City College
Gotham Roller Derby
11/15/2007
Landmarks, Manhattanville / Hamilton Heights —
The problem with most contact sports is that they’re almost exclusively played by men. This always s...
Midtown Comics–Times Square
Midtown Comics vs. Forbidden Planet
11/2/2007
Bookstores, Midtown —
The two big comic shops in Manhattan are Forbidden Planet in Union Square and Midtown Comics (in Mid...
Abracadabra
Abracadabra Superstore
10/31/2007
Shopping, Flatiron / Lower Midtown —
Guarding Abracadabra’s threshold is a pile of eviscerated corpses, gargoyles, and the occasional iro...
Jazz Record Center
Jazz Record Center
10/24/2007
Shopping, Flatiron / Lower Midtown —
While I’m not particularly knowledgeable about the jazz scene in New York—or anywhere else for that...
Joe's Shanghai
Soup Dumplings
10/22/2007
Restaurants, City Hall / Chinatown —
Everyone goes here for the steamed soup dumplings (officially "Crab Meat With Pork Meat Steamed Bun"...