A Taste of Barcelona Found in New York’s Flatiron District

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Boqueria for a friend’s birthday and loved the quality of the food. Styled after the famous Boqueria Market in Barcelona, the cozy space brings a bit of Spanish charm mixed with a clean

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NY Competes With Best Wineries

It’s harvest time. No, I’m not talking about apples and pumpkins, but grapes! While fall is often the season when people reach for pumpkin ales and apple cider, wine is oft forgotten despite the fact that this is one of

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Implications of NCAA Conference Changes Examined

Over the past year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has seen an unprecedented amount of schools changing conferences. These conferences, usually organized by region of the country, involve between eight and sixteen schools and dictate many aspects of intercollegiate

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Homeland: Thrillingly Unpredictable

“I missed something once before. I won’t, I can’t let that happen again,” Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a C.I.A. officer says in the opening credits of Showtime’s new TV show Homeland. In a post 9/11 world, Americans’ awareness of the

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Ides of March: Not Subtle, But Worth Seeing

In the opening frames of The Ides of March, a candidate steps into the spotlight, leans into the lectern, and confesses that he does not believe in a God—he believes only in the Constitution. He is not your usual pandering

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Kiss of Death of the Spider Woman: The Show-bituary for “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark”

I’m sure we have all heard the news that Bono and his fellow producers had the good spidey sense to throw Ms. Taymor under the bus. Hopefully, you can put aside your grief to enjoy this spidenfreude of a “Spider

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Caveat Emptor

Among the first words out of Michael Halberstam’s mouth were, “I’m not ready to be dating.” Then what are you doing on a dating website? I wondered momentarily before agreeing to meet him for a drink at WXOU Radio Bar

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University Place is for Noodle Lovers

It took me a long time to try Ramen Takumi. I lived off ramen in college. You know, the plastic wrapped square of noodles with the little seasoning packet? It costs about five cents a package and, while filling, it

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Where Sampling Stands, as explained in Creative License

Sampling may seem like more of a ‘90s phenomenon rather than a present day issue, were it not for Greg Gillis as Girl Talk. If anyone should be sued for sampling tons of records, why not him? He clearly puts

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Ode To The Golden Puddle

Every single morning I walk down 12th Street
My mind sometimes wanders, but my eyes never leave my feet
In two years at school, I have developed a fear
That involves little critters, that most hold so dear
I’m talking of course, of what

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