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17 Jan 2010

Cookin With ?uestlove

Before he was giving Jimmy Fallon street cred or upstaging Dave Chappelle, ?uestlove was hosting mean parties back at Fluid Night Club in Philly which I attended religiously.  Although he dominates on the drums, this man knows how to DJ the shit out of a party. I’ve seen the Roots

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
16 Jan 2010

Cheap Fetish

According to dictionary.com, to fetishize is to ‘˜regard an object with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.’  There are many things in my day-to-day life that, for me, hold these powers.  Call it magical thinking (shout out to my shrink!),

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
15 Jan 2010

House of Yes "Possesion" Party with an Open Bar

What was your plan for tonight again?  Drinking beers on your couch and watching whatevers on your DVR?  Yes, it’s winter, yes it’s cold and yes, it’s often easier to hibernate indoors than it is to sack up, pull on a bunch of layers and go out into the night,

BAS Writers 0
15 Jan 2010

My Favorite Thing in NYC: Drop Off Laundry

New York City is a money sucker. Two dollar ATM fees at places that don’t take cards. Five dollar boxes of graham crackers. I occasionally get resentful that groceries and the subway cost money, usually the week when rent’s due. I hear people on the real estate porn channel say

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
14 Jan 2010

Rudy's Bar & Grill

My good friend Anton plays violin for bands like Bright Eyes, Mates of State, and Judgment Day, so when he played Town Hall with Bright Eyes he got us some tickets. After the show, we all met up at Rudy’s for a beer and then headed down to the after

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

Broke-Asses of the Week – Comedy Duo Eliot and Ilana Glazer

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

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

Cheap Old School Bowling

I am too young to really remember what the 70’s were like but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to re-live them just the same.  Now, it is possible for us all to leisure-time- travel by taking advantage of specials at the Gutter Bar in Williamsburg. The masterminds at

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0

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