Tag: nyc

Halloween

preparations have begun

24/7 hardware

i am glad someone is correcting the misconception that home improvement happens when it is nice out. say hello to the 24/7 hardware store: improvements when you need it, and crucially, when you actually have time for it.

nuthouse hardware
202 e 29th st
nyc

Red hook murals

Doggie parade

Dissing Chang’s pork buns

“It’s good. So is hot chicken McNuggets and real honey, neither is good for you, but only one has scenester/yuppie line with strollers and no room to stand for this Chinatown peasant grub. It’s for the tools who can’t go into Chinatown and want some slick furniture.”

Great NY Noodletown

dinner at the great ny noodletown. dinner for 3 for $30, not bad.

Mars Bar

We had come to Mars Bar, the only spot putrid and rank enough to still evoke the East Village of the mythically gritty 1970s, in advance of its destruction this August to make way for—what else?—luxury apartments. It’s tiny, infested with rust, blood, disease and worse. For many, it’s the only good bar left in the city, and its passing is an occasion to lament.