Q:  P. Diddy got me thinking this week.  What percentage of men are practiced in the art of manscaping?  Is this something a girl expects me to have done?

Signed,
Bushy In Bushwick

A:  Allure Magazine quoted P. Diddy this week as saying he shaves and grooms his private areas marking the 5,826th time I’ve heard something about P. Diddy and not given a shit.  But I guess there are a lot of fellas out there like you, Bushy, who have no concept of personal hair care and might be taken aback by the concept of trimming the old pube hedge, of whacking the old dick weeds

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It’s getting to be that time of year when we want to spend our weekends indoors, somewhere warm and dry. Since we can’t spend the entire winter in our apartments, museums in Brooklyn are a perfect antidote to cabin fever.

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The Bruce Springsteen of Queens is back like a Big Mac Attack ready to clog your arteries and nourish your soul. Like the sound of a sweet church bell. Like the warm embrace of that person you love in a completely nonsexual way, The Boss is back (I’m holding for applause).

And let us begin . . . okay, I’ll digress a little more . . .

Just like that old flame that you saw in the East Village one lonely Saturday night . . . you ended up going home together, and you realized you could still make a little magic in the cha cha room . . . you got back together and you had 10 kids . . . WELL, I hope that you can go right back to humping this blog like we used to. And maybe we’ll have kids. But not 10, 3 max, but we can work out the details.

Without further adieu, I present the latest blog.

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You know you’re at a David Mamet play when, before the show even starts, you’re asked to turn off your fucking cell phones.

While the play was first produced in the seventies, the subject matter is hardly dated; nothing gives away the time period (except for John Leguizamo’s crazy-patterned shirt — which could easily be more of a nod toward his character’s thrift-store-shopping-habits than the decade); even in the program “The Time” is listed only as “One Friday”.

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Award-winning screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is endlessly impressive.  And I mean endless. Let’s start with the title, a play on words for New York City and Schenectady, using the literary term, “synecdoche,” which refers to the use of a word that denotes a part of something for the whole - like when cads say, “skirts” in reference to women.  (I realize very few people are that politically incorrect anymore, but it was the first example that popped into my head.)

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With everyone squeezing in last-minute-before-the-holidays-start vacations to nearby destinations, the city seems a bit less crowded. But in no way does that mean there are less things to do. With the goose-day (or turkey day) two weeks away, take a gander at the happenings below. And lookout for a special Concierge Corner on December 5th - to include a special, Shoppers Guide for the holidays. My gift to you! Next week’s guide will offer up some Thanksgiving Week fun and perhaps some Black Friday shopping tips if you behave.

And as always, if you have any questions or requests for next week’s section, do let your Neighborbee concierge know.

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There are certain pockets of the city where it’s hard to determine where you are. Is it the East Village? Well, no not quite. Am I in the Upper East Side or Midtown East? Well not really either. Last week I found myself at the Classic Auto Club - not quite Tribeca, bordering on SoHo and not quite far enough North for the Meatpacking District. We had nice cars and a classy bar. Only thing missing? A dinner of comparable quality. Read the rest of this entry »

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Neiko Design bags are how I like to define New Yorkers: tough yet elegant, classic and timeless, classy and fashionable. Lucky us, we got to interview Amanda Truong, the woman behind the bag designs whose very hands stitch together each unique bag. These bags are functional, stylish, totally affordable, and not just for the ladies! (In fact, if you’re looking for an early Christmas present for yours truly, I am particularly fond of the Winton and Rogue.)

Name: Amanda Truong
Occupation: Handbag Designer & owner of Neiko Designs
Borough/Neighborhood: Manhattan/Upper West Side

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On November 4^th, if you were having a house party anywhere above 110^th street then this is where you bought the good stuff. These aren’t just shops that are ok for the neighborhood. Any one of them can stand with any wine shop in town, at least. What you get at the first two is an eclectically curated selection in sleek surroundings. At the third, a wine encyclopedia that made GQ’s top 50 in the country.

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My new favorite radio show is the The Takeaway. I love the snappy back and forth between John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji (best name ever!). Sometimes it is the beginning of this show that wakes me up. Sometimes the news sounds like a dream (President-elect Obama). Sometimes it sounds like a nightmare (economy, economy, economy).

So this morning, when I heard John say that the U.S. Treasury Department and The Fed bailed out AIG, I thought I had traveled through time.

And then I heard the word hanging on to the end of that statement. “Again.”

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