The Mythical Six Figure Listings

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594 6th Avenue, Apt #3.   Price: $995,000.   2 bedroom, 2 bathroom Condo in Park Slope.   Common Charges: $361.   Monthly Taxes: $18 *421 abatement expires in 2031 What's the deal: this 1,150 square foot duplex penthouse comes with three outdoor spaces and is a stones throw to Prospect Park   932 President Street, Apt … [Read more...]

Good, Questionably-Clean Fun

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Rub-a-dub-dub, hundreds of Adult Strangers in a Tub. A self proclaimed East Village Lurkness Monster, I've passed the peculiar Russian & Turkish Baths hundreds of times on my walk down 10th Street to and from Tompkins Square Bagel, and while curious, I rationalize spending my money on fancy mashed avocados instead, as my imagination has me … [Read more...]

Not-Tom-Brady’s-Diet

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In comparison, we're all Paula Dean on her Cheat Day. I'm praying this is a stunt double who I will find and marry. If you somehow avoided contracting a life time's worth of self-loathing after reading the fascinating article about Demi-God Tom Brady's diet, indulge and accept the cloud of shame. The Man's regimen: no white sugar, no white flour, … [Read more...]

Conquered: the East Village’s Raclette

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True Life - Someone melted a wheel of cheese in front of me and now I can die happy.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words...but I enjoy talking (shocking) so I'm just going to add in all my #feelings.     Raclette is the closet thing to an obtainable heaven, besides maybe this, as there is nothing … [Read more...]

Easy as A-B-C-D-evelopment

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Is this the beginning of a major East Village face lift? For anyone who has tried to lure me out of my apartment, free food and a promise written in blood not go to meatpacking are the best shots at getting me out of the confines of Alphabet City. Give me an I-Hear-Banjos, Encore from the Wayland and an Entire Bird from Root & Bone and I can … [Read more...]