I find it actually impossible while in the East Village to try and find a place to eat, as in: there seems to be a new restaurant opening every other week. But I’m one of those inevitable “judge a restaurant by its signage” (and Health…

Soundcloud is no doubt one of the biggest contributors to music subcultures and independent artists worldwide. And despite the platform’s insistence to producing unique music, certain genres tend to suffer due to various copyright issues, forcing artists who have accumulated an invaluable following to be…

It’s not just because Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, Laurie Metcalf and Co. consistently brought tears to my eyes in the first two seasons of Getting On that the HBO show has become one of my longstanding favorites; there’s a plethora of reasons why Will Scheffer…

My favorite museum in the city isn’t the Met, nor is it the Whitney (THOUGH: it does come very close). In fact, it’s not even in Manhattan. But standing out with its simplistic and modernistic design on 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens is one of…

One common misconception about bed bugs is that only “gross” people carry them. “Oh, she’s dirty; she must have brought in the bed bugs”, or “I definitely didn’t bring in those gross-ass bed bugs; I shower every damn day”. But no, one is “above” bed…

The Bagel store has apparently outdone themselves, this time with a sweet rainbow bagel topped with Funfetti cream cheese that’s a bit overwhelming in the sense that there COULD be nothing sweeter I have ever tasted in my LIFE, which means it’s also the best-tasting…

One minute last season during the NBA finals I was having so much fun watching Kevin Love finally start to get into his beast flow as a first year Cavalier, and the next thing you know Kelly Olynyk of the Boston Celtics tore out Love’s…

Somethin’ in my bones has got me hooked on DJ K-Deucez’ 15-track album THE CALM. From start to finish the whole thing’s genre-mixing tracklist will take you on a journey from old school Missy all the way to Drake’s accidental “Hotline Bling” superhit from just…

I have a definite case of the end-of-summer blues, so when I was browsing Eater’s curated HEATMAPS highlighting New York’s food hotspots I was drawn to the idea of a Montauk-inspired restaurant Seamore’s with a “Daily Landing” meat and veggie combo, similar to the founder…

The Lower East Side is no stranger to street art; murals, tags, and symbols appearing in the ‘hood is second nature to New Yorkers. But one particular graffiti artist CLAW $ aka Claudia “Claw” Gold’s iconic graffiti claw seen along Delancey Street drew my attention just…