Everything tagged with ‘NYC’

Online Dating 3: The Saga Ends

Words: Patrice Williams • Nov 19th, 2008 • Category: GOODS.

It’s been a minute since your resident dating guinea pig has checked in so I had to bless you with the final installment of my summer long journey.

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Square Rootz Tries: Pole Dancing

Words: Square Rootz • Oct 16th, 2008 • 6 Comments • Category: RANDOMNESS.

We thought we could come in and start doing twirls on the pole immediately, but quickly realized we were in for an intense workout. The simplest moves (climbing four feet on the pole) worked out every part of the body; your girls were sore before the class was even over.

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Brooklyn Urban Arts Market (NYC)

Words: Michael July • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: AFFAIRS.

[ September 7, 2008; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The day will feature non-stop “House music” and “Classics”.

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Glam Minus the Guilt

Words: Marly Pierre-Louis • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: GOODS.

This line of organic cosmetics is bright and beautiful and the fair trade, vegan ingredients- lavender, arrowroot powder, calendula, hemp, neutral henna, jojoba, shea butter, green tea, ylang ylang; sound good enough to eat.

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SQUARE ROOTZ HELLA HEARTS YOU JAM (NYC)

Words: Square Rootz • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: AFFAIRS.

[ July 26, 2008 10:00 pm to July 27, 2008 2:00 am. ] The lovely and oh so fresh ladies of Square Rootz are doing it up again and this time we’re celebrating two things that make us smile: the summer of ‘92 and YOU, the folks who hold us down and love us back.

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Doctor Detector

Words: Jessica Jones • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: GOODS.

The office also accepts my insurance (healthnet) and the receptionist doesn’t hassle me because I didn’t have cash for the co-pay. “Mail it in when you get a chance,” she says. She said the same thing at my last appointment. Oops, I forgot. They seemed to have forgotten too.

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Hey Big Spender

Words: Kat Noel • May 28th, 2008 • 2 Comments • Category: SPOTS.

Forget about spending two weeks worth of paychecks on a trip to Las Vegas where once you leave the strip there’s nothing but dry desert. Instead, see how far your dollars can take you at Atlantic City.

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To Your Doorstep

Words: Jessica Jones • May 28th, 2008 • 3 Comments • Category: GOODS.

Is it true that a service that delivers pre-made Lemon-Dill Salmon with asparagus and fingerling potatoes to your doorstep can still be affordable?

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Square Rootz Tries: The Dance Parade

Words: Kat Noel • May 21st, 2008 • 4 Comments • Category: SPOTS.

Sounds of tambourines, drums, castanets, Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” and shouts of “Ole!” filled the air as teenagers 5,000-ed and elders put us on to the fancy footwork that got the party started back in their day.

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There’s No Place Like Home

Words: Jessica Jones • May 19th, 2008 • 4 Comments • Category: GOODS.

It happens to me all the time. I go out on the weekends – sometimes in Brooklyn, sometimes in Manhattan – and before I know it’s 2 a.m. and I just want to be in my bed, instantly.

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