Is Mike Alaska the Champ?
Posted in Arts & Events, The City on February 28th, 2010 | 
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Ace In The Hole
Because we are old, we half expected the doormen standing guard to the entrance of the Ace Hotel’s Lobby Bar, to grimly bar us. Located at 20 W. 29th Street, near the corner of Broadway, the space is casually hip, unpretentious, though spectacular–a big room with comfy chairs and couches, and free Wi-Fi—thus the many people hanging out all day (don’t these people work?), driving the nice waiters bonkers. Nestled into that spectacular lobby, are a coffee shop and a [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Better Than The Superbowl
Someday, we’ll wonder where we were on February 6, 2010, Super Sunday Eve, and we’ll look at this—the 14th Street exit from the 7th Avenue-Broadway IRT express—and feel a trillion times more than when we gaze on Picasso’s Guernica, or listen to Karen Carpenter singing “Close to You.”
Better than Superbowl XLIV
Posted in The City on February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
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We just got back from Vietnam, a country so money-hungry, so capitalistic—Hanoi and Saigon—that we came away with two strong impressions: 1) Because the people are smart, can-do, petite, cheerful and in a charmingly-crazed sort of way, the place struck of as being populated by Asian Reese Witherspoons. And 2) what a stupid waste the war was.
So after reading the Times rave, we were eager to visit the Arts of Ancient Vietnam exhibit at the Asia Society. First off, we [...]
Posted in The City on February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
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$300,000?
The beautiful thing about this country, no matter how un-chic you are, how empty your wallet, the stores on Madison Avenue still buzz you in. So we are walking past 940 Madison Avenue, a former Chase Manhattan bank, transformed by architect Peter Marino into the flagship for designer Bruce Hoeksema’s VBH uber-luxury line of bags and jewelry. Gorgeous place, but spooky. In fact, aside from the five staffers and security guards, VBH is post-Apocalyptic empty. Customer-wise, we are it. Still, we make [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Cheap Pizza Champs
Wisdom has it, that pizza prices keep pace, more or less, with subway fares.
Not so at 2 Bros Pizza and 99¢ Cent Fresh Pizza, with three and four locations respectively in Manhattan.
Bite per penny, we choose 2 Bros as the best cheap slice in Manhattan. Plain slice costs a buck (tax included); two slices and soda are $2.75. Just as tasty and nearly as filling as Ray’s – for less than half the price. We’re partial to the branch at [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
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Julius C Lives!
Julius C performed at the corner of Broadway and Waverly, June 21, 2007, and they shook that tiny crowd. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be…young, dumb, and street.
Julius C, wherefore art thou?
Posted in Arts & Events, The City on December 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
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Sushi and Karaoke — Smoking Hot!
Every so often, someone comes up with an idea that’s so friggin’ genius we lap our heads with admiration and envy. Sushi? Karaoke? In one place? Damn! Damn! Damn!
EAST JAPANESE RESTAURANT, 366 3rd Ave, New York 10016
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Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
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Bubble Tea Heaven
WE LOVE QUICKLY, the bubble tea store at 11 Pell Street in Chinatown, for serving our most favoritist drink, taro milk tea with black tapioca. For either $3.75 (large) or $2.75 (small), we could choose blueberry, taro, passion fruit, and green apple. We also—and this is so friggin’ cool—got to choose the “bubbles”—jelly, cake, pudding, sour cream.
– Simon Chu
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
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Three New Ways to Die
WAY #1: DOUGHNUT PLANT.
We love artificial flavoring, but we make exception for the doughnuts at Doughnut Plant. All doughnuts are made with—yechh—natural ingredients, filled daily with fresh fruit jelly. Even glazes are made from fresh fruits and nuts. We are seriously thinking of getting healthy.
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
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