Eats
Floating Brothel: A Show at Galapagos
Remember the first time you heard about Australia being populated by British convicts? I was convinced I was being lied to. But no, the all-male British penal colony of New South Wales existed, and somewhere along the line they decided to start sending female convicts there too. Guess the ladies
M Shanghai Bistro is Majorly Tasty
My stomach has always been a pissy little bitch, and it keeps getting more intolerant as I get older. I can’t eat cake for breakfast like I could when I was 19. The magical combination of grease and salt in bad Chinese food makes me feel like I’m growing a
Samosa Crawl and FREE Chuck Klosterman Reading
Have you ever woken up and thought: “Damn, I really wish I understood what is was like to be a hunter-gatherer, but the closet thing I can do in New York is dumpster diving. Or foraging through a park, but I don’t feel like fighting pigeons and ferrel cats over
A Chili Cook-Off with Ms.Pac Man
At first glance, it may seem I’m using this website purely as a vehicle for posting delicious food photos, and on one hand that may be true. On the other, I tend to get worked up over free food events in my area. Nothing quite tops off a brisk weekend
Hanco and Baoguette-Banh Mi in 2 Boroughs
You know those days, (or, sometimes weeks or months..) where you just have absolutely NO money? Yeah, me too. Whether you just paid off massive credit card debt, splurged on something earlier in the month and are paying the price now, or simply have no income, we all know how
Punked-Up Barbies and Stripped-Down Kens
I remember the first Barbie I decapitated. It was much more difficult to re-capitate her than I expected, but the whole experience made me feel delightfully bad. My sister and I gave our Barbies jagged haircuts, tattoos, and designed outfits for them out of Spider-Man Band-Aids. I’m sure we weren’t
Before the Bodega: See if Your Food is Still Tasty
New York is a weird city for grocery shopping. Most stores don’t have aisles wide enough to fit two carts, if they fit any carts at all. Most people shop every few days for specific meals, because hauling one bag through the subway is easier than seven. The smaller shopping