Astoria is home to a piece of children’s television folklore: the studio where Sesame Street is shot.
After further review, there is in fact no street named Sesame anywhere near the studios. Tack on one more lie we were filled with when we were children!
In related news, I’ll be in Northern California for two weeks starting [...]
I went back up to Amherst again this past weekend to visit Ian one last time before he wraps up at UMass. Seeing a friend is nice, but the big draws were the chicken wings at the Hanger and the brewing perfection at the Amherst Brewing Company.
This place is a restaurant/brewery in downtown Amherst (famous [...]
The Muscles from Brussels is back. How did this sneak under the radar and open last Friday with such little fanfare??
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It is with great pleasure that I present to you the Mobile Fried Chicken truck.
This truck is located deep in the Financial district, right next to a couple of client buildings I work at from time to time. It seems like everytime I’m down there with a camera, the truck is truly in its mobile [...]
Today is a monumental day, not because it’s Veteran’s Day, but because today marks the birth of one of the music industry’s most epic heroes: Jim Peterik of Survivor! I’m not sure how old he is, but I do know that some sides of beef need to be devastated with some fists anytime you hear [...]
One of my friends who made the move from the OC last year to this part of the world was nice enough to invite Audrey and I to a taping of a new Food Network show. The cool part is that it was at Haru, a pretty legit sushi restaurant in the financial district. That [...]
So one of those things you hear about New York is how great the hot dogs are. Central Park + Hot Dogs = Tubed Meat Bliss…right? Well I had yet to be impressed, so I went to what everyone claims is the epic win of NYC hot dogs, Gray’s Papaya.
They have this meal called the [...]
I love freakshows more than pretty much anything. The Halloween Parade in the West Village is about the biggest freakshow you can find, so I was pretty stoked to go the other night.
Much fun was had with tens of thousands of New Yorkers and of course the NYPD was there to shut down streets and [...]
This is going to be where the search and other helpful things go. Patience baldies!