lower east side

11 Sep 2010

Get Cultured with Free Tenement Talks

Some of us are here because we can stay up until the same hour our parents get up for work, some of us are here for Momofuku Compost Cookies, and some of us are here because we are nerdy. (Ed: In this story, and most of my life, I mean

Jill S. 0
09 Sep 2010

Ain't no party like a Guerrilla Ice Cream Party

Guerrilla Ice Cream!? More like Brilliantuerrilla Ice Cream! OK, that didn’t really work but you get what I mean. It all started in June, when a gentle rustle on the interwebz let flavor fiends know about Guerrilla’s crazy, altruistic concoctions (flavors are inspired by political movements around the world and

Jill S. 0
08 Sep 2010

Economy Candy. (Enough Said.)

When my family comes to visit, there’s nothing my little brothers enjoy more than asking why we have to walk so much (specifically, “Why can’t we take a subway to the subway?”), followed by consistently ordering refills of Root Beer at restaurants that do not offer free refills, thereby creating

Jill S. 0
04 Sep 2010

ZOMG The Meatball Shop ZOMG

Anytime a friend asks me if I want to meet up for dinner, I instantly start racking my brain trying to find a place that’s cheap, but not so cheap that it’s obvious that I only suggested it because of its obvious cheap factor. This excludes places with counter service,

Jill S. 0
25 Aug 2010

Smell the Glove at St. Jerome's

If you’re anything like me, you bought an iPod or MP3 player because you were sick of carrying CDs everywhere. Also, you probably decided that some albums weren’t worth converting to a digital format, and abandoned the albums you kept around for theme parties, guilty pleasure and attacks of nostalgia

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
18 Aug 2010

In the Flesh: FREE Erotic Reading and Cupcakes

I keep a book called How to Write Erotica on my shelf next to my other reference books about grammar and proper citation rules, because the glossary is a never-ending source of knowledge. Like, did you know that three or more people constitute an orgy? Or that a House of

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
16 Aug 2010

Doughnut Plant: the Ultimate Calorie Bomb

There is a place on the Lower East Side that shines despite the grime of Grand St. It is a glorious confectionery haven known as Doughnut Plant, and there, for $4, you can consume your entire caloric budget for one day easily. Behold the Doughnut Plant doughnut. I know $4

Polina Yamshchikov - Flirt Poor 0