This is my blog so I'll write about what I want to write about   Octopuses don't have it great in popular culture. Fried calamari is the sexiest appetizer on the menu at TGI Friday's. Great Squid are like the Nicolas Cages of the ocean; while fascinating to watch from afar, it's widely acknowledged that they are both unstable, … [Read more...]

New York Public Library's Rose Reading Room New Yorkers tend to do a profound job at completely destroying anything that is relatively clean, new and open for public use. Starbucks bathrooms are a tried and true example of this theory and the Second Ave subway will assuredly face a similar fate, becoming a petri dish for the bubonic plague and … [Read more...]

The Magic of the Metrograph So in a very dire effort to introduce you to the Lower-Lower East Side/Two Bridges/Chinatown, this newsletter we'll explore the painfully cool Metrograph Theater at 7 Ludlow Street, which specializes in independent and indie films. So for this adventure, I went to go see one of my (strangely) all time favorite movies … [Read more...]

Five Surefire-Win Things to Do With Parents in Town When you become a legal inhabitant of New York, you automatically assume the role of impromptu tour guide for any loved ones who pay this this glorious place a visit. Typically your guests dictate the experience they want - from 4am nights doing karaoke in Koreatown or more academically … [Read more...]

An exercise in adding "And then the murder began." after the first line of your favorite books... I don't even know what website I was on, but someone suggested a fun exercise to do the next time you find yourself in a book store: Pick up a book, go to the first page, and after the first sentence add "And then the murders began." Naturally, … [Read more...]