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EVERYONE IN NEW YORK LIKES TO SHIT ON MIDTOWN. I THINKS THERES THIS IDEA THAT HATING ON MIDTOWN MAKES YOU A REAL NEW YORKER BUT THESE DAYS ITS ACTUALLY MEGA HIPSTER TO LOVE MIDTOWN AND CALL IT UNDERRATED. SPECIFICALLY WEST MIDTOWN. NOT LIKE FUCKING MURRAY HILL. IN PROXIMITY TO HELLS KITCHEN IS THE BEST, HELLS KITCHEN HAS THE BEST SALVATION ARMY IN AN OLD DIRTY BUILDING WITH GREAT FURNITURE AND TONS OF ACTUALLY THRIFT PRICED CLOTHING AND ITS CONFUSING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING AND ITS RIGHT BY THAT FREEDOM TUNNEL GRAFFITI WRITERS LOVE. MIDTOWN AND HELLS KITCHEN HAS SOME OF THE LAST CRUSTY WEIRDO OLD PEEPS THAT MAKE THE CITY FAB, LIKE PEEPS THAT MUTTER TO THEMSELVES AND HAVE WEIRD OUTFITS AND CLEARLY HAVE HAD THE SAME RENT CONTROL APARTMENTS FOR LIKE A BILLION YEARS AND KNOW EVERYONE ON THEIR BLOCK AND STORIES ABOUT THE āOLD NEW YORKā AND GET THE CITY MYTHOLOGY THAT WE ALL ARE SUCKERS FOR!!!!!!
Feb 8, 2023
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Most New Yorkers loathe midtown, but Iām not one of them. Name another neighborhood where you can find the cityās most iconic institutions (Keens, Grand Central Oyster Bar, NYPL), specialty material stores (B&H Fabric, Toho, Jamali), great baked goods (Culture, Rose Bakery, Cafe DāAvignon) Japanese grocery stores (Dainobu, Katagiri), all your doctorās offices, restaurants that stand up to their hype (Sugarfish, Lodi) and your corporate basics (Uniqlo, Muji)? Excuse meā¦Iām waiting. What I love most about midtown is that itās an area for getting shit done. No lollygaggers allowed!
Feb 15, 2024
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I live in a part of Manhattan called Tudor City. Why do I live there? Well, an apartment popped up that had everything I wanted: an elevator, a doorman, a bathtub, laundry in the building, and in my price range! Turns out Tudor City is more affordable because itās leased land. I barely understand what that means, and donāt wanna try to explain it. But you get the gist. Anyways, finding an apartment in New York City is intense! And I'm beyond grateful to have found my gem of an apartment. But a running joke I have is constantly being asked "Where's Tudor City?ā. I try to explain, Tudor City is a neighborhood unto itself. With so much rich history. Katherine Hepburn lived here. Dick Wolf, the creator of LAw and Order lived here. I even heard Sondhelm wrote āCompanyā here. I implore you, look it up and learn something about New York City! It's not Murray Hill, it's not Kips Bay, it's not in New Jersey, it's not Midtown. Yes it's by 41st and 2nd Avenue, but it's Tudor City goddammit! And I won't hear it be called anything else. One of many great things about it is my local train station is Grand Central which is fucking gorgeous and iconic. And now that I'm no longer afraid of riding the bus, I can just jump on the M15 and go downtown where all the action is! A cute, cozy, charming, classic, old school New York neighborhood in Manhattan.
Mar 31, 2023
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Iām not sure why most people arenāt more aware but this nyc three block radius is criminally slept on. you Would guess it would just be on some Chinatown shit but something must have changed this one part of the neighborhood randomly and now almost every square inch has endless opportunity to discover delicious food, wine, clothing, or other kinds of rare artistic and ephemeral objects. You can legit just walk around here and any place you wander into will be sick. Plus there are tons of babes Everywhere. Thereās even a dope movie theatre where they play the artistic type movies. I predict in the next 1-2 years this will become a go to spot for artists and free thinkers to spend their time and rent apartments to chill in in a cheaper neighborhood where they can have the sort of conversations other people are too pussy to have and Iām only putting yāall on early because i fuck with you
Jan 15, 2024
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MEDITATION IS MEGA NAMASTE AND WORKS WONDERS. WHAT STARTED AS A BIT OF A CHEEKY OBSESSION WITH ALL THINGS SPIRITUAL HAS REALLY HELPED MY MIND. PLUS I READ COURTNEY LOVE CHANTS FOR HOURS LIKE EVERY EFFING DAY FOR SOBRIETY. I WISH I COULD HAVE A SHAMAN OR A GURU IN MY PERSONAL ENTOURAGE BUT FOR NOW I STICK WITH GUIDED MEDITATION WITH A THERAPIST OR ONE OF THOSE LAME APPS. OR DMT. MEDITATINGĀ REALLY EFFING SOOTHES LE RACING THOUGHTS FOR REAL. PRAYER BEADS ADD A STYLISH MINDFULNESS. I ALWAYS GOT MINE AT THAT TIBET STORE ON 2ND AVE WITH THE HOT CRUST PUNKS/ OOGLES OUTSIDE OF ITā¦.BUT SADLY IT HAS CLOSED.
Feb 8, 2023
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ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I REALIZED I WAS A WRITER I BECAME OBSESSED WITH ALL THINGS BEATNIK, BEAT-CHIC, AND BOHEMIAN. ITS THE BEST WRITER CLICHE EVER. CLICHES ARE A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK EFFING CITY. A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD A HAPPENING, IN HONOR OF LE GREAT BEAT WRITERS AND PARTIERS. I WAS MOSTLY BLACKED OUT ON PILLS THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT THATS LE VIBE OF A HAPPENING. TYPICAL READINGS ARE BORING AND BASICALLY AN UN-CHIC ABOMINATION. A HAPPENING IS VINTAGE, MESSY, A BIG MIX OF PARTY ENERGY WITH A SALON FLAIR. WE HAD BONGO DRUMS, FOLK MUSIC, SHITTY POEMS, ARTSY PERFORMANCES. IT WAS A TOTAL SHIT SHOW BUT ALSO PEACEFUL AND FAB. I SCREAMED A BUTCHERED VERSION OF HOWL, OBVIOUSLY. IF I GET IT TOGETHER ENOUGH I'LL HAVE ANOTHER IF THERE AREN'T TOO MANY KNOCK OFFS BY THEN. YOU SHOULD ALL COME AND READ OR PLAY THE TAMBOURINE OR WHATEVER. MAKE SURE TO DRESS LIKE BOB DYLAN OR PATTI SMITH OR A DOWNTOWN CLICHE.
Feb 8, 2023
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FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN INCLUDING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ON MY BLOGS LISTS OF FASHION TIPS, ESPECIALLY FOR MEN. INSTEAD OF STANDING OUTSIDE A CLUB OR A BAR OR CLASS OR A CASTING OR WHATEVER ON YOUR PHONE LIKE A LOSER, GET A SMALL INSTRUMENT. YOU WILL LOOK MYSTERIOUS AND COOL LA LA. YES, MAYBE A BIT OBNOXIOUS, BUT THAT IS PART OF BEING A MUSICIAN.
Feb 8, 2023