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Back when we were young and careless, the library was a place that nerds and other people who wore glasses would hang out, that you would only dare to set foot in if you needed to plagiarize the encyclopedia for your 3-page report on peregrine falcons.  Now, that we are less young and less careless, [...]

It’s a new year, and everyone is talking about their resolutions.  Getting in shape, finally joining a gym, etc.  The problem is that gyms suck.  Most people (me) just end up sitting at a machine staring off into space/ awkwardly trying not to make eye contact with attractive people that walk by.  Not to mention, [...]

New Year’s Eve can be one of the most expensive nights in the city.  Between the slushy streets, $100 open bars, and gypsy cabs trying to rip you off, it’s enough to make you want to just stay in bed. Luckily, I have compiled a list of fun and cheap ways a starving artist can [...]

On most Saturdays, Chelsea Brewing Company, Manhattan’s only operating brewery, gives free tours. I took a tour led by Ian, whose position is, no joke, ‘Beer Ambassador.’ I’ve at different points in my life considered myself a whiskey ambassador, a boxed wine ambassador, and once when I was a young lad even a Smirnoff ice [...]

Weather like this makes me want to go on a cruise…Tropical cocktails on the sun deck, a warm salty breeze, dolphins swimming alongside the ship…  But if you’re not secretly sleeping with a closeted movie star who pays you a monthly stipend/ hush money, than you probably can’t afford it. Luckily, you can still go on [...]