Category: Boozin'
OctFest : Exclusive Beer and Music Festival at Brooklyn Hangar September 9th
Collaborations are the new normal. Why not link up two of America’s favorite past-times: music and beer? Pitchfork, “the most trusted voice in music,” and October, a leading beer culture website, have announced the first ever OctFest: an epic one-day music and beer festival, featuring eight musical artists and 40 breweries from around the world. Slated... Read more »
Heineken House: The Double Entendre of Your Drink-Drank-Dance Dreams
If you’re an O.G. Coastie, I think it’s fair to say, “We’ve come a long way, baby.” What was once just a few pop-up stages in our ole’ kickball fields, this fest has become quite expansive. In its sixth year running, North Coast welcomes new-ish addition The Heineken House into its grasps as a spot... Read more »
8 Reasons to do a Jigsaw Puzzle This Christmas Season
Growing up, my family always did Christmas-themed jigsaw puzzles and then as I got older I realized that wasn’t the case for everyone, and in fact, VERY few people do them. I love ’em, so I’m here to evangelize their merits. Here are 8 reasons to do a puzzle this Christmas season. 1. They are... Read more »
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Creeping the 'tute Part two(t)
On my 34th birthday I did what any normal 34 year old does on their birthday. Namely, take their softball trophy (the Kup) and a friend/teammate to a world-class art museum for a few photo opportunities. My companion was Curtis, our softball team’s speedy lead-off hitter and rangy short center fielder (Short Center is a... Read more »
5 Best Canceled Reality Shows
Trying to rank these canceled reality shows would be too difficult because I love them all , so they appear in random order. 1. Kid Nation (as shown above) This 2007 show had 40 kids ranging from ages 8-15 trying to turn an abandoned town into an operational commune complete with laborers, cooks, merchants, a... Read more »
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A Valentine's Day Guide to Male Sexual Endurance
Let’s face it guys, there is a lot riding on your sexual performance tonight (get it?). A lot can go wrong- if you conclude the amorous liaison too quickly, you’re a two-pump chump, but if you go on too long, she may wonder what she’s doing wrong or why you have the potency of a bi-curious octogenarian. We at... Read more »
8 Moments I Realized I'm Getting Old By Age 33
The other day I was at the Art Institute (as mentioned in 3A below) and had a flashbulb, “I’m old!” moment. For this 32 year old, it wasn’t my first, and certainly won’t be my last but I thought of a few other similar flashbulb moments I’ve had. 1. I used to think of alcohol... Read more »
4 Played-out Suffixes that put the 'sux' in Suffixes, and 4 'fixes'
Sometimes a once-clever witticism just runs its course, and due to its ubiquity and overuse it just stops being witty and becomes a lazy excuse for originality. If you don’t believe me, it’s probably because you’re a four year old who tells the same joke over and over, again and is still amused. If that... Read more »
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7 TV Drinking Games Guaranteed to get you Wrecked
Like us on Facebook 1. Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm– drink whenever you hear a complaint or whining. My buddies and I created this game out of necessity when they were moving in to their new apartment but didn’t yet have cable, and had only a DVD player and a few seasons of... Read more »
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