Local Guide: My Favorite Dessert Spots in New York
1. Doughnut Plant (379 Grand St New York, NY 10002/ 220 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011) Yelp Rating: 4 ½ Stars Website: http://doughnutplant.com/ Some moments in life are so significant that you will always remember where you were when it happened. Eating my first Doughnut Plant doughnut is one of those moments. I was out for a friend’s birthday. We were at a bar at approximately 1 AM when his girlfriend brought out a tray of...
The WWE Network and Vince McMahon’s True Legacy
Unless you’ve been under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard about the long awaited unveiling of WWE’s very own network. Being a fan of wrestling myself, I had heard murmurs of the network many moons ago, and then those whispers died out. I assumed it was because Vince couldn’t find the content schedule to cover a days worth of programming that everyone would want to see. I assumed he didn’t get the...
Celebrity Rehab: Shia LaBeouf
Let’s pretend for a minute that you are famous. Like really famous. But you weren’t always. One day someone who is even more famous than you could ever imagine decides to pluck you up and make you into one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood. You star in a franchise based on a toy, you star in an oddly-decent ripoff of a Hitchcock film, and you costar in the rebootquel of one of the most iconic adventure films of all time, in...
Local Guide: My Favorite Asian Food Spots In New York
Dim Sum It is my favorite Chinese dining experience. If you have not tried it, servers come around in carts with small baskets or small plates of food for you to see and pick. My personal favorite dishes are beef wrapped in rice noodles, fried dough wrapped in rice noodles, spare ribs (beef or pork), taro cake, and lotus leaf rice. I also love the chicken feet but hesitant to recommend it unless you are either Chinese or adventurous....
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at ‘Her’
The opening shot of Her is an XCU of Theodore Twombly’s (Joaquin Phoenix) face. And I do mean his face: the background is blurry, his hair and ears are out of focus. The only clear image you have is of his eyes (piercing), his nerdy little mustache, and his skin, which in this film is pocked and dimpled. He speaks directly into the camera, sweetly, in a seeming confession of love. The things he says aren’t really much more than...
Instant Coffee: NFL Divisional Round Weekend
Overview The games were not as good as Wild Card Weekend. There was not a lot of drama except for a couple of late game comebacks that fell short. I also got my AFC selections wrong. However, I would have been 2-0 if I did the NFC preview. Nevertheless, the Divisional Round sets up two juicy matchups for next week. In the AFC, we are treated to another Tom Brady and Peyton Manning showdown as the New England Patriots face the Denver...