While Stuart pointed everybody to the alternative-to-Christmas activities going on in San Francisco last night, New Yorkers have their own alternative to Christmas happening today. The long held tradition of non-Christmas celebrators ordering Chinese food and going to the movies is a great one, and the venerable 92nd Street YTribeca

There’s pretty much nothing funny about the holidays.  The period of time that you looked forward to so feverishly as a young person–when it was about holiday cookies and decorations and presents and The Grinch–has you stressed out about travel, family stress, gift buying and everything else. Take a break

I’m gonna let you readers in on a deep, dark secret of mine.  I used to hate sushi.  Yes, you read that right! I HATED sushi! Hated it! I’m sure that my sleek, urbane, stylish sophistication led you to believe that I ate sashimi with stainless steel chopsticks even as

One of the most beautiful memories I have of New York was last December in Washington Square Park.  My boyfriend and I were heading from the West 4th Street D train over to the East Village to eat at Porchetta.  On our way past the park  we saw a weird

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

Those of you who eat meat know that as delicious as chicken, turkey and beef can be, there is only One True Meat. The one that deserves to be called God’s Meat, and that meat is Pork.  This delicious, salty, flavorful nectar of the animal-gods is the main reason why

For most of us, the day after Thanksgiving is totally awesome. It’s a free day off but stuff is open if you need it, it’s a Friday which means good times will be happening at night and in the morning and its the famously significant Black Friday, where shop owners,