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DOS & DON'TS

So you Junior Mengeles weren't content with your cockapoos and beagadors and pugadoodles and now you've graduated to full-on monstrosities like giant two-mouthed pit bulls and sideways husky-terriers. Disgusting. At least Dr. Moreau had the decency to keep his abominations locked away on an island. Comments/Enlarge | See all


They can repeat any dialogue from any DVD boxset ever released in the history of sitting on the couch and merging disgustingly into the same sweaty delivery pizza sweating, cat litter stinking, 8 years into this and still no kids, crazed relationship of a catastrophe of disappointment. Comments/Enlarge | See all








Cover photo by Ben Ritter.


1731NEW YORK THROUGH THE EYES OF AN UNAPOLOGETIC OVEREATER

"In mercurial New York, tradition, dominant elsewhere and at other times, has always been slippery."
-Luc Sante, from the foreword to Low Life...READ MORE
1732MANHATTAN

This is the crown jewel of all five boroughs. Those who tell you different are wrong. Most of the city is laid out on a grid of very straight streets that have been assigned numbers as names. Sadly enough, most of the numbered straight streets are more boring ...READ MORE
1733BROOKLYN

Someone is going to swear to you that Bushwick is "blowing up," and someone will swear that it sucks. What will happen in reality is that you will go to a loft party there and see guys in purple t-shirts wearing Dunks and drinking flat Corona, and then you'll ...READ MORE
1734AND THE REST

There's a zoo here. The Yankees. The Botanical Garden. And a street called Arthur Avenue where you could spend a wonderful afternoon eating Italian food or shopping to make a meal somewhere. We say afternoon, 'cause we know someone's already told you that y...READ MORE
1735PIZZA, BURGERS & BBQ

PIZZA
No Ray's Famous allowed. That's all we have to say....READ MORE
1736THE VICE GUIDE TO NYC WAITSTAFF

THE MAN WITH A PAST
These are the waiters found in dark Italian restaurants owned and operated by Lebanese families. They generally work alone, handling the whole restaurant with the aid of a small boy who buses tables and has the mien of a monkey....READ MORE