I recently co-hosted my first large gathering house party in my adult life in where else, but my fairly small Brooklyn apartment.  For reals, I don’t think I’ve hosted a party of that size since maybe college or so (and even then, it doesn’t even really count, in a way),

There sure are a lot of new things popping up all up on the north side of Williamsburg these days. Lodged within a weird DUMBO-area-looking strip-mall block next to a dry cleaning place on North 11th and Berry is just one of these new “things”– a little (actually sort of

TODAY, Thursday, May 13th is the first day of The Deli’s Best of NYC Fest, which ends on Saturday, May 15th.  But guess what?  At precisely 9pm at none other than Public Assembly  in Williamsburg will a band called Midnight Spin be playing. Who is Midnight Spin?  Well, all you

The summer really could not have come soon enough in NYC if you ask me.  Part of what is so fucking great about living here is that not only does the city become alive in a whole new way when it gets warm, but there is ALWAYS something new to

Ever find yourself sorta stuck in the West Village somehow?  Like, you work around there and don’t want to stray very far, or you have to stick around waiting around there before something else you’re going to?  Well, for some reason, I do…like, A LOT, and I really don’t enjoy

As of April 3, Brooklyn Indie Market, one of many great places to scope out and support local Brooklyn designers, has re-opened from its winter hiatus!  One of the designers you should definitely check out is Rachel Park.  She started out with “[b]lending exciting colors, striking textures, bold prints, and

On an unexpectedly cold and rainy-ish Spring Thursday evening,  fellow Broke Ass writer Laura S. and I decided to check out the new bar that opened in place of the restaurant N6th: a wine bar called Pinkerton.  Though they have a nice selection of microbrews, we both decided to stick