent at the beach. Rockaway Beach is the most Broke-ass friendly of them all, in my opinion, because you don’t have to buy an LIRR ticket, so get out there. It’s

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19 Aug 2010

La Superior: More Like La Superi-MORE!

What is this, the New York Post? Amirite? Anywho, Kiley has already named La Superior as one of her fave BYOB spots, but I just wanted to expand on just how delicious this place is. As many of my friends love to point out, I’m always criticizing Mexican places in

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19 Aug 2010

Phosphorescent and Sloane Crosley Tonight at CoCo66

As if you need an excuse to partake in CoCo66‘s fantastic $3 draft and well drink happy hour from 4-8PM, now you can count “helping kids read good and stuff” as one of them. Tonight, alt-country troubadour Phosphorescent will join best-selling author Sloane Crosley for a double-bill of entertainment (for

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