Kurt Braunholer Will Make You Laugh Your Ass Off Usually, the only guarantees at Union Pool are good people watching, a fire/fountian and a taco truck. But December is a special month. Tonight, along with the absurdly long bathroom line, you can expect at least one time travel joke from

The Californian in me laments when Daylight Savings ends.  I hate the dark.  I hate the cold.  I would stay in bed all winter if I could.  You might be asking why I’m still here in New York, and I can promise you there are a thousand reasons why this

The holiday season is now in full swing, and since New York doesn’t have an abundance of malls (heavy sigh of relief), pop-up markets are springing up all over the city. Last week I wrote about the Winter Market at Public Assembly, which will be returning this Sunday as well.

Ok, so there isn’t actually a mortal kombat element to this event, but I promise, it is equally as exciting. Every second Wednesday of the month, some seriously cool dudes (DJs Shameless, Carlstone Rocks, Stevie Von Trippin and Older Brother) get together at the Make-Out Room and DJ battle it

America’s favorite accordion/drum/cello power trio, the ‘œDebutante Hour,’ presents a Variety Show Telethon Bash with 20 old, Soviet rotary phones, and a silent auction (bid on great stuff like the Debutante Hour makes you cupcakes or plays a personal show in your living room or takes you canoeing in the

You thought I was talking about Rockefeller Center, didn’t ya?  Well I wouldn’t do you like that, dear readers.  As someone who grew up within vomiting distance of Rockefeller Center, I spent many a miserable, overcrowded, annoying December 4th being dragged by my parents (along with my sister and any

In this troubled economy, thinking about buying holiday gifts as a broke-ass can sound like a nightmare. It’s bad enough you’re eating cold three-day-old spaghetti for dinner, now you’re expected to buy a ton of presents for your friends who you secretly hate. That’s why this year I’ve decided to

You’re sick in bed with a cold and you feel really shitty. You’ve just eaten a bowl of chicken noodle soup, chugged some OJ and swallowed a couple of Tylenol and you still don’t feel better. The only thing left to do is tune in to the one television program