Manhattan Living
Giovanni Rana Opens in the Chelsea Market; Best Pasta in NYC
Because there's always room for more first-rate plates of pasta in this town, please join us in issuing a hearty "benvenuto!" to the Italian import Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucino, recently opened in the Chelsea Market. Giovanni Rana has been making pasta in Italy for more than half a century, so it's safe to say […]
Spacewar! Blasts Off at the Museum of the Moving Image
We recently spent a chunk of our afternoon getting slaughtered by skittery mutants. We slammed into green spiky things as we tried to jump from one world to the next. We couldn't defend our cities from all of those freakin' missiles. Busy dodging asteroids, we got blown to bits by the galaxy's tiniest flying saucer. […]
Cocina Economica: Mexican Home Cooking on the Upper West Side
We were a little miffed when David and Vanida Bank closed their small but always-welcoming Amsterdam Avenue restaurant Recipe last year. With its comfortable, even slightly stylish room (for the Upper West Side anyway), and consistently good ingredient-driven food, Recipe had become one of our go-to neighborhood dinner spots.
Christian Marclay’s The Clock, 24-hour Movie at the MoMA
Christian Marclay's 24-hour film The Clock is one the best, most amazing art pieces we've ever seen. Though admittedly, we've only seen about eight and half hours of it so far- but still! Marclay's The Clock is a totally brilliant montage of brief moments, usually measured in seconds, from literally thousands of movies from the […]
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque: Instant Contender for Best BBQ in NYC!
New York City food historians know that it wasn’t so long ago, maybe ten years at most, when this was a one-barbeue town… and that one, usually some chain or fratty bar, was pretty unimpressive. That’s all changed of course, and today you can get world-class ‘que at any number of spots, led by longtime […]
Fort Greene’s Smoke Joint
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Henri Matisse at the Met: The Mindset behind the Masterpiece
The Metropolitan Museum of Art throws a sure-fire crowd pleaser into its winter mix with the impeccably curated Matisse: In Search of True Painting, an eye-opening assemblage of nearly 50 of the modernist master, Henri Matisse's works, culled from the Met's own extensive collection as well as an array of international sources. Matisse is, of […]
The Museum of Mathematics in NYC Makes Math Fun for Everyone!
Of course math CAN be fun, even for people (like us) who aren't necessarily all that adept with anything beyond the basics. What is surprising is that NYC's spanking-new Museum of Mathematics, which just opened across from Madison Square Park, is the first such institution in all of North America! And not only are we […]
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, at the Met
As soon as photography was invented, it seems that photographers began manipulating their images. 'Faking It', one of the newest shows from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's, isn't about exposing charlatans, nor does it get into whether or not famous shots were staged. Instead it offers a lively and thoughtful appreciation of ways various artists […]
Our Best Christmas Videos on Youtube List
Happy Holidays to all and to all please enjoy these top holiday Youtube videos! We thought to ourselves, what better way to celebrate this most festive time of the year, then with some fun Christmas videos. So we've gathered together some of the best christmas videos on Youtube for your holiday watching pleasure. Enjoy!
Because there's always room for more first-rate plates of pasta in this town, please join us in issuing a hearty "benvenuto!" to the Italian import Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucino, recently opened in the Chelsea Market. Giovanni Rana has been making pasta in Italy for more than half a century, so it's safe to say […]
Spacewar! Blasts Off at the Museum of the Moving Image
We recently spent a chunk of our afternoon getting slaughtered by skittery mutants. We slammed into green spiky things as we tried to jump from one world to the next. We couldn't defend our cities from all of those freakin' missiles. Busy dodging asteroids, we got blown to bits by the galaxy's tiniest flying saucer. […]
Cocina Economica: Mexican Home Cooking on the Upper West Side
We were a little miffed when David and Vanida Bank closed their small but always-welcoming Amsterdam Avenue restaurant Recipe last year. With its comfortable, even slightly stylish room (for the Upper West Side anyway), and consistently good ingredient-driven food, Recipe had become one of our go-to neighborhood dinner spots.

Christian Marclay's 24-hour film The Clock is one the best, most amazing art pieces we've ever seen. Though admittedly, we've only seen about eight and half hours of it so far- but still! Marclay's The Clock is a totally brilliant montage of brief moments, usually measured in seconds, from literally thousands of movies from the […]
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque: Instant Contender for Best BBQ in NYC!
New York City food historians know that it wasn’t so long ago, maybe ten years at most, when this was a one-barbeue town… and that one, usually some chain or fratty bar, was pretty unimpressive. That’s all changed of course, and today you can get world-class ‘que at any number of spots, led by longtime […]
Fort Greene’s Smoke Joint
Content will be added later.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art throws a sure-fire crowd pleaser into its winter mix with the impeccably curated Matisse: In Search of True Painting, an eye-opening assemblage of nearly 50 of the modernist master, Henri Matisse's works, culled from the Met's own extensive collection as well as an array of international sources. Matisse is, of […]
The Museum of Mathematics in NYC Makes Math Fun for Everyone!
Of course math CAN be fun, even for people (like us) who aren't necessarily all that adept with anything beyond the basics. What is surprising is that NYC's spanking-new Museum of Mathematics, which just opened across from Madison Square Park, is the first such institution in all of North America! And not only are we […]
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, at the Met
As soon as photography was invented, it seems that photographers began manipulating their images. 'Faking It', one of the newest shows from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's, isn't about exposing charlatans, nor does it get into whether or not famous shots were staged. Instead it offers a lively and thoughtful appreciation of ways various artists […]
Our Best Christmas Videos on Youtube List
Happy Holidays to all and to all please enjoy these top holiday Youtube videos! We thought to ourselves, what better way to celebrate this most festive time of the year, then with some fun Christmas videos. So we've gathered together some of the best christmas videos on Youtube for your holiday watching pleasure. Enjoy!