in your reader or in your inbox: Subscribe by RSS or receive email updates.
Last Update: Mar 15, Mon 1:00 pm
Wondering what to do for fun this week? Feeling a little dead inside? Wake yourself up with an affordable event for each of the 5 senses!
HEAR: The Noise Pop Festival invades the city this week. It features over 100 local and big names bands but you probably can’t afford to go to more than ... Read More →
I’m going to say this in the most plain and honest way I can: I’m pretty sure Candy, the bartender at Bow Bow, is Dionysus disguised as a human being. It’s the only logical way to explain the way she handles the position of bartender. It totally makes sense if you read any Greek mythology; ... Read More →
Soft, twinkling lights, snappy dance numbers, beautiful girls, and suppers of eastern delicacies called things like Chop Suey- What a night you could have in that enchanting Chinatown! The possibilities as endless as the stars in the heavens!
By the thirties, San Franciscan xenophobia had ebbed to a level where a night in Chinatown was considered ... Read More →
New York is a place where people think nothing of shelling out $300 and up for a haircut. I myself remain loyal to a wonderful stylist who sets me back $100 before tip every time I go in. Is it worth it? Yes. I truly believe that it is. However, I’m not a millionaire, and ... Read More →
If you saw my bank account balance you would laugh softly to yourself, and then immediately ask me if that was just maybe, like, my second checking account and my real money is elsewhere. To this I would reply “No, that’s it.” Then you would probably raise your eyebrows ever-so-slightly and inquire as to my ... Read More →
Laura’s recent post about karaoke spots in NYC totally inspired me to post this excerpt from my book. Winnie’s is Amazing!!
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 than $4. But in extreme circumstances, like Winnie’s, ... Read More →
Santacon is that special holiday where droves of people dress up like Santa to roam the streets with no particular destination. Except when the Santas realize they need sustenance other than cookies and beer. Last year, my other Santa, our reindeer and I went to a place called “Excellent Dumpling” solely because we thought the ... Read More →
There used to be a place on Allen near Delancey that was simply called Fried Dumpling. It was a great place where you could get five pretty tasty dumplings for one meager dollar. (Note to West Coast folk visiting NYC: “chinese dumpling” is East Coast for the food you are familiar with as “potstickers”) Then ... Read More →