Happy hump day! It’s nice outside. Go out and play.

Books: Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof) book signing @ Columbus Circle Borders, 7pm.

Comedy: Themepark Superstar: A story of a summer at Hershey Park @ UCB Theater, 7 pm

Music: Brazilian balle funkers Bonde Do Role @ Club Europa, 8 pm

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Haagen Dazs has a sweet deal that is particularly close to our buzzing little hearts today: free Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream! Add some great singers and a good use for YouTube, and you’ve got yourself a Tuesday.

Food: Free Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream @ participating Haagen Dazs shops, 4-8 pm

Music: Songstress Allison Veltz @ Rockwood Music Hall

Art: Artists Using You Tube @ The Kitchen, 7 pm

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As Anthony mentioned in his last post, neighborbee hired artist Hani Shihada to draw the neighborbee logo on 115th and Broadway in the Columbia University/Morningside Heights neighborhood.

The neighborbee marketing team took some photos and video of the event, which we’ve edited together to show you how the whole thing unfolded. Enjoy the video below, and stop by and see the art if you’re in the neighborhood!

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If watching Gossip Girl and The Hills isn’t your thing, there are plenty of other things to do tonight. Below are neighborbee blog’s picks for today:

Events: William Shatner interviewed @ 92nd Street Y, 7:30 pm

Music/ Comedy: Andy Fite - Jazz Comic Philosopher @ Freddy’s Backroom, 9 pm

Fun & Games: Williamsburg Spelling Bee @ Pete’s Candy Store, 7:30 pm

Fun & Games: Monday Night Bingo with Murray Hill @ Bowery Poetry, 7 pm

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As a friend of ours said in his Google Chat status this morning, “Not to be a total cliche, but omg, TGIF.” Here are a few suggestions to spice up your weekly days of rest. You can thank us on Monday.

Fun & Games: Dungeons and Dragons© (With Girls!) @ 826NYC, May 9th, 7 to Midnight

Comedy: The Ultimate Gossip Girl Summit @ The People’s Improv Theater, May 9th, 8:00pm

Art/Design: BKLYN DESIGNS™ 2008 @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, May 9-11

Theater: Stone Soup @ Theater IV at the KCC campus, May 10

Nightlife: Wasabassco’s Burlesque in The Living Room @ Living Room Lounge, May 11

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On Tuesday night, Photographer Nick and Editor Kate stopped by Eyespot’s tribute to Craigslist founder Craig Newmark (pictures of the evening can be found here). The Walkmen and John Mulaney performed, and second only to the evening’s honoree were the amazing works on display at the gallery. A combination of art and technology, these interactive installations were a huge hit with the partygoers. See below for a video of some of the most entertaining exhibits of the night.

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When this neighborbee was in college, weekends started on Thursday. College is a distant memory now, but for us, weekends still start on Thursday, so you better get started if you’re going to wake up Friday morning and think, “I’m too old for this”.

Event: The Cupcake Social 2.0 @ The Delancey rooftop, 7pm

Art: Warm Up To Art Willamsburg gallery crawl with Williamsburg Every Second

Comedy: Workdays with Maury: Joe Mande recalls the days he worked as an intern on the Maury Povich show. Jenny Slate and Chris Gethard costar @ UCB, 6:30 pm.

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This week on The Swarm, NYC transplant Cajun Boy In The City shares some thoughts on moving to New York, and the transformation that happens after you’re not a tourist anymore.

Have you ever accidentally run across something that you’d written years ago and just felt as though you wanted to recoil into a shell like a frightened turtle when you read it, mainly because it felt like such a rhetorical abortion? A few days ago I was going through an old email account (attempting to fully complete a Yahoo Mail to Gmail conversion if you really want to know) and found myself going through five and six year-old emails, emails that I’d written around the time that I moved here in June 2002, that had been saved into my “sent” folder. In doing so I ran across a few letters that I’d written to family and friends back home in Louisiana that detailed some of what I was seeing, feeling, and experiencing in my first few weeks as a freshly-minted resident of New York City. Truth be told, I wanted to puke when I read some of them.

“Jesus I sounded like a freaking tourist back then!”

And essentially, I was a tourist, and I saw the city through the eyes of a tourist. Even though I was more than a bit repulsed, reading these emails made me feel kind of nostalgic for that time in my life, that time of “Wow, I actually live in New York City” wonderment. So when I was asked to write a guest piece on this here blog, I figured that I’d share a few of those words that I’d written back then.

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So we at neighborbee occasionally get a little… um… confused about what day it is. This is why we published TODAY’S events yesterday. So here are today’s events, minus one that actually happened yesterday, and plus one more to make it up to you.

Event: The Onion and Newcastle Brown Ale present “The Smoothest Happy Hour” 6-8pm at Slainte

Fun & Games: Chelsea Mind Games (Math Bee!) 6:30pm - 10:00pm Chelsea Market 75 9th Ave bet. 15th and 16th

Books: NYC book signing and meet-and-greet @ Soda Bar, 5:30pm - 8:00pm

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It’s 80 degrees outside, so shed your winter wear and step out on the town at the following events tonight:

Event: The Onion and Newcastle Brown Ale present “The Smoothest Happy Hour” 6-8pm at Slainte

Fun & Games: Chelsea Mind Games (Math Bee!) 6:30pm - 10:00pm Chelsea Market 75 9th Ave bet. 15th and 16th

Fun & Games: Gameshow Speakeasy @ The Fortune Cookie Cabaret

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