Andrea Rosen.

Happy New Year’s from New York’s hottest power...

Jan 1st

Eventually got out of bed and dressed myself. But I’m...

Jan 1st

GPOYW: I can’t believe I have to get out of bed and...

Dec 31st

To Whit:

The City, MTV’s sorta-anticipated spinoff of The Hills has but one flaw: its New York City...

Dec 30th

The Year in Bars

Dec 30th

8 Fictional Ailments

Dec 29th

This is a list of family birthdays on my father’s...

Dec 28th

How I contribute to dinner.

Dec 27th

Anybody have a Massachusetts lottery ticket from 1990?

Dec 26th

Dope VHS quality. We taped White Christmas off of Channel 40...

Dec 26th

Well, my family certainly knows where I...

Among my Christmas take: a collection of New Yorker pieces, a hand-me-down book about The New...

Dec 26th

I should have done my Christmas shopping in a rest stop on...

Dec 25th

Big hairy baby.

Dec 24th

Vodka bar in the office. Merry Christmas Eve Eve.

Dec 23rd

A very serious offer.

If you plan my New Year’s Eve for me, there’s a bottle of Moët with your name on it....

Dec 23rd

Overheard in the office: vodka bar...

“What kind of vodka is this? “Is there some kind of vodka hotline you can call to get...

Dec 23rd

Fortuitous Tuesday.

I’ve never needed a vodka bar in the office as much as I do today.

Dec 23rd

Doo the right thing.

In a recent post about The Hills, I bemoaned a recurring mispronunciation among the cast:  Elodie...

Dec 22nd

The Hills’ 5 Best Guest Stars

Dec 22nd

Ideas for stocking stuffers I can steal...

Energy drinks. We have a bunch of wooden geese for some reason.  I doubt one would be missed. ...

Dec 22nd

Hey you, I know you.

Now I can’t say why, but it came to my attention Sunday evening that Bud Cort (of that totally...

Dec 22nd

True romance.

I’ve concluded that all romances, great or small, are predicated upon a common obsession with...

Dec 21st

I want to go back to this morning so I can eat this for the...

Dec 21st

Rosen out.

Dec 20th

The New York Times tears your holiday...

“It’s a Wonderful Life is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your...

Dec 19th

More here.

Dec 19th

Commuting.

When I was young, I attended a daycare across the street from my house.  My mom would pull me on a...

Dec 19th

Since Sparks was discontinued, I’m going to be...

Dec 18th

7 Things I Still Like About Flying

Dec 18th

New York, you're killing me.

During my commute home this evening, I accidentally stepped on a woman’s foot and she...

Dec 18th

GPOYW, I don’t have plans for New Year’s yet...

Dec 17th

Child, cast thine eyes away from yon...

I attended a Neil Young concert last night at Madison Square Garden.  I’m a touch allergic to...

Dec 17th

Ben has his own celebri-tern suggestions.

Dec 17th

Nobodies need not apply.

Now that every publication in the city has hired celebrity interns as a wacky, hilarious way of...

Dec 17th

On risk.

I always have an urge to order fish and chips in 24-hour diners in the winter.

Dec 16th

The 10 Most Depressing Board Games. Here’s some advice from...

Dec 16th

This just-look-out-your-fucking-window weather report...

Dec 16th

Ghosts of New York.

The most apparent of Facebook’s disservices to my well-being is that I learn, in real time,...

Dec 16th

Hello again.

I enjoy watching rehashings of personal and cultural tidbits I’m already familiar with (eg:...

Dec 16th

“[The] L Magazine, the little (print!) listings guide that...”
— you can crash our party...

Dec 15th

The L Magazine’s holiday party 2008, pictures by Nicky...

Dec 15th

Rosen out.

Dec 14th

brianvan: nickmcglynn: At The Polar Rink at The Museum of...

Dec 13th

No big deal, just ice skating WITH SANTA.

Dec 13th

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Dec 13th

Watching the L Mag vs. NY Press boxing match from 2003.

Dec 12th

Thank you, Secret Santa.

Dec 12th

“I have Lincoln Hawk stuck in my head.”
— Bexo.  And you can too.

Dec 12th

Story of a bad pickup attempt that is...

I never really get picked up by men so much as harassed.  There was the guy who flashed me from a...

Dec 12th

In all the times I have seen the VHS art for Milo & Otis...

Dec 12th

This is the greatest e-mail I've ever...

Gang, On Tuesday, December 23rd at 5PM the Brand Ambassador for [redacted] Vodka will be setting up...

Dec 12th

I really feel like Twitter shouldn’t exist if it means...

Dec 12th

How come I never look this good in Nick McGlynn’s...

Dec 12th

“I follow you for your bangs.”
— Michael Orell on Julia

Dec 12th

juliakaganskiy: And I call this: “Are you two gonna make...

Dec 12th

NY Tech Meetup Presidential Candidate...

Dec 11th

How come nobody that works in Manhattan...

Is it only awful in Brooklyn?

Dec 11th

How to Make Candy Trains

My neighbors’ mother always had us make these for the holidays, here’s how: What you’ll...

Dec 11th

The Best Things I Put in My Mouth This...

2008 was a great year for my seafood intake. But I’ve long maintained that my favorite food...

Dec 11th

GPOYW, Mediabistro nametag edition. (from left to right:...

Dec 10th

Losing my mind

I swear I wore a scarf to work today, but it has completely disappeared—it’s not on my...

Dec 10th

That'll show 'em

Is it just me or does “A Day Without Gays” remind you of when you tried to organize...

Dec 10th

Jimmy Fallon’s 5 Most Annoying Moments

Dec 10th

Calvin & Hobbes’s Top 10 Snowman Strips

Dec 9th

Seasonal ineffective disorder

I haven’t done any Christmas shopping yet because I have negative eleven dollars in the bank....

Dec 9th

jschwa: The web-browser for black people!  It has useful...

Dec 9th

Insecurity guards

I’ve been thinking about the tones and temperaments of various internet persons lately, having...

Dec 8th

Top 5 Woman-Boy Love Affairs in Film

Dec 8th

We came upon a massive vendor show that was meant to...

Dec 8th

“Love the new backpack, Susan.” “Thanks,...

Dec 8th

Slot machines, Cinnabon, and whimsical sweaters. America...

Dec 8th

I'm pretty sure this joke was also in an...

me: What does AJ do?
Bexo: He's in oil trading.
me: Wow, oil trading?
Bexo: I hear it's very lucrative.

Dec 5th

Listen

Finally off to Vegas.  [Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas]

Dec 5th

Some boys from Columbia gave me a lovely New York send-off.

Dec 5th

Obsession: Harold Ramis

I love Harold Ramis.  And not just because he’s the most accomplished person to occupy IMDB...

Dec 4th

You guys, I don’t know which one they’re talking...

Dec 4th

SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT.

Dec 4th

Check out my L Mag compatriot Adam Au’s sexy new...

Dec 4th

The 5 Greatest Attention Whores in Pro Sports

Dec 4th

2008

Dec 4th

1986

Dec 4th

Corrections

Regarding my post on French Vogue, upon further inspection (and lots of Google Translator), Princess...

Dec 4th

The Art of the Title is my new obsession. (via TYWKIWDBI)

Dec 4th

A princess possessed

New Roommate Karen just came back from Paris, bringing with her a copy of French Vogue, which is all...

Dec 4th

Psychology today

I’ve been having very intense stress dreams for the past several weeks.  What’s strange...

Dec 3rd

“…Ms. Arfin failed to catch publishers’ interest with...”
— Those publisher can die.  That...

Dec 3rd

Never leave me. (via soupsoup)

Dec 3rd

Watch

“What’s up, buttercup?” “The rent, and I’m not paying.” Another...

Dec 3rd

And I his manatee

youngmanhattanite: From Mediabistro’s Revolving Door Newsletter: Esquire’s David Katz and A.J....

Dec 2nd

Still apathetic after all these years

The current state of the American workforce has been a curious thing to experience at this age....

Dec 2nd

You've made a huge mistake

Dec 2nd

“Web 2.0 was a bubble that never inflated — a shimmery...”
— Valleywag’s Owen Thomas...

Dec 2nd

A guide to recession gift guides

Dec 2nd

Paper menorah!

Dec 2nd

No two are alike!

Dec 2nd

Meta cookie

Dec 2nd

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Dec 2nd

The 3 Faces of Tina Fey

Dec 1st

Christmas crafts for big kids

I’m hosting an impromptu cookie-decorating and snowflake-making session at my apartment...

Dec 1st

The fine line

me: how bougie is it to get a pedicure at lunch? on a scale of plebeian to yuppie scum
Julia: 8.9
me: ugh, what's an 8.9?
Julia: yuppie wannabe
me: is that better or worse than jappy?
Julia: worse

Dec 1st

Listen

Hey, it’s December!  For the next twenty-five days I will think of nothing but Christmas. ...

Dec 1st