This year Karen and I hatched a brilliant New Year’s Eve plan that would allow us to eat, drink and dance, while never having to leave our beloved borough. Here’s a quick recap:
We started off the evening with some excellent sushi from the folks across the street at Geido (highly recommend if you’ve never been) [...]

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The World’s Largest Urban Adventure Series will turn the Big Apple in to a giant obstacle course as teams of two navigate their way around competing in physical, mental and humorous challenges. The NYC event promises to be a full day of laughter, adventure and discovering the diversity and character of New York City.
Whether [...]

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To complement Karen’s post about Robb and Sarah’s wedding in Rhode Island as well at Karen and Matt’s interpretation of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time, I wanted to (belatedly) post a selection of photos I took that weekend. Here goes…

Oddly enough, this felt like a bit of a bargain.

Indie rock album cover?

Matt and his little [...]

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Here’s a great interview with my buddy Jon, whose movie, The Wackness, comes out on July 3rd. It’s looking like Karen and I are going to the premiere + after party this Wednesday so we’ll be sure to post a quick review (as well as blog the crap out of the rest of the evening!). [...]

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Check out the trailer for my buddy Jon’s movie, The Wackness, due out in July. With some luck, Karen and I might be able to catch a screening prior to the official release, in which case we’ll report back and tell you all to go see it.
Read some more about it at I Watch [...]

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Here’s a great piece about the Virginia Chutney Company (made of up of our friend Oliver Turner and his lovely parents) and how, whether you realize it or not, chutney is sweeping the nation. In fact,
…if you think you’ve never eaten chutney, you’re probably wrong. Ever had ketchup? Or McDonald’s sweet and sour sauce on [...]

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With each passing year, our annual Oscar party becomes less about the movies and more about the competitive nature of our friends, particularly when it comes to making food. This year we tasked our friends with bringing a dish inspired by one of the Oscar nominees. The following are some of the entries:

Juno’s SunnyD from [...]

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My good childhood friend, Jonathan Levine, has just premiered his second feature film at the Sundance Film Festival. First off, as a friend I want to give a big congrats to Jon - its really amazing to see someone doing exactly what you knew they should be doing back in 6th grade.
Back to the movie… [...]

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Friday night Manlio was in NYC so we grabbed some dinner with him before heading into town. In the cab ride, he mentioned a bar that Dennis had recommend. This bar, he said, had a mechanical bull. That was all he needed to say before Alex and I were requesting the location and directing the [...]

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