Pop Quiz. Becky Shaw is:
a) your old college roommate who reconnected with you on Facebook
b) your boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend - who still has her ski boots in his closet
c) your mother’s bingo partner who keeps asking if you want to be fixed up with her recently divorced son
The answer is actually: d) the play I saw recently, written by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by Peter DuBois and currently being produced at the 2econd Stage Theatre (307 West 43rd Street off Eighth Avenue).
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You made it! As we embark into this unknown, non-Bush territory, we realize there is a ton of stuff 2009 offers us. And of course, NYC doesn’t let us down either. Check out the haps this week and please give me some feedback on what you want for ‘09 so I can deliver the goods to you each week, fresh and ready to be gotten.
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crafts,
diy,
les,
marissa spano,
Music,
singles,
wine
So many of us have resolutions. Some people want to floss more often. Others want to cut off the daily drinks. Many want to get in shape - mentally, financially or physically. This section is all about getting your life in order so that you can enjoy every activity and not have to limit, or moderate anything in your life. Live in abundance. It’s funny. When I tell people I have a ‘Spirituality’ column, they automatically think that it’s some preachy guru-piece that is all fluff and telling people to go get hypnotized. Those are the people who should be reading this post, in my opinion. It’s so important in fact, that it’s at the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In any case my little Bees, enjoy the goodness - there is much of it. Be sure to have life in balance this year and check back every other Friday for morsels of spiritual goodies.
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
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Yoga
At the end of his 2004 article for Gourmet on the Maine Lobster Fest, “Consider the Lobster,” the brilliant and untimely late author David Foster Wallace issued a challenge for epicures. Is being extra aware and thoughtful about one’s food, its source and contexts, what makes a true gourmet, or merely an aesthetic pleasure in eating? Having bought, killed, and cooked my own lobsters for New Year’s Eve, it’s a question I can’t ignore. That’s because unlike Foster Wallace, I did it all myself– all of the gruesome, delicious business.
I don’t pretend that I’ll be able to answer his challenge here. Instead, I will merely share my experiences as I confronted the life and sustenance reality in my own New York kitchen.
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Hive Cooking,
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Did everyone have a great Christmas? Did you Jews in my audience enjoy Valkyrie on the day of Jesus’ birth? Talk about a double whammy, Hollywood!
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Happy New Year,
Holding Hands with Brian Hansbury,
New York City
If you are like me, your plans for New Year’s Eve are still undone. About as undone as you will be by the end of the night on the 31st. So, let us venture into some of the lesser-known options around NYC and the boroughs. These will not break the bank, as most of them are under $50. And let’s be realistic…$50 is less than what it will cost for you to go to some hole-in-the-wall bar near your pad including takeout from your local pizzeria. So cough up the dollars folks. And, being that you will be hungry the next day, I have included some options for brunch on New Years Day.
Keep to those resolutions, especially the one about coming here weekly.
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Thrillist Yuletide Party at The Eldridge
More photos available via RandomNightOut.com
2008 is almost over, and this Wednesday night is a holiday based solely on partying!! There are tons of events, and house parties are usually the most fun, but here are a few good ones I have selected for you to ring in 2009!
UPCOMING NEW YEARS EVE NIGHTLIFE ON NEIGHBORBEE:
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year
Happy New Year, everybody! As 2008 draws to a close, it’s time to start thinking of New Year’s resolutions for 2009. Burn off those Christmas cookies. Climb out of debt. Get a better job. All those resolutions sound like hard work! Let’s add some fun stuff to the 2009 to-do list.
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baseball,
Brooklyn,
Coney Island,
Julie,
new year's resolutions,
polar bears,
Staten Island
Like many of you, The Paulinator had some time off during the holidays and headed back to his home state to see his family. An eleven day vacation where the phrase “you can’t go home again” certainly comes into play. You see, I live a very out life while in New York, but when I head home to the country, and settle back into my parent’s McCain/Palin household my life becomes completely different. Things become very discrete and I must resort to sneaking out and reverting back to my high school ways. Well, high school involved me getting a blow job in the Barnes & Noble bathroom and getting together with college guys who also were convinced they were not gay, even though they just had a high school dude with his mouth around his dick. I won’t go back that specific route again!
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Barbuto, West Village
To celebrate a friend’s recent graduation from the French Culinary Institute, we made reservations at the Chef’s Table at Barbuto. This allows you to sit in front of the kitchen area and watch the meal being prepared. The meal is three to four courses served family style, highlighting some of the best selections off of their regular menu.
Once we sat down, I would say the courses sort of blended together. I would classify it as four courses - appetizers, pastas, main course, and dessert. We glanced over to see them throwing together the salad. It was a frisee salad, with a lemon vinagrette, shaved fennel, cucumber, radishes, and what seemed to be a smattering of apples. It was very light, but an interesting combination. It was the vinagrette and fennel which made the salad. We were also served a fantastic bruchetta, which was bread topped by fresh creamy chunks of goat cheese and butternut squash. They were mixed with walnuts, rosemary, and chives and were atop a fresh wild arugula salad. Our final appetizer was fresh foccacia with proscuitto. I was actually disappointed with this offering. The foccacia was generic as was the proscuitto… but the other two options made up for this one falling short.
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Lara,
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romantic,
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