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24 Sep 2010

Bergen wins the Brooklyn Bagel Battle

As a Brooklyn resident, I initially swore my bagel loyalty to Bagelsmith. Their bagels are consistently perfect, a bit crispy on the outside with dense, fluffy insides. While the Bagel Store coats their everything bagels with an impenetrable layer of toppings, Bagelsmith dips them in just enough seeds, salt and

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
24 Sep 2010

FREE Booze and Cool Furniture at Dusty Modern Grand Opening Party Tonight!

Looking for something to do this weekend involving FREE booze, cool art, furniture and the Mission, but don’t want to stoop to showing up at the front door of your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend and risking an outbreak of those pesky genital warts?  I’ve got you covered. Tonight at 5pm, Dusty

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
24 Sep 2010

Do Ho Suh’s “The Bridge Project”

The strict and non-metric distance between Soeul, South Korea and New York City is 6885 miles. But that says nothing. Where distance is strict, language and culture and climate are fluid, and a traveler from South Korea to New York (or vice-versa) bears witness to that. Artist Do Ho Suh, a South Korea

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24 Sep 2010

Milestones You Have Failed to Reach But Shouldn’t Feel Bad About

Moms are great, and in general, my mom holds very progressive views on all subjects with the exception of one: the need for me to get married. Every time it comes up, which in my opinion should be never, she becomes this weird, Pat Buchanan-type conservative telling me that my

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
23 Sep 2010

Garden Grill: A Guilty Pleasure

Garden Grill is one of those neighborhood places you walk by every day but never think to actually dine at. I’m no snob when it comes to good old fashioned diner food, in fact I seek it out in most cases, and despite the fact that GG is a chain,

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
23 Sep 2010

Broke-Ass of the Week – Lee Ferris from Freddy and Francine

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

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