Step Right Up and Witness the Worst Date Ever!

I’ve been on my share of bad dates. One date so boring the woman next to me tried to save me. Then there was the guy who took me ice skating at Rockefeller Center to tell me he was seeing someone else. Most recently, a wine snob who was so pretentious it made my eyebrows ache from so many “you can’t be serious” facial expressions.

But after last night, all those shitty dates suddenly seem just fine. Goddamn hunky dory. The bar has fallen so low, friends, it’s slipped through the cracks of a subway grate.

I feel shaken, like I witnessed a trauma. Read More

Jazz Age Lawn Party is the Niftiest Event of NYC Summer

The Jazz Age Lawn Party, my favorite party of the summer, coincided with a brutal NYC heat wave. 90 degrees Sunday morning, there were two choices:
1. Run away from the heat like an action star escaping an explosion, sequestering oneself to only air-conditioned spaces OR
2. Remember that AC was extremely rare until the 1950s, that most people didn’t succumb to heat stroke but actually managed to have rollicking good summer times, and get on that ferry to Governor’s Island!

You can bet your bloomers which one I chose!

August 10, 2016September 3, 2016

A New York Cliche Fairy Tale: Bluebeard’s Castle on Gramercy Park West

Once upon a time in New York City I dated a trust-fund hipster with trendy AF facial hair. His name was Bluebeard and he was so charming I ignored any creepy vibe I got from him. He was sitting at the bar at Gramercy Tavern one Saturday brunch and kept sending my table of girlfriends Bloody Marys. Hammered off my ass at 2PM, I fell info bed with him. Mostly because I wanted to see his brownstone (which he owns) on Gramercy Park West. After the roughest sex of my life, I lay on his 1,000 thread count sheets. We talked about how hard dating is in this city. “Every single one my ex-girlfriends has ghosted me,” he confided, “They just….disappear.” Not exactly hard to believe in this day and age, I thought.

July 27, 2016September 3, 2016

Escape from New York for a Perfect Maine Vacation

I escaped NYC last week for a land of blue skies, blueberry bushes, and patchy cell phone reception. A trip to the one state in the union actually nicknamed “Vacationland”. A beautiful, picturesque Maine vacation.

I spent at least a week every summer of my childhood running around the woods and rocky coast of Maine. My family has a cabin right on the coast. It’s beautiful, with a perfect porch, a giant front yard, and a drawer in the kitchen devoted to lobster trays. Read More

July 15, 2016January 13, 2018

Bushwick Collective Street Art Wonderland

If you fall down the rabbit hole of the L train and get off somewhere between the Morgan Street and Halsey Street stops, you will emerge from the underground into a street art wonderland. Thanks to the Bushwick Collective, you can’t go a block in this part of Brooklyn without passing walls splashed with color. The Bushwick Collective calls itself an outdoor street art gallery. Open 24 hours a day, rain or shine, to gain admission is to walk down the street.

It feels more like wonderland than the Alice and Wonderland statue in Central Park. One where art, creativity, and color literally burst from the walls. Read More

July 12, 2016September 10, 2016

Can a 20-Something Blogger Turn 30 and Not Freak Out About It!??

This is my last entry as a 20-something blogger. By the time you read this, I will have joined the ranks of a breed much more rare and sophisticated. (I think? I hope?) The 30-something blogger.

It’s 11PM on July 11th, thus the final hour of my 20s. I could’ve ended this decade dancing on a bar, doing keg stands, and vomiting in public like my 30 Before 30 Cliché blog post suggested. But it’s Monday. So instead I’m sitting hunched in front of my laptop (because I already took my contacts out), a charcoal face mask smeared all over my face (because I’m still as prone to acne at the end of my twenties as I was at the beginning), tapping away. Read More

July 11, 2016September 9, 2016

Indigo Girls Free Concert in Central Park Thanks to Summerstage

I know some people hate to heat of summer, but I love it. I want to be outside all the time. Luckily one of the best things about New York City this time of year is free outdoor events. There’s at least one every day throughout the five boroughs, from now through September. Wanna find some great ones? Go through the City Parks Foundation and check out Summerstage.

I browsed the Summerstage calendar and saw the Indigo Girls, one of my all time favorite bands, was performing a free outdoor concert. Their music brings me back to summer road trips to Yosemite with my bffs and my sophomore year of college when my roommate and I titled our shared basement dorm room, “The Goddess Burrow”. It’s tight harmonies, wicked song writing, and love for my ladies. I was super excited to see them, especially in Central Park. Read More