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Everything You Need To Know About The Brooklyn Half Marathon

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:00 -0400

Raise your hand (weirdly, at your desk, right now) if you enjoy running. Or friendly competition?…

What to Eat at The Great GoogaMooga

Sarah Zorn — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 -0400

In theory, the Great GoogaMooga sounds like the most mind-blowing food festival known to man. Free admission. Almost 200 of the city’s best restaurants, breweries, and wine purveyors assembled in the bucolic Nethermead Meadow in Prospect Park.…

7 Things That Will (Hopefully) Be Different At This Year's Googa Mooga

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:27 -0400

For all the people who are feverishly excited about the return this year of the Great Googa Mooga, there are plenty of other people who are just kind of happy to turn the whole thing into a punching bag. And admittedly, aspects of last year's festival were, well, sort of a disaster.…

RSVP to the Third Literary Upstart Reading!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:00 -0400

You are cordially invited to the third semi-final reading of Literary Upstart: The Search for Pocket Fiction, The L Magazine's annual competitive reading series in which the city's finest unknown writers read and compete for an enormous novelty check worth $250 and publication in our Summer Fiction Issue.

We've changed locations!…

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Is It Actually Possible To File Complaints With The MTA?

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:33 -0400

I'd like to say this question came to me totally in the spirit of public service, but, I mean, of course it didn't. Of course I've spent the better part of the week trying to figure out this labyrinth (and the better part of Sunday afternoon sitting at a bar frantically jamming "HOW TO REPORT BAD BUS DRIVER MTA NYC?" into my phone) because this weekend, on the shuttle replacing the J train, I had what you could call a Very Bad Bus Driver.…
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After A Massive Fire, Oslo Re-Opens Today With Free Coffee

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:35:00 -0400

Some of the best news we've heard in a while: following a major fire that more or less ravaged the place back in January, the Bedford Avenue location of Oslo is officially back open for business, starting today. And with free coffee, no less.…
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Brownsville Just Might be the Next Williamsburg

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:32 -0400

With insanity like "East Bushwick" and and, uh, an East Williamsburg that includes part of Queens gaining real estate momentum, it's never too soon to speculate on what the next hot hot hot neighborhood for gentrification will be. So let's talk about Brownsville for a minute.…
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The Northside Festival Needs Volunteers!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:00 -0400

The Northside Festival is quickly approaching (mark your calendars for June 13-20) and early bird badges are totally sold out. Bummer!…
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The 5 Best Books for Brooklyn's Topless Book Club

Kristin Iversen — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:50:00 -0400

Is there anything that can destroy the fun of reading more than a book club? I don't know about you, but nothing makes me want to read a book less than if I feel like it's been assigned to me. I mean, for me, being a writer is already sort of like being a full-time student in that I am constantly doing work at home at crazy hours and I subsist pretty much on caffeine and potato chips and other things that are undeniably bad for me. It's unhealthy, it really is. But so, book clubs.…
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Some of the Citi Bike Backlash Actually Worked

Virginia K. Smith — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:00 -0400

Well, that was pretty fast. Of all the different people who are pissed at Citi Bike, at least a few of them are getting their way.…
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The 10 Best Outdoor Dining Spots in Brooklyn

Sarah Zorn — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:04:00 -0400

Spring is about three things… long days, balmy nights, and eating and drinking outdoors. Luckily, the city has tons of al fresco options, and we don’t just mean a few table and chairs spread out on the sidewalk (although that’s perfectly enjoyable too).…
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Photos: Inside the Bed-Stuy Home of Good Candle Owner John Kroeger

Mike Conklin — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:52:00 -0400

Danielle Haun and her boyfriend, John Kroeger, share a first-floor apartment in Bed-Stuy and are eager to celebrate its modest luxuries: the back patio; the hallway where they stash their bikes; the dishwasher. After living in a string of "crappy New York apartments," Danielle understands the value of such niceties.…
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5 Controversial City Programs That Changed New York Forever

Kristin Iversen — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:45:00 -0400

The official launch of New York CIty's bike share program is approaching quickly and, as expected, opponents are becoming more and more vocal about all the problems that might occur. The New York Times reports, "Bike share was easy for New York City to love in the abstract...But with the program two weeks away, many New Yorkers have turned against bike share."…
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Are We Allowed To Start Calling Townhouses "Castles" Now?

Virginia K. Smith — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42:41 -0400

The obvious answer here being 'no.' What is this, Europe? Feudal Japan?…
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Should We Be Worried About This Brooklyn Measles Outbreak?

Virginia K. Smith — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:55:15 -0400

Well, here's something I thought I'd never be typing, in 2013: there's a measles outbreak in Brooklyn. Huh.…
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Some Americans Actually Admit to Being Hipsters

Henry Stewart — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:00 -0400

Twenty seven percent of Americans support levying a special tax on hipsters for "for being so annoying," according to a survey by Public Policy Polling. The research firm, which published a press release that reads like the Borowitz Report but is apparently not a joke, asked Americans many questions about hipsters, with not-so-surprising results: 42 percent have an unfavorable view of hipsters, 46 percent agreed that hipsters "soullessly appropriate cultural tropes from the past for their own ironic amusement," and 98 percent of Republicans said they'd be less likely to vote for a hipster (dashing our dreams of electing a hipster president any time soon, ugh).…
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Why Being Lonely Will Probably Kill You

Kristin Iversen — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:00 -0400

Are you alone? I don't mean "alone" in the "are you single" kind of a way, although that way might very well apply here too.…
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11 Gin Cocktails You Should Be Drinking This Spring

Virginia K. Smith — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:38:53 -0400

Everyone needs a little good news on a Monday, don't they? And, ideally, the promise of a stiff drink.…
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Are You a Lazy Millennial? Take a Quiz and Find Out

Kristin Iversen — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:36:00 -0400

Who doesn't love an online quiz? I can't think of a single person who doesn't like online quizzes, except arguable (noted) curmudgeon and L Mag culture editor, Henry Stewart.…
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The Grossest Things You Will Breathe on the Subway

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:36:00 -0400

Listen, today is not a great day for subway news. And I know you know the subway is gross.…
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Where to Spend Mother's Day in Brooklyn

Sarah Zorn — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:19:00 -0400

Chances are, your mom dealt with your toddler tantrums, indulged your New Kids on the Block obsession, bought you your first car, sent you to college, and suffered through a string of unsuitable significant others. And let’s not forget that whole pushing you out of her birth canal business.…
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"East Williamsburg, Queens"?!

Henry Stewart — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:49:00 -0400

I mean, if you want to get all technical about it, Queens is not actually Brooklyn, but, I mean, it basically is, right? At least that's what one Williamsburg realty company thinks.…
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Which Brooklyn Subway Stops Are On the Verge of Collapse?

Kristin Iversen — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:45:00 -0400

The MTA's Inspector General released a report last month titled "IMPROVING STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS AT MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT." And with an all-caps title like that, you just know it's important to pay attention. In fact, that's the whole point of the report: that more attention needs to be paid to the neglected parts of the New York City subway station in order to provide a safe ride for the millions of travelers who use public transportation.…
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That Fake Chicken You've Been Eating Was Maybe Just Real Chicken

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:12 -0400

I realize it's not for everyone—different strokes for different folks, some of whom are cold-blooded murderers and some of whom are not—but around here, we have a certain amount of respect for fake meat. Or at least, respect for the fact that few things in this world are grosser or more disconcerting than slowly (or retroactively) realizing that something you've been eating wasn't... exactly what you thought it was.

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Nobody Wants to Know Their Neighbors, Right?

Kristin Iversen — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400

I've always felt like part of the social contract of living in New York is that we all respect each other's need to embrace anonymity. It's liberating not to have to talk with people just because you happen to see them in the street.…
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