new york city

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,

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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
22 Dec 2009

Volunteer with the Elfin Project or GLWD

ELFIN PROJECT Feeling a little lonely this holiday season?  Or just stuck in NYC away from family… or stuck in town with family who you’d rather not see?  Visiting Neighbors is looking for a few good volunteers (aka elves) to deliver gifts to homebound, isolated, and lonely senior citizens during

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
09 Nov 2009

Strolling West Chelsea

Most everybody knows that 8th Avenue between 14th Street and the early 30s is a gay mecca, the center of the beating heart of Chelsea  filled with all the gay bars, porno magazines and rainbow flags one could wish for.  Most people also know that  further west lies the Chelsea

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24 Oct 2009

Punked-Up Barbies and Stripped-Down Kens

I remember the first Barbie I decapitated.  It was much more difficult to re-capitate her than I expected, but the whole experience made me feel delightfully bad.  My sister and I gave our Barbies jagged haircuts, tattoos, and designed outfits for them out of Spider-Man Band-Aids.  I’m sure we weren’t

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0