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14 Jun 2010

Booze Popsicles, FREE Vodka and Your Chance to DJ at The Foundation

You ever been to a bar where you want to take away everyone else’s jukebox privileges? Or where you contemplate taking control of the DJ’s macbook when they’re not looking? If yes, you need to go to The Foundation tomorrow night. Everyone in the bar can step up and take

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
14 Jun 2010

Ticket Giveaway: Danzig at the Regency Ballroom!!

I’m a big Danzig fan.  While his shit with The Misfits is legendary, my favorite part of his career is his first few solo albums, the ones produced by Rick Rubin.  Tracks like “Under Her Black Wings”, “Long Way Back to Hell”, and “Soul on Fire” make me wanna body

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
14 Jun 2010

Meat to Go – Boccalone’s Famous Salumi Cone

My fondness for pork is pretty common knowledge amongst anyone who knows me. That said, I really have to admire Chris Cosentino and Mark Pastore’s mission to make porcine delights (‘œtasty, salted pig parts’ to be exact) more accessible to the people. Which is why, if you happen to be

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
14 Jun 2010

GreenMarkets: Eating Well on the Cheap in NYC

I like food. Nay, I love food. I went to a job interview at Café 2 in the Museum of Modern Art once where the interviewer told me that my face “lit up” when I started talking about chorizo. That is not a joke. Unfortunately I’ve also got $40 to

Polina Yamshchikov - Flirt Poor 0
14 Jun 2010

Suddenly Single: 5 Reasons to Rejoice

So all of a sudden, either you’ve been broken up with, or you’ve finally mustered up the courage to break up with someone.  If you had any affection for the person to begin with, of course it’s going to be sad, at least a little bit.  By all means, take

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
13 Jun 2010

Unemploymania #2: On Experience

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A guy is without a job. Constantly searching and prodding and looking around, he has had variable success finding something to do. He sends in applications, sometimes unsolicited, and invariably with crossed fingers.  Sometimes this is a process robotic – cover letter, resume, malaise.

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13 Jun 2010

Open Letter to the Ladies Who Work at Yamo

Dear Ridiculously Hard-working Ladies Who Work At Yamo, First, thank you for your super-cheap, amazing Burmese food.  I don’t have tons of disposable income, but because everything on your menu is under $6, I too can enjoy eating out like the rest of the world. Second, will you please be

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
13 Jun 2010

Shopping for a Patron

Living in NYC is hard.  Just going out of town shows me that.  It is expensive, crowded and annoying (as well as dynamic, exciting and the center of the universe).  As a way to make ends meet, I have decided to spend a significant amount of time in my future

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0