Alex Hartman (Nolita Dirtbag)
Oct 6, 2022 BY
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In April, some guy with about 2,000 followers popped up on TikTok who labeled himself as âThe Next Harry Stylesâ and a âModel, Singer, CEO of a Watch Company all while having a full time finance job paying 6 figuresâ and I havenât looked away since. A few weeks later, I saw him making a TikTok outside Cafe Select and asked for a selfie and he graciously approved without batting an eye like a seasoned celeb which was amazing. I am in a 30+ person MTW Fan club group chat and I attended his first show in the East Village that was insane. I bought a $35 signed shirt. I canât really explain it anymore (and never will be able to) but youâve got to check out his videos.
Oct 6, 2022
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It is one of my favorite restaurants to go to in the city. Itâs an italian place in the west village on Christopher Street and truly only one of the places where you donât feel like you just got ripped off leaving. The spinach gorgonzola gnocchi goes crazy, The chicken milanese is fantastic and definitely get the grilled squid if youâre into those sort of things.
Oct 6, 2022
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Corto is a coffee shop in Bed-Stuy and my go to if Iâm in the area. I do a lot of work there and they now stay open a little later and started serving wine and âsmall bitesâ. They have the best Fococcia Iâve ever had in my life and subsequently some of the best sandwiches. Fair warning - it is $15 bucks for something that will not fill you up - but itâs totally worth it. Their backyard is perfect and isn't one of those places that has the annoying ass âNO LAPTOPS ALLOWEDâ sign at the front. (Ok they do have it but thatâs just for weekends)
Oct 6, 2022
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Iâm usually not a sucker for these millennial gut health probiotic schticks but I go out of my way to grab a crisp Strawberry Vanilla OliPop a few times a week. Iâve now given all of the other 4.99 âFunctional Tonicsâ a shot and OliPop is by far the best. The consistency is insane and so mf creamy. I feel like a real dweeb saying âHow does this only have 5 grams of sugar and 14 grams of fiberâ while inspecting the label. The Orange Cream goes crazy too. (Just reread this and it sounds like Iâm getting paid for this. I am not)
Oct 6, 2022
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I loved Stuart Little growing up and just rewatched it. Me and both of my sisters are weirdly obsessed with it. I still tear up at the scene when Stuart is racing his model boat in Central Park and Jonathan Lipnicki who plays his brother goes âThatâs not a mouse, thatâs my brother!!!â. Awesome scene. I think we need more earnest movies like Stuart Little. Itâs a biblical tale that shows you how anyone can do anything, even if the world just sees them as some little mouse đ Zootopia is another one of my favorites.
Oct 6, 2022
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Donât get me wrong - the Crypto/NFT bro culture thing is truly one of the worst and most bizzare corners of the world to me but in high school I bought a quarter pound of kush off of the Silk Road using bitcoin. (I split it with friend of the newsletter, Walter Pearce) The price of Bitcoin was 120ish dollars in 2013 and If I didnât get that dark web zaza it would have been worth $800,000 at the peak last year. Thatâs expensive kush. (Adjacent recommendation - donât smoke kush)
Oct 6, 2022
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My best friend from growing up started a cool collective where he sells a bunch of awesome clothes (AndWander Proxy Mayhem, Amazing Vintage Collection, $600 Bode Pants etc.) and provides great recipes. Itâs inspired by epic nose-to-tail Chef Fergus Henderson and polarizing Chef Alice Waters. He recently collabed with Palmes Society and the collective is definitely something youâll want to check out.
Oct 6, 2022