lower east side

22 Nov 2010

FREE Jameson Tonight at Parkside Lounge

Sometimes, bars giveaway booze for album release parties or holidays. But other times, bars pour free booze for absolutely no reason. Tonight, Parkside Lounge is giving away FREE Jameson for no other apparent reason than it’s Monday night. It’s the perfect way to kick off your week of overeating and

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Oct 2010

Is Sugar Sweet Sunshine NYC’s Best Cupcake?

There are a lot of things I don’t miss about living on the Lower East Side, #1 being watching ex-frat boys puke outside of Fat Baby on Saturday nights. Or maybe it’s paying penthouse prices for an ex-tenement apartment… or seeing some kind of dead animal in the street at

Jill S. 0
10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

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

Knitting is for Pus**** by Olek

Knitting goes in and out with being the “it” hipster crafting activity, but Polish artist Olek isn’t the kind of knitter who works on scarves on the train. She’s more likely to knit a cocoon around the train itself. Her knitting sculptures are giant, we’re talking camouflage covers for convertibles,

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Sep 2010

Rockwood Music Hall: Like Having Your Own Private Show

Being the live music headquarters of the country, New York certainly has no shortage of music venues. From Madison Square Garden to the House of Yes, there’s a venue for every taste. Being an avid show go-er, I’ve pretty much seen them all. But there’s one little venue that tends

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
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