The secret of the city’s most successful Santas? An intensive beard-bleaching regime
“I can literally live for four months on what I make in three days or so. If you do it right, it’s a hustle.”
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Ah nuts: even chestnuts are too expensive now
Inflation comes for a street Christmas classic.
🎄🪩You're invited to the No Office Holiday Party on Dec. 20!
In olden days of local blogging yore, there was a party, a party to celebrate all the freelancers and office-less workers of the world who felt left out of the New York holiday party circuit. It was called the No Office Holiday Party, and it was good — so good
One weird trick to actually reduce bag waste in the city
A proposal for all those stray Fresh Direct bags and the still-bad "reusable" options grocery stores are now peddling.
Flatiron's Fishs Eddy goes head to head with the new Crate & Barrel next door
“I got emotional,” owner Julie Gaines told The Groove, “Counting all the things we’ve survived — 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, COVID.”
Issue No. 21: Bag problems we've got 'em 🛍️ + the retail war that isn't (yet) 💥
Here's something you should know about Tim: he hates plastic bags. They are a waste and clog drains and stuff, but he will tell you that with more fire in his chest than basically anyone in the city. Sadly, the city's attempt to legislate our way
So what’s everyone doing to fight the mayor’s massive budget cuts?
The mayor’s plan would ax funds for sunday libraries, pre-K, composting and more, but some are pushing back