NY-Excerpts
St. Jerome's in the Lower East Side
I had a roommate when I first moved to New York who occasionally played records here. One night she came to my room and said, ‘œHey I’m gonna go DJ at this place called St. Jerome’s tonight. Do you wanna come?’ When I answered that I was too poor, she
Fried Dumpling
The only English words the ladies at Fried Dumpling know are ‘œHow Many?’ And that’s enough, because the answer is usually five. Yes friends, you get five of the best dumplings you’ve ever had for $1. And apparently instead of change they give you dumplings. I bought a 75-cent coke
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
Visiting the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. suddenly cheapened my entire childhood experience. Before that moment, I had thought that tying my blankey around my neck when I was a five year old and pretending I was Superman was cute and imaginative; now I just think I was a little retarded.
The Famed Polish Hot Loaf from Warsaw Bakery
Ah yes, the Polish Hot Loaf. This illusive Greenpoint special can only be gotten from roughly 10pm-2am, and requires patience and adherence to the rules. You must wait until the roller door is half open and then knock three times, peek your little head under it, and ask for a
An Ode to The Port Authority Bus Terminal
Bus terminals in any city are always special places. They are crossroads for all the grifters, drifters, deviants, dead beats and drug addled zombies who circulate through this country, from city to city, doing whatever the fuck it is that they do. The Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) runs with
A Broke-Ass Guide to Central Park
Since the weather is finally getting to be so nice, I figured I’d share some great Broke-Ass things to do in that giant square of foliage in the center of Manhattan. Designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, Central Park is 843 acres of a good time. And guess
Fuck the Mars Bar!
Have you ever come across someone who is such a total fucking asshole, that they’re proud of being an asshole? In fact, they’re so proud of being one and doing such overtly asshole-ish things, that they end-up becoming a parody of an asshole? Like they’ll do or say something fucked