The Melancholy Mix

Music is the soundtrack of our lives, so the cliche goes, but sometimes songs come in to our lives to show us that we aren’t the only one that is sad, mad or disappointed. Sometimes a tune and a cocktail are the tools that remind us hope is a must, even when you have little [...]

Where are the Male Massage Parlors?

New ‘hood, new FWB. A situation like this, spurred by a dry spell, leads to the question: Why isn’t there a service for women called 1-800-dial-booty?

Civil Union: An Artistic Partnership

Visual artists Jenny Morgan and David Mramor complement each other like an unlikely romantic couple. The platonic artist partnership was one fostered by the woman behind Brooklyn’s Like the Spice gallery, Marisa Sage. Upon visiting their neighboring galleries and spearheading an opening for Jenny, she decided the two School of Visual Arts graduates should create [...]

The Hipster Haven What: San Francisco’s hipster haven is The Mission, originally only a Latino neighborhood, but now also home to artists and entrepreneurs enjoying great street art, wonderful cafes and progressive bookstores.

The Dirt: Women clad in skinny jeans, artsy tops and gladiator sandals, puffing on fags, and delighting in their spot in the hipster circle—this could be many neighborhoods. This week, we spotted them in The Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. When exiting the MUNI bus on Mission Street, one gets a feel for the area’s [...]

Thakoon For Target What:A downtown-meets-Nantucket collection debuts at a budget retailer, offering clothes to satisfy a wide audience.

The Dirt: The first characters we think of when perusing the dresses in designer Thakoon Panichgul’s Target collection are the The L Word’s Alice in West Hollywood, the retro indie 20-something residing in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg or Greenpoint neighborhoods, or the modern Uptown mommy. It’s rare to find a collection that is easy on the wallet [...]

Brooklyn’s Next HotspotThe Next NYC Hipster HavenWhat:A ‘hood once governed by the Polish, this waterfront spot is now the subject of a rezoning debate.

The Dirt:Greenpoint Avenue is a lesser known thoroughfare but increasingly becoming the gateway between the emerging hotspots in two boroughs, with its route beginning in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, through Sunnyside, Queens, and on to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. If you ride the B24 bus, you’ll see the nooks and crannies of these ‘hoods, from working class stone and [...]

A Sweet Soul

Spotted: Hell’s Kitchen, NYC Name: Katumba (Means “Warrior of the Mind” loosely translated in Swahili) Age: 29 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Current ‘hood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn First language: English Other languages: Japanese, Spanish Job: Bartender, producer–music and scores Ethnicity: Part Cherokee, African, European and Indian. Religion: None. Favorite Nut: Pistachio and cashew On your iPod now: The [...]