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Going Danish: New York Gets Another Northern European Eatery
Aamanns/Copenhagen As the days darken and the wind whipping off the Hudson turns icy, New Yorkers may find themselves thinking of those darker, colder cities to the north: Stockholm, Reykjavik,...
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Big Apple Idolatry: Rihanna is Not Keeping Victoria’s Secret, Lana Del Rey...
-Rihanna backstage at Victoria Secret show (Instagram) -The best part of yesterday's Victoria Secret runway show was definitely the part where Rihanna took off her clothes and Instagram'd a picture of...
View ArticleTo Do Friday: We Can Do It
We’ve been giving to various city causes thus far this week, but there’s no sacrifice quite like rolling up one’s sleeves and getting to work oneself. We’ll start at the Food Bank for New York City at...
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To Do Saturday: Fall That Jazz
John Coltrane The hurricane may have changed the city for now, but as we begin to resume our lives once more, some things are thankfully constant—like the beauty of Central Park in fall. Organizers are...
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To Do Sunday: It Goes To Eleven
Ed Koch For those looking for a chance to catch up with former Mayor Ed Koch and congratulate him either on his mayoralty or his online movie reviews, now’s your chance—shout your well-wishes from the...
View ArticleOn the Market: Freezing Tent Cities and FEMA Trailers; Red Hook Without...
After the Storm: Hallejujah! Warm weather expected this weekend. [Daily News] Homeless are freezing in tent cities. [Journal] FEMA rolling out hundreds of mobile homes for those without shelter....
View ArticleBloomberg Promises ‘A Police Officer at Every Gas Station’ During Shortage
Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced new regulations to ration gasoline in New York City. Based on the last digit of their licence plate number, drivers will be able to fill up their tanks...
View ArticleAirbnb for Yachts Is Now a Thing
Not all of us can afford luxurious yachts on which to sunbathe and drink Moet and count our jewels, no matter how hard we wish to be Captain Larry Ellison. But a new startup in Athens, Greece wants to...
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A Letter From Gary Shteyngart’s Dog
Author Gary Shteyngart's dachshund wrote to BAM to express his canine concern about his owner at the upcoming Gary Shtenygart Roast, a "Friar's Club style" roast where Mr. Shtenygart's friends will...
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No Laughing Matter?: Louis C.K. and Jerry Seinfeld Hold Sandy Benefits on...
Jerry Seinfeld and Louis C.K., proving laughter is the best fund-raiser. (Getty Images) While those whose homes and lives were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy might not feel much like hearing jokes, two...
View ArticleBloomberg Says He Didn’t Tell Obama to Stay Out of New York
During his daily press conference today discussing the city’s latest measures to recover from Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed a report that he told President Barack Obama to not...
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David Petraeus Allegedly Had an Affair With His Biographer, Paula Broadwell
Paula Broadwell and David Petraeus together on a plane. (Photo: PaulaBroadwell.com) Slate's Fred Kaplan reports that David Petraeus resigned as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency after he had...
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Just Go With It: Patton Oswalt Joins Cast of The Newsroom
Patton Oswalt vs. Will McAvoy. (Getty Images) Today The Hollywood Reporter announced that Aaron Sorkin's confusingly uncanceled HBO drama The Newsroom will be featuring two new cast members in its...
View ArticlePhotographers Offer Free Portraits to Sandy Ravaged Families
Among the thousands of images taken of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction, showing mangled houses and weeping children, photographs of floating family albums and framed memories lost to the storm have been...
View ArticleCraigslist Ad Pretty Much Just Looking For a Slave (And Not the Fun Kind)
We mean, we hope we are misreading this listing under the "barter" section, but we're pretty sure that this Rockland County family is basically advertising their need for a slave. Or maybe an old-timey...
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No Bones About It!
Marion Cotillard chatting away. Just when we were sick and tired of cinema screenings and movie premiere parties (Hello nomination-baiting season!), The Cinema Society alongside Dior and Vanity Fair...
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Mr. Fix-It: Mayor Bloomberg Launches ‘Rapid Repairs’ Program for Sandy’s...
A house floated into a field on Staten Island. (Getty) Hurricane Sandy has left thousands, possibly tens of thousands of New Yorkers without their homes. There will be much rebuilding for many months,...
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Will Broadway Bigwig Harold Prince’s Townhouse Be a Smash Hit at $22 M.?
Mr. Prince with Alec Baldwin and Angela Lansbury. (Patrick McMullen) The townhouse at 48 East 74th Street certainly puts on quite a show with a bold blend of eras and prints (we counted floral,...
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Did General Petraeus’ Lover’s Husband Ask Ethicist Chuck Klosterman For Advice?
Did some of the details of General David Petraeus' alleged affair ring a bell? Maybe that's because it is awfully reminiscent of a certain conundrum presented in The New York Times Magazine's Ethicist...
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The Observer Reacts to News of Girls’s 3rd Season Renewal
FOREVER GIRLS (HBO) Journalist One: Oh my god, how can HBO renew Girls for a third season? They haven't even done a second one yet! Journalist Two: I don't know. HBO does weird things sometimes....
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