On Sunday, the Miami Heat’s Dwayne Wade did some shopping in Manhattan and then decided to get in on a pick-up game at the Thompson Street Playground, not Tompkins Square Park as reported by Page Six in the New York Post. Watch as the basketball star o... »
Over Presidents’ Day Weekend, CT & I decided to knock off some more of the outstanding “deals” we had burning in our pockets. One night we went to Yerba Buena and on another we decided to use my last Google Offers deal at Crif Dogs. I have been to PDT,... »
As previously mentioned, my Mom got us three Restaurant.com certificates over the holidays. Although, the site’s offerings were a little lacking, we found a couple of restaurants that did pique our interest. We already redeemed certificates at Sa Aming... »
Before it closed, I gathered a group of friends to go see Chinglish. If you don’t know what that is, it’s okay – it was a Broadway play written by David Henry Hwang that closed at the end of January. (I briefly mentioned going to see one of his other p... »
11 Bronx Stores Fined in SLA Sting Operation By David GreeneBRONX, NEW YORK, Mar. 7- Investigators at The New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) has announced that they have issued summonses to 118 stores across the city, alleging that they sold liquor ... »
Opened in 2002, Lil' Frankies in the East Village started serving Neapolitan-ish pizzas in Manhattan before anyone could have even predicted the current wave of Neapolitan pizzerias that the city is awash in.There's some pretty stiff competition for Ne... »
It is hard to believe that I have been living in the city for almost seven years now. While I did grow up close by in New Jersey, I was not well versed in city life. Luckily, my favorite Aunt offered to let me stay in her second bedroom until I got the... »
The students at East Side Community High School on East 12th Street in Manhattan are mostly poor, and many enter the 6-12 school performing below grade level. Yet somehow 90 percent of graduates go on to college. The principal, Mark Federman, said stud... »
