On Beauty March 15, 2007After reading White Teeth I pretty much decided to read anything and everything that Zadie Smith put out....
Pixies: Surfer Rosa March 14, 2007From the opening downbeat of “Bone Machine,” Surfer Rosa’s first track, you know this album is gonna kick...
Playwright Celtic Pub March 7, 2007It’s always interesting when a bar owner feels the need to take what is essentially a generic, personalityless...
Peter McManus Cafe March 7, 2007This joint is as out of place in Chelsea as a piano bar in Bayonne. Old drunks litter...
Docks Oyster Bar – West Side March 7, 2007[CLOSED] The UWS version of Docks is much smaller, much more neighborhood than its Midtown counterpart, and seems...
Tír na nÓg – Penn Station March 7, 2007[CLOSED at this location] We could have all sorts of fun with this name (especially with a word...
Providence March 7, 2007[CLOSED] Do you think this is what God intended when he had his loyal servants build him a...
Dishes (Midtown East II) March 7, 2007I don’t know much about women’s shoes. Ok, I’ll go out on a limb and say I know...
Gin Lane March 7, 2007[CLOSED] Never in the history of bardom has a space morphed so dramatically. Walking to dinner in the...
Nikki Beach Midtown March 7, 2007[CLOSED] I spent all of about five minutes in this joint before a big work party to celebrate...
The Magician March 7, 2007Poof! You’re a sucky bar. We’re honestly not really sure what’s going on here. This place feels so...
Schiller’s Liquor Bar March 7, 2007[CLOSED] Yes, I know it’s a formula, but for me it never gets old. Of course sticking the...
Brass Monkey March 7, 2007Winding my way through the Meatpacking District and practically out onto the West Side Highway, I thought maybe...
Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet March 7, 2007What a way to usher in the 90s. These were the days of anger and genuine concern. Bloods...
The History of Love March 1, 2007This book is oddly similar to Krauss’ Husband’s book, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. You have dead fathers,...
Motherless Brooklyn March 1, 2007It’s as if my subconscious didn’t want me to finish this one. I was about three-quarters of the...