I am a Californian living in New York City.  I was born in the suburbs of Los Angeles, raised in the suburbs of San Diego, and went to college in the Bay Area, so I’d kind of consider myself somewhat of a semi-expert on Californianity.  Living as a Broke-Ass-West-Coaster-Gone-East for

A star is born. Have you ever uttered those words? Neither have I but you could possibly get that chance on Saturday, December 3rd at The Gramercy Theater where writer/comedian, Hannibal Buress will be taping a Comedy Central special. Peep the man’s credentials: he’s a former writer for SNL and

I’ve always considered myself a comedy nerd. Which is great for me since there’s always plenty of comedy shows goin down in New York. The problem is not all of it is cheap. I’ve done the two drink minimum thing and had to suffer through some of the worst stand-up

Last week, I was sitting on the train at 1:30am, reading the last chapter of a book by Linda Ellerbee (you may remember her as the host of Nick News). A dude sat down next to me and I could feel him staring at my book. “Can I offer you

Every year, I worry my Midwestern parents by telling them I am spending the entire weekend in the dank basement of a Gristedes in Chelsea, drinking cheap beer until I either run out of money or I fall asleep. I try to explain that it’s all to see stars and

Turns out not just broke-ass people are forgoing cable TV for the web. Thanks to sites like Hulu and channels streaming their own shows, why deal with commercials and TV schedules when you can just watch for free on your own time. I’m not going to get into specifics on

Well, OK, maybe “cult” is a bit of a strong term for what I really mean.  But seriously, the slope is quite the slippery one from Tony Robbins to Jonestown. Barbara Ehrenreich recently tackled the subject in Bright-Sided: How The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.  Here’s what

As I write this I find I am having a little bit of a crisis of conscience.  That is because I am recommending that people go see stand-up comedy at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on March 7th at nine pm.  It is not because I didn’t enjoy myself when