Coney Island

04 Aug 2009

Beach Bumming 101

When most people think of New York, sandy white beaches are not exactly the first thing that comes to mind. And there’s a reason for that, because most of the godforsaken scraps of sandy coastline we cling to usually require footwear at all times and a healthy attitude towards nudity.

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18 Jul 2009

FREE: Siren Festival on Coney Island

Few places in New York are as mythic and storied as Coney Island. From the Wonder Wheel to the Cyclone, to Nathan’s to the the beach itself, the place is unlike any other in the city and that’s only one reason why you should check out today’s Siren Festival. Produced

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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
04 Jul 2009

“We Will Not Go Quietly Into the Night!”

There a few things going on in NYC today, Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis at battery Park PS 1’s first installment of “Warm Up” and of course the annual opportunity to gather at the beach on Coney Island and watch sodium enthusiasts race against time to stuff themselves with hot

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30 May 2009

Tug Of War on Coney Island

I’m on my Saturday morning death bed, fighting pyloric valve spasms wrestling with last night’s beer fumes that are trying to escape to the light of day.  Keeping me company are memories of guys drinking from pitchers of Yeungling sideways and chugging roided car-bombs, appropriately called “Truck Bombs” in a

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04 Apr 2009

FREE (death?) Ride on the Cyclone!

There a thousands of iconic photos of Coney Island from its epic reign through its Post-War deterioration into a dere-lict “my balls” trashy-ass scene, so I applied rigorous standards and ended up with this one. Coincidentally, there are breasts. I hope the tasteful,  impactful photo is titillating enough (excuse the

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