This past weekend, Friday night to be exact, I attended my first student musical south of 42nd Street. While I believe in the statistics on how fierce the talent pool is in New York, I remained skeptical of the show's East Village location, smaller production value, and young cast. My...

Although it may not seem like it, the weather has started to heat up and so is the New York City rental market. Soon the city will be flooded by hundreds of interns and new hires looking for a place to call home. As many New Yorkers head out of...

1. The price of a single ride subway ticket will now cost $4.

2. Matt Lauer's mid-day talk show is cancelled after one season. This comes just two years after his resignation from Today.

3. Cigarettes within the 5 boroughs of New York City will cost roughly $20/pack.

4. NYU's...

I received a text message yesterday from a close friend/ex-boyfriend. He asked me if my birthday was actually tomorrow, while knowing that it was in May. I really had no clue what he was talking about and didn't look into all that much. This morning, after waking up at 5:45,...

A little more than four years ago, Eater NY posted an article about the "5 Worst Nights in New York." It was a rather accurate account of nights that New Yorkers -- Manhattanites in particular -- have come to despise. A hatred deeper than that of dropped calls,...

When you're younger, your parents are the sources of all things good, and unfortunately many things bad. They tell you to you can't go out, ground you when they find your hidden stash of alcohol-filled water bottles hidden under your bed, and make sure you are on their idea of...

My newsfeed of late is probably no different than yours has been. It is flooded with posts, reposts and shares of the tragedy that occurred just a few days ago. While this article probably does nothing more but facilitate the disease of emotion sharing via social media, I thought it...

Ah, it is that time of year again, the fateful period between Thanksgiving break and winter holiday. A time where the air is cold, the days are short, and the study breaks are long. The few weeks of school most of us have between now and the nearly month long...

It is almost that time of year for hundreds of thousands of college students to venture home for the first, more expedited holiday. The few days spent at home are often the first time we get to actually see our former high school classmates in person since the summer or...

The tourists -- They don't speak English and look completely lost. The people in line behind them wait for the foreigners to make up their fucking mind so that everyone can get on with their lives. Chances are the couple is wearing some brightly colored puffy jackets. They are always...

Make sure to tweet that it's 10/11/12, also make sure to tweet something about how you came out of the closet!

The whole idea that there should be a day designated to outing yourself is ridiculous and counterproductive. A few nights ago I watched an "It Gets Better" special on...

I made it all of six paragraph's into the foreword of Sharon Zukin's Loft Living before needing to take a break. It's chilly, about 50 degrees, overcast and wet. A light drizzle picked up into some showers earlier in the day. They tapered off, but the city is still wrapped...

There is really nothing more exciting than watching politics in action, at least there is nothing more exciting when the media builds it up to be the be all end all of our political existence. Regardless of how important the media makes us think these debates are, they play a...

Just about everyone will tell you it takes X amount of time to truly become a New Yorker. Some will say that you become a New Yorker the minute you get off the plane, while others will say that you aren't really a New Yorker until you have lived here...

I am sitting here at 9:06 p.m. on a Thursday night listening to "The Power of Love," sober, alone, and quite content. Many (but not all) gay men share common traits with housewives in their mid 40s or 50s. We like interior design, fashion, gossip, and pretending to go to...

I'm sitting here in my bedroom on a hot and sticky summer evening after running around the city for the better part of 12 hours. Like most everyone nowadays, Twitter, Facebook and a wide array of social media platforms have become a huge part of my daily life. I check...

There are few places in the world where you can be taking 18 credits of school, working 30 hours a week, managing a blossoming social life and still feel like you aren't keeping up with the Joneses. Life in this alien world is filled with agonizingly long walks between avenues,...