Californian Gets Roasted for His NYC Bagel Order

New Yorkers are famous the world over for two things: bagels and attitude. It’s no secret that the Empire State is particular about its bagels, and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Before I moved to NYC, I thought Costco bagels were the end all be all of the circular treat. I was …
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New Yorker Complains About 9 Minute Subway Waiting Time, Sparks Debate About US Public Transit

As somebody who spent their adolescence in a badly connected small town, one of the best things about moving to a city was the wonder that is public transport. Even now, I am genuinely thankful of the ability to go from A to B without worrying about calling a taxi, or bothering a friend for …
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17 Entertaining ‘Sex and the City’ Memes For Fans Eagerly Awaiting Samantha’s Cameo in the Reboot

It’s hard to believe with the way that its rewatches get discussed on social media, but Sex and the City debuted 25 years ago in June. If we’re being honest, the hate watching of spinoff And Just Like That probably contributes to its ongoing popularity as well.  To the uninitiated, the show comes across as …
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Aspiring Musician ‘Traveled 1000km’ to Perform in Times Square, Faces Roasting on Twitter

New York: it might be the city of dreams, but that doesn’t mean that all of them should be made reality. A few nights I had a dream that I got judgmental looks on a bus for being the only passenger who wasn’t breastfeeding. Do I have any desire to recreate this in real life? …
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Funniest Responses from New Yorkers About the Poor Air Quality from the Canadian Wildfires

Well, as it keeps getting worse and worse environmentally out there, we have had yet another crisis that gives a glarring example of irreversible damage we’ve done to our planet. Yes, wildfires in Canada do come every year, they call it wildfire season. Funny thing about that though, is that it is WAY too early …
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Canadian Wildfires Bring Smoke (and Memes) to the East Coast

I like working outside. On Tuesday, June 6, while typing away in my modest backyard, the hazy air (which I had attributed to unpleasant New York City summers) started to smell like a campfire. Shortly after, I learned the haze and accompanying smell hailed all the way from Canada, where wildfires are ravaging the forests. …
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Stoner Memes For People Who Are Down With the Jazz Cabbage

April is currently around the corner, which means that everyone’s favorite marijuana-based holiday is around the corner as well. Here in New York City, the «yerba» has been legalized, which means 4/20/2023 is going to be very, very interesting. While «exotic» smoke shops have been popping up faster than a thirteen-year-old’s pimples, most of them …
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‘You’ll never guess the price’: People React to Outrageous Rent of New York City Studio Apartment

As someone who has lived in New York City for my entire life, I am used to the rent being ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean I’m cool with it. Every time I move it’s to another tenement-like apartment and farther from «civilization.» It’s frustrating, as a native, to be pushed out of your own neighborhood. …
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Musical Memes For Proud Theatre Kids

One of the biggest money-makers from NYC tourism is Broadway musicals, and I understand why!  No city in the United States has a better selection of incredible theatre playing at any given time. I was a theatre kid when I lived in Texas, but I was never one of those people who wanted to see …
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