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Home & Garden
Celebrate A Green Christmas!
Here is a guide to my favorite 12 eco-friendly gifts, there is some shipping involved but one can also carbon offset their holiday travel/shipping. Lots of these items are under $100, so it won’t break your piggy bank. More
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Music
Released on Vice Records, 10/10/06
This is a headphones album. One of those "pop it in your media player of choice and turn it way up" albums. The opening song, “Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone), begins with a distant siren, steady heartbeats of drums and slight electrocutions of sound interjected here and there. The beats thicken, the sound swells, and the vocals kick in. It’s classic, timeless, a perfect execution of the slow build electro-dance rock song. 120 Days have successfully combined the worlds of early eighties experimental electronic music with seventies rock and nineties drone -- and it’s actually pretty good! More
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Movies
Halloween house party
Want to see a scary movie for Halloween? Itching to grab your date with adrenaline-infused fright? Not satisfied with watching a cheesy feel-good flick? Well, you have a number of films from which to choose; horror movies and thrillers have fast become the genres du jour. 13 Ghosts is one of the latest movies to explore the concept of the haunted house. Directed by Steve Beck, it's a remake of the 1960 William Castle film of the same name. More
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Restaurants
Classed-Up Urban Soul Food
With the latest blast of urban renewal in the Western Addition, homeowners' (and developers') hopes are high for the proliferation of fancy shops, sleek restaurants, and at least one less Shabu Shabu joint in the freshly renamed Fillmore Jazz Preservation District. On the other hand, some people simply want juicy ribs, flaky biscuits and a classy bar with stiff drinks. More
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Movies
A Waking Nightmare
During his recent stint as a guest columnist for Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King has made little secret of his fondness for “Lost”, the ABC drama that pits the survivors of a plane crash against supernatural forces that are at once thrilling and supremely confounding. This should come as no surprise to fans of King’s stories -- he has always been fascinated by the mysteries of life, the extraordinary phenomena that can’t be explained away with logic or reason, and he has spent his career translating that wonder into tales of the merrily macabre. More
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Restaurants
Foodie Haven at Neighborhood Haunt
I'm not sure which is more memorable from my visit to 1550 Hyde, the glass of Aglianico I was given to sample, or the sweetbreads with fava beans. Ultimately it's this conflict that made the whole dinner an extremely pleasurable experience, the menu and the wine list are treated as equal players in the meal. More
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Movies
Better Than It Has Any Right To Be
Despite formulaic plot turns, an overly familiar premise and a languid, by-the-numbers climax and denouement, Richard Donner's (Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 1-4, Superman I-II, The Omen) latest effort, 16 Blocks, proves to be a tightly directed, highly engaging, suspense- and tension-filled cop thriller/urban action flick. Plus, with Bruce Willis and Mos Def as a mismatched duo on the run from corrupt cops, entertaining diversions are sure to follow. More
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Bars
Where Anything (and Everyone) Goes
1751 Social Club, located in the Fulton Street building formerly occupied by the Creole restaurant and hip-hop club Storyville, was a mystery to us. Considering the slew of "Best of CitySearch" awards that were claimed in 2004 by the tiny, seemingly obscure spot in a quiet, residential neighborhood, we couldn’t help but wonder what all the fuss was about. With just the right amount of kitsch, a menu full of nicely-priced comfort food, and a happening club scene to boot, the mystery quickly dissolved. 1751 is aptly named; it’s a social gathering space with vibrant personality, giving it true mass appeal. More
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Clubs
Where Anything (and Everyone) Goes
1751 Social Club, located in the Fulton Street building formerly occupied by the Creole restaurant and hip-hop club Storyville, was a mystery to us. Considering the slew of "Best of CitySearch" awards that were claimed in 2004 by the tiny, seemingly obscure spot in a quiet, residential neighborhood, we couldn’t help but wonder what all the fuss was about. With just the right amount of kitsch, a menu full of nicely-priced comfort food, and a happening club scene to boot, the mystery quickly dissolved. 1751 is aptly named; it’s a social gathering space with vibrant personality, giving it true mass appeal. More
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Restaurants
Where Anything (and Everyone) Goes
1751 Social Club, located in the Fulton Street building formerly occupied by the Creole restaurant and hip-hop club Storyville, was a mystery to us. Considering the slew of "Best of CitySearch" awards that were claimed in 2004 by the tiny, seemingly obscure spot in a quiet, residential neighborhood, we couldn’t help but wonder what all the fuss was about. With just the right amount of kitsch, a menu full of nicely-priced comfort food, and a happening club scene to boot, the mystery quickly dissolved. 1751 is aptly named; it’s a social gathering space with vibrant personality, giving it true mass appeal. More
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