The Knicks may have decided to opt for an early summer after losing to the Miami Heat 4-1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs, but at least we still have our Rangers. Yes, our Rangers. Although sometimes it may seem like a lonely job being a Rangers fan, the squad is looking [...]
Just a few days until the return of Don Draper and the gang at Sterling Cooper with their 3 martini lunches. The show is actually filmed in Los Angeles, but they do a great job recreating some of New York City’s landmark hotspots from the 60s. Many of those spots are still around and still [...]
Pay attention. There will be a quiz tomorrow.
St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow. That means the training you’ve been doing all year is about to pay off. Get all the Blarney Stone kissing, leprechaun catching, sheleighly shakin’, Irish eye smilin’ out of the way first thing. Remember you can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning. (Please drink responsibly, if [...]
Today is National Absinthe Day and the Green Fairy is alive and well in the big apple. Absinthe has very ardent fans and several bars in New York City offer popular cocktail variations using absinthe, as well as the classic presentation where chilled water is poured over a sugar cube on a slotted spoon sitting [...]
Today is Justin Bieber’s 18th birthday. I’ve known Justin Bieber for years. He lived next door to me when I was working as a Canadian Mountie in, let’s say, Vancouver? We spent many a birthday together so I can predict with precise certainty exactly what the Biebs would do to celebrate his big day in [...]
Happy Leap Day! The calendar doesn’t exactly sync up with seasonal and astronomical events, so every 4 years we toss in an extra day. That means that if you happen to be born on February 29th, you only get a real birth “day” every 4 years. If you were born on February 29th, 1991 today [...]
You read that right. There are actually bars in this expensive city that are giving food away for free. This is usually in exchange for you buying some drinks, but I have a feeling you won’t have a problem with that. So save some money and fill up on free food at these 5 New [...]
There are only three days left in City Bakery’s 20th Hot Chocolate Festival. If you haven’t been popping into City Bakery all month to try their new festival flavors, you’ve been missing out. The good news is that you still have 3 days left. Today’s hot chocolate treat is “espresso” flavored, followed by “ginger” and [...]
It’s National Margarita Day, so I hope you woke up early and got started enjoying your special day. I know I havembfeb! So their mighht be an occcasional typo. There are several conflicting stories about how the margarita was invented, but we can all agree that it was invented by a genius. What are you [...]