new york latest

28 Aug 2010

City Winery Wants to Get you Drunk and Show you a Nice Time

Unless I accidentally sit in the wrong seat, it is unusual for me to walk into a bar and find three glasses of nice wine waiting for me on my table. Especially at a swanky spot, complete with prerequisite swanky spot twinkly lights. But this happened to me at City

Jill S. 0
27 Aug 2010

Free Ping Pong in Bryant Park

There are quite a number of ping pong aficionados, I’m sure , who would agree with the conviction that ping pong in its customary form constitutes a sport of the clearly indoor sort. The air, the lighting, the soft echoes of grunt strikes – its all altered in the outdoor sphere. The folks over

0
27 Aug 2010

Cab Advice: Don't Trust the Honkers

The single thing I hate the most about New York is cab drivers who honk and slow down to pull over when they see me walking alone at night, like it wasn’t my choice to walk. If there is one thing anyone can learn about the real New York from

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
26 Aug 2010

Free Kayaking in Brooklyn Bridge Park

There aren’t many appealing activities that revolve around the phrase “It’s fun! But just make sure to keep your mouth shut the whole time” but kayaking is one of them and you can do it for free this weekend and next at the very spiffy Brooklyn Bridge Park. Just show

Jill S. 0
26 Aug 2010

Broke-Ass of the Week – Kristina Marino from Downtown Diaries

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
26 Aug 2010

Carmine's II: The Carminening

Just when you thought your pizza-related life couldn’t get any better, Carmine’s of Graham Ave. in Williamsburg has opened ANOTHER location. This new spot, Carmine’s II, is right next to Dumont by the Lorimer L stop. So, not only are their mouth-watering margherita slices more conveniently located, but they even

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
25 Aug 2010

Smell the Glove at St. Jerome's

If you’re anything like me, you bought an iPod or MP3 player because you were sick of carrying CDs everywhere. Also, you probably decided that some albums weren’t worth converting to a digital format, and abandoned the albums you kept around for theme parties, guilty pleasure and attacks of nostalgia

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0

Gimme Your Stinkin' Email

So I can send you awesome freebies, weird events, incredible articles, and gold doubloons (note: one of these is not true).

Donate

Please Support Our Work - The only thing that keeps us going is support from readers like you. Every contribution makes a huge difference.

DONATE NOW