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01 Mar 2011

Rye House Manhattan: Insane Lunch Special (Posse)

Betcha didn’t know that there’s another Rye (House) in town that ISN’T the one in Williamsburg! Rye HOUSE is, in fact, sort of near the Union Square area of Manhattan, and is one of those gastropubs. I know what you’re thinking, ohhhhh those places are so overpriced and whatnot. But

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28 Feb 2011

5 Netflix Romance Movies I Won’t See

Sometimes Netflix has you pidgeonholed a little TOO well– for example, yes, I do happen to like witty workplace TV comedies. But, whenever I look under the “Romance” section, which, I’m not entirely sure why it exists– like, shouldn’t it just be under drama? Oh wait, IT ALREADY IS. And

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26 Feb 2011

Get fuzzy with the Muppet Vault

If, like me, you have been known to do things like re-plan a trip itinerary to see a Jim Henson exhibit and then at that exhibit, get scolded very loudly from security several times for taking non-stop photographs, apparently we are not alone. The Muppet Vault is a monthly series

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26 Feb 2011

Stand Up for Women’s Health in NYC

If you give a shit about the reproductive rights of women in any way, you should go to the Rally for Women’s Health on Saturday, February 26 from 1pm to 3pm at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. Kathleen Hanna is supposed to speak, and I heard there will be a

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25 Feb 2011

Karaoke and Dudes with Weird Muppets at Winnie’s in Chinatown

This originally appeared in Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York. Out of my 3 books, it is without a doubt the best. With $5 Budweisers, this place goes against one of the basic tenets of Broke-Assdom, that the cheapest beer in a place should cost no more

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24 Feb 2011

Mabel’s Smokehouse: Cheap BBQ for the North Side

I happen to be one of very few fortunate people who lives right smack in the middle of the south and north Williamsburg, making the culinary delights of either side not particularly that far out of reach. It has recently come to my attention that there are not that many

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23 Feb 2011

Spice Corner, the next level Bodega

True: I like any place about 3x more than I normally would when there are free samples. But even if the friendly man behind the counter hadn’t offered me a piece of freshly-made Kalakand (a Pakistani sweet made of milk, rose, water and sugar) as soon as I walked in,

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21 Feb 2011

Movies That Eerily Depict Dudes You’ve Dated

We’re all familiar with the Aaron Samuels archetype in movies– the dude that has no real discernible personality but is hot and is there mainly to serve as “the guy” for the female protagonist. But, you know, he’s not a real person– which is why it’s always kind of weird

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