Best of Long Island City, Queens
Where to Go for Great Food, Drink and Coffee in NYC’s often Ignored Neighborhood
Long Island City is just one of those very odd yet quintessential New York City neighborhoods. First of all, the name is confusing as even well-seasoned visitors think that Long Island City is in Long Island not [...]
Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties at the Brooklyn Museum, Review
Brooklyn Museum’s Newest Exhibit Presents an American Document of the Jazz Age
This winter, the Brooklyn Museum is celebrating modern realism in fine form with the exhibition Youth and Beauty. The exhibit is an extensive review of American art in one of the most [...]
New York City Lit Crawl 2011
Over 70 Authors to Participate in this year’s Lit Crawl NY
Whilst most of the city is jostling to get freebies or spot celebs during this weeks Fashion’s Night Out event, or gearing up for Fashion Week, there are still non-couture obsessed events to get us by. New Yorkers seem fond [...]
Anderson Zaca’s Block Party Photographs
Photos of Block Parties in NYC
Brazilian photographer Anderson Zaca (34) has spent the last five years capturing some of New York’s most blissful summer moments. Children playing through the water pouring from fire hydrants, adults cooking secret recipe glazed meats on the grill and music streaming through the whole block telling [...]
Best Summer Happy Hours in New York City
The most beautiful thing about strolling around the city in the summertime isn’t wandering onto pretty tree-lined blocks. It isn’t getting up early to do something, anything, in Central Park. Nor is it going to the countless outdoor events happening wherever there is an open space. The best [...]
Best New York City Breweries and Beer Gardens
Before the common era, man had found a way to make the satisfying and sometimes intoxicating beverage that we have come to know as beer. One of the first drinks our kind decided to make remains one of the most popular. Although, beer in itself is one of [...]
Gay Pride New York 2011: A Monumental Celebration
Part One: Passage of the Gay Marriage Bill
It’s 6:30pm on Friday, June 24th and my partner is virtually tugging on my arm to go out to dinner and meet our friends later to celebrate. Instead, I am glued to the computer, to the live streaming video of [...]
Park Slope Chip Shop: Restaurant Review
Place: Park Slope Chip Shop, 383 5th Avenue at 6th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Cuisine: British, pub food, comfort food
Cost: Cheap to moderate.
What I ate: Battered cod and chips ($12) with curry sauce ($2), treacle pudding with custard ($5).
After having a long, terrible day, I was in the mood to [...]
NYC’s Hola Mexico Film Festival
This weekend go and buy tickets for the annual Hola Mexico Film Festival running from June 2nd-June 5th at the Tribeca Cinemas. Founded by director Samuel Douek who wishes to introduce film lovers to beautiful tales originating in Mexico, the tagline of the festival is: “Mexico, a place like the movies!” [...]
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain at PS1
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a renaissance man with a philosophy of art serving as a means to personal and spiritual enlightenment. Since the 1940s the maestro has explored all facets of the arts including theatre, performance, music, a plethora of comic books, as well as being a noted authority on [...]
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