Coney Island

06 Jul 2010

Cheap Beach Eats at Rockaway Taco

In the never ending search for authentic tacos, I ventured out to Rockaway Beach not once, but twice this weekend to seek out the famed Rockaway Taco. And boy was it worth a traumatizing ride on the A train. Normally at New York beaches, your food options are limited to

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
18 Jun 2010

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade…Yes Please!

New York is home to several iconic parades, but none promise quite as much nudity as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Mermaid costumes are skimpy enough, but a lot of spectators and participants take their nautical costumes to the extreme in the grand tradition of Coney Island spectacle. You’ll see

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
13 May 2010

NYC Giveaway: Two Tickets to Bump n’ Grindhouse

There are many things that are made more awesome by being part of a couple.  Parents, for example’JUST KIDDING Mom and Dad!  It is just that some things become enhanced when in close proximity to other things.  Does that make sense?  If I am not being clear, here are some

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
27 Mar 2010

Coney Island 2010 Season Opener – She Moves Her Body Like A Free Ride on the Cyclone

Coney Island is undeniably emblematic of Americana, a quaint, rickety fixture on the Brooklyn horizon, and it still provides, at least in principle, a beach to lie out on just a few miles from the heart of the financial district of the world. This weekend, Coney Island Amusement Park opens

Rebecca E. - The Centimentalist 0
01 Jan 2010

Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Swim

Happy New Year! It’s New Years Day.  If you’re not hungover on your couch in your sweatpants or similar clothing item than I don’t really want to know you.  There are New Year’s Day brunches to eat and movies to see and weed to smoke so get on with that. 

BAS Writers 0
10 Oct 2009

This Weekend: Sex on the Beach, Angels in the Graveyard, “In a Dream,” and Bike Polo

Just cause summer’s over doesn’t mean you have to end your weekend trips to the beach!  Today, go see Carnivolution! in Coney Island today.  You’ll find the Madoodi Mothers Puppet Peep show ‘“ a live puppet sex show sure to turn you on with ‘“ you betcha ‘“ ‘œpoly-sexual hermaphrodites,

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
07 Sep 2009

FREE See what Coney Island used to be!

Today, Coney Island is the best New York beach for seeing old ladies with leathery skin in two piece swim suits and eating something you’ll regret. (Last time I went, my friend gave us explicit instructions not to let him eat at Nathan’s). While it’s still difficult to find towel

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
16 Aug 2009

Tetrahedral Kites: A DIY Trick for the Soul

When I was a kid, I would lay in the grass in my backyard and daydream.  The mind of this geeky, skinny 8-year-old was fixated on ways in which I could become the absolute supreme icon for coolness in the 3rd grade.  Check it out.  My plan was that one

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0