Sunday, April 10, 2011

when your EHarmony date looks more like George Costanza than George Clooney.

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The Boat Basin West 79 th Street (Follow the path all the way down to the Hudson River) We all know that Internet dating sites are full of ...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

when your obsession with pasta has resulted in a court order to stay at least 500 feet away from Mario Batali.

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Lupa 170 Thompson Street Between Houston and Bleeker Remember Mark Walberg in Fear? Remember how crazy he got over Reese Witherspoon ? Well...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

When you oversleep and miss the bus out to the Hamptons.

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Luke's Lobster 93 East 7th Street Between 1st and A It happens - you turn over on a Saturday morning and the clock says 8:46. You say ...
Monday, March 29, 2010

when your blind date is going surprisingly well, but they say they need to get up early - but you could close the deal if you had 15 more minutes.

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Milk Bar 207 2nd Avenue (Corner of 13th) So you've hit it off. You've talked, you've laughed - and you actually may have a shot ...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

to tell your best friend that you had a thing with their fiance a while back, but it's over now, but you wanted to tell them before they got married.

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Stanton Social 99 Stanton St Between Orchard St & Ludlow St There will be secrets that you take to the grave, I promise you. But sometim...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

to bring Jennifer Tilly for dinner.

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Dell'Anima 38 8th Avenue At Jane Street Sometimes a hectic and bustling atmosphere can do wonders for drowning out an annoying voice. It...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

...after your World of Warcraft clan finally slays the Lich King and wants to par-tay!

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Ninja 25 Hudson Street Between Reade and Duane Many restaurants and bars assume those who go out and spend money in New York are only yuppie...
Monday, December 21, 2009

...when you want to introduce your friends to your German pen pal from 4th grade.

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Heidelberg 1648 Second Avenue Between 85th and 86th Listen, everyone's been to a pizza place, everyone's been to a tapas place, or a...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

...when you absolutely, positively, without a doubt canNOT be seen with this person.

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Raines Law Room 48 West 17th Street Between 5th and 6th. Remember that Bugs Bunny cartoon where Yosemite Sam tries to escape Bugs by flying ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

...to bring your broke friend who doesn't want you to pay for them.

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Otto 1 Fifth Avenue At 8th Street I spent two years of my life unemployed, so I know how much it blows to be invited out by a friend and loo...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

...to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue Between 15th and 16th Street I hate sunny Sundays - with all the getting up at a reasonable hour, the showering...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

...to make up for making your boyfriend watch The Notebook.

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DBGB 299 Bowery Between Houston and 1st Street Here's a newsflash - Guys tend to be a little over dramatic about what we have to put up ...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

...after a long vacation and you want to feel like a New Yorker again.

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Abe and Arthur's 409 West 14th St. (Between 9th and 10th) You never know what you have until it's gone. Usually people say that abou...
Friday, September 18, 2009

...when your Italian grandmother comes up from Florida and wants "real Italian" even though she really means "fake Italian"

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Carmines 200 West 44th Street (Between 8th Ave and Shubert Alley) 2450 Broadway (Between 90th and 91st St) Here's something you could ne...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

...when that creepy guy from high school facebooks you to meet for a drink.

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Ace Bar 531 East 5th Street (Between Avenue A and B) If I've learned anything from meeting up with high school friends from Facebook, it...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

....to take that girl in the sparkly top you picked up at the last bar.

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Macao Trading Company 311 Church Street (Between Lispanard and Walker) Picking up women in this city isn't easy - unless of course you a...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

...to take your hipster friend who hates everything.

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Momofuku Noodle Bar 171 1st Avenue (Between 10th and 11th St) Damn hipsters, you can't take them anywhere. Everyplace is "too judge...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

...for a late night drink with that cute coworker.

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The Campbell Apartment Grand Central Station (Southwest Corner) It's late and you've been pretending to work on a "big project...
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

…for a girls lunch with your rich mother-in-law.

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Bottega Del Vino 7 East 59th Street (Between 5th and Madison) The perfect panini is a lot like your rich mother-in-law, soft and warm on the...
Friday, August 7, 2009

...for when you're sick and tired of vodka tonics.

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Flatiron Lounge 37 West 19th (Between 5th and 6th) It doesn't matter if your drink of choice is an Amstel Light, Jack and Coke or a spik...