Last week we pointed you to Waterbar for cheap oysters, but if you’re allergic to shellfish or something you might want to check out tomorrow’s epic (ugh, sorry) Happy Hour at Waterbar’s sister restaurant next door: Epic Roasthouse. From 3 – 6:30 p.m. you’ll be able to take in waterfront

Tomorrow is a special day for two reasons. 1. It’s National Chocolate Cake Day. 2. The writers of the Colbert Report performing Seize the Mustard, an improv show. That’s right, the people who are the brains of the show are emerging from their writer’s cave to do a long form

One thing I wouldn’t mind having more of in my life is serenity.  Maybe it’s harder to avoid stress living in a city bursting with so much activity and sometimes insanity 24/7 or maybe it’s just me.  Whatever the case, I think it’s safe to assume that all of us,

Some people love being in a huge crowd, using their best cheerleader voices while surrounded by a sea of different people and their corresponding drink-spilling elbows. I am close to the exact opposite of this kind of person. d.b.a. on 1st Avenue was one of the few overcrowded bars I

It seems like everybody’s got a gimmick these days. Crocodile Lounge gives away personal-size pizzas. Hot dogs come with your hooch at Rudy’s Bar & Grill. And Burp Castle is home to free frites. Not to be outdone, The Irish Exit – in what is perhaps the most incompatible complimentary

This may have something to do with the cough syrup fog I’ve been living in for the past week, but I’ve think I’ve changed my tune about Valentine’s Day (which was that it’s a terrible Hallmark-created holiday full of societal pressure and empty commercial gestures of “love”). I still agree

Leo, Leo, Leo…where do I begin?  I love me some Leonardo DiCaprio.  My passion for him ignited in a little film called Romeo and Juliet, and has yet to fade.  The only time I don’t want to marry him and have lots of sexy babies is during the spitting scene