04 Jan 2010

5 Oldies but Goodies : Time-Tested New York Establishments

The start of a new year makes everyone think of, well, new stuff.  New restaurants, new sexual prospects, the new body you’ve promised to get for yourself, the new outlook on life you’re going to have this year, the new levels of motivation you’ll be filled with and so on. 

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04 Jan 2010

Surviving Winter with Netflix

One of the only things I enjoy about winter, is the excuse it gives me not to leave my house. Plans will be broken, food delivered to my door, and wearing sweatpants is considered the norm. During summer, I eschew my Netflix account for frolicking outside, but come January I

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02 Jan 2010

FREE Outdoors Funtimes – Point Bonita Lighthouse Hike

Ah Point Bonita.  Mystical.  Magical.  No one knows the true translation, but some have said it is ancient Mayan for “Clive Owen’s Happy Place.”  Not really, but I’m sure if Mr. Owen were to venture on the half-mile hike to the beautiful and historical Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin

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01 Jan 2010

Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Swim

Happy New Year! It’s New Years Day.  If you’re not hungover on your couch in your sweatpants or similar clothing item than I don’t really want to know you.  There are New Year’s Day brunches to eat and movies to see and weed to smoke so get on with that. 

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31 Dec 2009

McSorley’s Old Ale House

This originally appeared in Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York City. Founded in 1854, Mcsorley’s is New York’s oldest bar and because of this its slogan is, “We’ve been here since before you were born” Are you kidding me McSorley’s? You’ve been here since when my ancestors

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!

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30 Dec 2009

FREE Muni Service on New Year’s Eve

If you read the internet in San Francisco, you may have caught this one already: For the 10th year running SFMTA is providing FREE Muni service on New Year’s Eve. So save those two dollars, and bring a bag of ice or a stack of plastic cups to your party

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29 Dec 2009

Broke-Ass Guide to Working Out

Like everyone else, I pretty much ate my weight in carbs this past holiday weekend, so naturally I’m looking to drop my phantom baby weight in the new year. But you know what, gym membership inflation is right up there with college tuition and I don’t have an extra $60

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28 Dec 2009

Student Discount and $3.50 Happy Hour Draughts at Bistro Gambrinus

‘œ..and through, thine intercession, I pray the blessed brewers, have made this, my beer, delicious. Amen’ I suppose, the city’s pre-occupation with food and its proximity to a Jesuit university explains the existence of a Euro-centric grub pub that’s named after the patron saint of beer. Whereas Bistro Gambrinus may

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