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12 Jan 2010

The Art of Winter Layering

While I’m looking forward to the spring trends Ashley talked about, one of the things that pisses me off about the “fashion world” is that it’s never in sync with the actual seasons. I came home the other day only to discover a Victoria’s Secret’s swimsuit catalog in my mailbox.

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11 Jan 2010

Escape from New York – Cheaply and Easily

We all love New York.  Everything about it is amazing, if you can Make It Here, big lights will inspire you and streets will do other stuff and everything is suffused with the glow of magic. But sometimes you just need to get the fuck out.  Whether it be for

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11 Jan 2010

FREE Hangover Screening and FREE Beer

I was watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire and at work (I actually watch TV for a living–I wasn’t slacking off). One of the questions asked the contestant where the groom was found at the end of the movie the Hangover. The guy clapped his hands together and did

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
10 Jan 2010

Pantless Subway Ride

Improv comedy doesn’t always have to involve a stinky basement theater and awkward laughs. Sometimes it can be as simple as forgoing your pants for the day. From the people that brought you the Food Court musical, comes the 9th Annual No Pants Subway Ride. Since going global, people will

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09 Jan 2010

Floating Kabarette Tonight

There is something extremely sexy about the prospect of attending an event where a lady by the name of ‘œLegs Malone’ will perform.  Galapagos Art Space presents its next installment of its flagship series Floating Kabarette tonight, and the event is FREE to the first 100 attendees.  (And a mere

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09 Jan 2010

Stuff for the Stuffed Up: A Few Tricks for Cold Symptoms

No matter how much you ignore people on the subway in New York, it’s hard not to notice the people wearing surgical masks. And while part of me giggles, another part of me totally understands the precaution. Nothing breeds germs quite like enclosed spaces and people rubbing their hands all

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
08 Jan 2010

Wallace Shawn at Friends Meeting House

Did you even know that there was a Quaker Meeting House in Manhattan? Well not only is there one, but the beloved and wonderful Wallace Shawn will be there tonight, reading from his volume of essays called, shockingly Essays. Most of us 80s babies know Wallace Shawn from such cinematic

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