So, you may or may not have seen our piece in Fodor’s, but as it turns out Smackdown HQ is one of New York’s finest apartments. They went on TV and talked all about it. In honor of this honor, I’ve composed the following sonnet:
Forty-four feet long, and the width? About seven
Us and this apartment, [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 29, 2008
Just 22% of one year’s rent, plus one year’s rent
July 28, 2008
Streets Is Not For Bikes!!!!!
Can I talk to you for a second? Can we get serious? Totally fucking serious?
I have a confession to make, I’m a New York bicyclist. Yes, that’s right, I’m that guy weaving wildly in and out of traffic, scraping your sideview mirror with my elbow, taking up the reverse lane on Delancey Street, and hipstering [...]
July 20, 2008
The Fragile Ecosystem Of My Bathroom
So, I came home the other night. And… how can I put this? I’d had a few. And then they got lonely, so I had a few more. Have you ever seen a drink separated from its friends? It’s like watching an angel cry. Then I walked home from Sunnyside at 3 AM, because that’s [...]
July 14, 2008
Wet Hot American Sellout
I started blogging today strictly because I wanted to use that title. But also I want to talk to you about McCarren Park and what is becoming of it.
McCarren Park, if you don’t know, is the epicenter of all Williamsburg and Greenpoint leisure. It’s a giant, unpleasant, treeless park littered with cigarette butts and dog [...]
July 13, 2008
I’m Running For Mayor
Here at Smackdown HQ, things have been decidedly sedate lately. Probably it’s the heat, or the fact that our air conditioner, if one person is in the room, keeps the living room just cold enough that you can sit in it comfortably if you never move. So we’ve settled into a sort of summer hibernation [...]
July 4, 2008
America Day Is Not A Holiday Here
Fourth of July! The day when New York reminds America that while America is 232 today, New York is about six thousand years older. At least, that’s what it looks like in my subway station. Also, those rumors about alligators in the subway: totally crap. The dinosaurs would devour them, like that.
But yes. It’s turkey [...]
