Hooray! Three day weekend! With Sailors! And LOTS of open bars! We’ve got three days of open bars listed after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for May, 2010
Weekend Open Bar Guide: Memorial Day Weekend Edition
On May - 28 - 2010
If you’re a Yankees fan that is feeling depressed about the fact that you can’t take your iPad with you to games, the Hudson Valley Renegades are there for you. They’ve taken the opportunity to thumb their noses at the Yankees, and are offering free tickets to fans that show up with iPads every Monday night during the season.
Now, if we could only figure out how to get to the Hudson Valley. [Mashable]
4Food is a tech-lover’s dream restaurant
On May - 28 - 2010
Okay, my mind has just been blown.
This is a rendering of 4Food, a new restaurant that’s opening on 40th and Madison on July 6. It will be a gadget nerd’s dream. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »
MTA updates the subway map
On May - 28 - 2010
With the V train doomed and the M train destined to replace it, we knew we’d have to see an updated subway map eventually, and the NY Times got a sneak-peak at it yesterday. Sadly, this isn’t quite the same as Fake MTA’s hipster friendly map.
It’s not as drastically different from the old map, but there are some changes: Manhattan is much bigger, Staten Island is much smaller, and City Island (which we’ll talk about in a future post) has made it’s triumphant return.
Whaddya think? Is it easier to read than the old map? [NY Times via 2nd Ave Sagas]
It’s Fleet Week!
On May - 27 - 2010
Ladies, are you ready to swoon? (Alma sure is!) We hope so, because the sailors are back in town, and that can only mean one thing: Fleet week is upon us!
Yes, that time of year when tons of Naval ships all visit the city and tons of sailors start popping around Manhattan making women swoon.
There will be tons of things to do while for fleet week, and there’s an entire list of things after the break! Read the rest of this entry »
Subway App Showdown: iTrans NYC vs Google Maps vs TMaps NY
On May - 27 - 2010
Getting around on the subway can be a pain, especially if you’re from out of town. Thankfully there’s no shortage of smartphone subway map and navigation apps. Today we’ll pit three against each other to determine a winner: iTrans NYC on the iPhone/iPod Touch, TMaps NY on the Palm Pre/Pixi and Google Maps on everything. Who wins? Read on to find out! Read the rest of this entry »
City Shots: Serious Multitasking Always Includes a Parrot
On May - 27 - 2010
You thought you were doing some impressive multitasking: Working, checking the interwebs, discreetly IMing 12 friends on gchat. And then you see this guy.
What can compete with riding a bike, talking on the phone, all while petting a parrot?
