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02 Sep 2010

FreeWilly First Thursdays Kicks off Tonight at CoCo66

One unassuming day in May, a good friend sent me an album with the note “Hey, I think you’ll like this.” According to Last.fm, it now is ranked my #1 most played album. This album, my friends, is Beach Fossils’ s/t album and tonight you can hear what their favorite

Jill S. 0
01 Sep 2010

$5 Pizza Margherita at Totale Pizza

If you’re trying to get the most square inches of pizza per dollar possible, Totino’s Party Pizzas are probably your best bet. But if you’re looking for pizza made with real cheese (and doesn’t taste like cardboard), you should head down to St. Marks Place. Totale Pizza just opened up,

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
01 Sep 2010

Teak on the Hudson: Worth Taking the PATH

There are plenty of things I say I really want to do–like making a photo collage of bodega cats or finally memorizing someone’s phone number besides my own–but I will probably never get around to doing them. Another is trying fresh sushi as a a means to erase a bad

Jill S. 0
31 Aug 2010

Park Slope Gets its Groove Back with Mission Dolores Bar

Just to set the record straight. I’ve never been to San Francisco, so if you’re looking for some insightful commentary on how this bar “really draws on the West Coast” vibe,  I can’t help you. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a fantastic bar.  Settled on the somewhat barren strip

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
30 Aug 2010

Wing Eating Contest at the Habitat

If you spend most of 25 cent wing nights bragging to your friends about how many wings you shoved down your gullet, then you need to hit up The Habitat in Greenpoint tomorrow night. They’re having their third annual wing eating contest. The winner will walk away with $100 and

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
29 Aug 2010

Pick Up Chicks at Duckduck

Duckduck is currently the only reason I ever go out to the Montrose stop on the L, because I am super lazy. If you are too, then three train stops might sound far away, but it is literally like 15 blocks. Duckduck has cheap drinks and they make them STRONG,

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
28 Aug 2010

Jazz Age Lawn Party Take Two

Per usual, I’m going to be out of town for the throwback Jazz Age Lawn theme party this Saturday. I miss it every year and it’s starting to feel like I’ll never get to sip cold glasses of St.Germaine and do the Charleston on Governor’s Island. If you missed the

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0

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