[girlbomb]

This Thursday! (Ursday! ursday!)

Party! (Arty! arty!)

(That's me trying to reproduce the sound of a decreasing echo.)

Be there! (Air! air.)

[faerietails2]

NYC BUSTies!

I'm having a paperback release party on Thursday, March 29 at the Bowery Poetry Club -- want to come? It's free, and there will be dancing, and I understand that one Miss Walking Bitch may be attending, so please PM me if you wanna join us. Hope to see some of you there.

<3

Awwwwwww....damn! The one week I'm leaving the state is the week this is happening! Hmph!

[walkingbitch]

ok local ladies and gents...
I have amstel light, corned beef and cabbage and red potatoes.... so who wants to come by?

[girlbomb]

NYC BUSTies!

I'm having a paperback release party on Thursday, March 29 at the Bowery Poetry Club -- want to come? It's free, and there will be dancing, and I understand that one Miss Walking Bitch may be attending, so please PM me if you wanna join us. Hope to see some of you there.

<3

[walkingbitch]

ok local ladies... I posted this on the LJ, but here it goes... send me an email to walkingbytch AT livejournal DOT com, if you would like to come and watch me not kill my sister, I mean have a SILPADA jewelry party. you DON'T have to buy anything. I swear to god/goddess/eternal everlasting being of choice inserted here.
I was like, fuck it, I'm inviting, I live in Greenpoint Bklyn., and I think it would be fun... thus zee pahtay.

It will be on Saturday March 31, from 2-5, then my sinister, I mean sister, leaves and we can have more fun...lol

Let me know who's up for it. The L and G train are next to me, as are many buses, and there is parking, especially round that time.

Out of towners are welcome too, just let me know who needs to crash ahead of time, so I have a place to rock I mean put your body at night's end.

hugs and love
come play with us! you too MANDO_LICIOUS.
Z the WB

[nickclick]

i'm in !

[anna k]

I'd love to hang out there again. I went last year and chilled with a friend.

[zoya]

sybarite - no, it's pretty small, just one long room with pool table in the back, great jukebox with everything from metal to punk rock, and generally an older, rock clientele (well, except weekends) I can't for the life of me think of which bar you are remembering..

BTW, Max Fish is about to become my local bar... anyone want to join me some night in a couple of weeks for a bustie hook up?

[sybarite]

Does Max Fish have a few very dark rooms, a little backyard and cats wandering around? I think I may have been there many moons ago...

[zoya]

hee hee!

Don't forget about Katz's deli. It's kind of the Anti-teaNY, but if you like meat, it's damn good, and an institution in and of itself.

if you're up late, there's also Yaffa Cafe on St. Marks. It's been around forever, so people are kinda like "whatever" about it, but I don't know anywhere else you can get a decent tofu teriyaki veggie stir fry over brown rice at 3:30 am...

oooh, also Zozo's on Stanton and Orchard has the BEST ice cream. Kyria's ice cream is amazing.

[auralpoison]

teaNY is okay, but I thought it was way over-priced.

[faerietails]

I love the Lower East Side. There are some cool little shops. Perhaps I'll move there next year.

My fave haunt is the Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery...nothing but cupcakes! It's on Rivington, just east off Essex.
I've been meaning to try teaNY, Moby's restaurant. It's about two blocks west of the cupcake place on Rivington, crossing Essex.

so lucy, East Village Thai, huh? I'll have to check that out. I loves me some good Thai.


*sigh* Another cold front. Ughhhhh...as long as I don't have to shovel my car out again. That sucked.

[lucizoe]

Ahhh, the East Village. I would recommend avoiding St. Mark's Place on weekend evenings. I've been much more chill since I moved offa that street. Couldn't bloody walk for all the teenage punk tourists most nights.

Vaselka's (9th st and 2nd ave) is pretty good Ukrainian and Polish fare, but if you go down to Avenue A along the park there are even more choices. You must go to Pommes Frites, between SMP and 7th street, along 2nd ave, for the best french fries and dipping sauces in the known universe.

The part of the East Village that borders the West Village is filled with Asian restaurants and grocery stores, and lots of sushi restaurants. Surprise Surprise on 3rd ave, between 11th and 12th (I think) is a fun junk store to root through.

East Village Thai, on the south side of 7th street between 2nd and 1st avenue - it looks like a hole in the wall, but it's the best thai food ever!

There will probably be really slim pickings at the Greenmarket, if anything, but Union Square is good for other reasons. Watching the US national debt go up and up and up on that huge sign is good for the blood pressure, and there's a Trader Joe's wine shop for cheap and tasty pinot noir.

There's a small flea market over in Chelsea, at 17th and 6th. In fact, if you like secondhand stores, Housing Works Thrift stores (google it) are really great. They just put one in Brooklyn Heights, in fact, and it's super cool.

The Library is fun for running up the steps singing the Ghostbusters theme song...plus it's right next to Bryant Park...Monday nights in summer = free movies on the lawn.

If you like pretty buildings, I really cannot say enough for Brooklyn. Especially the Heights area - brownstones abound, and the promenade affords a really incredible view of lower Manhattan and the statue of liberty. It's gorgeous at night - lights reflecting on the water. I would also recommend walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, if you bundle up real good.

[zoya]

haha AP, great minds think alike... I was just going to say the staten island ferry! but I'll add one to that - take the ferry to staten island just at sunset. when you're going away from the city, you get to see the sun going down over the city and the statue of liberty. you'll have to wait like 10 - 15 min for the ride back, and by that point the sun will be down and you'll get to see the city all lit up as you go towards it. it's awesome.

if you wanna go somewhere SUPER non-touristy, go to the Cloisters. its the gallery owned by the metropolitan museum of art that is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval europe. its way the hell up there, in Ft Tyron Park, about a 10 min walk from the 190th st. stop on the A train. but it's worth it. totally secluded and awesome. Even if you're not into the art its worth it.

I'm a fan of the Lower East side, there are some great stores if you just wander.

If you're into going out at night, even though Ludlow Street gets super crowded these days on weekends most of the bars there are good.(there are bars all up Ludlow between Houston and Rivington) I'm still a huge fan of Max Fish. (its a bar on Ludlow) It's been there since way before the area got trendy. There are some great restaurants on Clinton st. between Houston and Rivington, pretty much everything on that block is awesome. Not super cheap, but not insane. if you wanna splurge a little without being snooty, i like that block. Oh and there is a great, CHEAP crepe shop on Ludlow near Rivington.

[auralpoison]

I always grab a burger at the Cozy Cafe 43 E 1st St. There is a hookah den below that can be hella fun. I loves the East Village!

Love Saves the Day is in the same 'hood. It's where Madonna traded her jacket for boots in Desperately Seeking Susan. 119 2nd Avenue. Down the way is the Kiev, if you like Ukranian food. 117 2nd Avenue. I love me some borscht. The whole St Mark's area is full of interesting places.

If you're going to Pearl River Mart & are into Asian stuff, set aside a few hours. It's huge & has tonnes of cool schwag. I walked out of there with a decidedly lighter credit card. It was the one day that we decided, "screw the subway" & took a cab because we were loaded down.

One of my fave things to do in NYC is take the Staten Island Ferry. It's free, they have White Castle, & beer. My best GF & I did it for lunch on an off day because we were too lazy to actually go see the Statue of Liberty. We chowed down on some sliders, drank a few Miller Lights & relaxed.

If you hit Central Park, you can also see the Dakota. They shot Rosemary's Baby there & John Lennon was shot in front of it. It's beautiful!

[nickclick]

yes shopping! i love -

Pearl River Mart, on Broadway near Chinatown, clothes, pottery, stationary, cheap stuff you didn't think you'd need. stay on Broadway for Yellow Rat Bastard , and the usual chain stuff. nearby on Houston are the Angelicka arthouse film center and Katz deli, home to giant pastrami sandwiches and where sally faked her orgasm in when harry met sally.

Century 21 , right across from the WTC site

hit the farmer's market at Union Square, even tho you might not buy groceries, but great atmosphere and always home to artists/crafters tables, and the square is surrounded by chain stores and good eats. my favorite is chat n' chew for mac n' cheese and coca-cola cake. mmmmmmmmmmmm.....

oh no, forgot about st. mark's place in the east village! this site seems to have links to some good punk rock stores, landmarks and places to eat.

[mornington]

thanks nickclick! it took me a while to get sorted.

so... mid/late march. i've got five whole days with my F, and I'd love to go somewhere non-touristy as well. We'll probably only do a day-trip to ny, and i might try and wander in on the day he has to work... so not long.

you busties seemed like good busties to ask...

[culturehandy]

Girlbomb, I'd much rather see you naked than "Terry" the 13 year old pornbot.

[girlbomb]

Anybody want to see ME naked?

Cause you can't. Ha ha.

But you can come to my paperback release party at the end of March, if you want -- just PM me for an invite.

[nickclick]

bump for mornington, for your possible NYC visit!