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Election Day linkage (so you have no excuse not to vote)

Let's be clear: The ovals are below the candidates' names [WNYC] Remember to turn the ballot over [City Pragmatist] Here's…

Jonathan Berk

Happy birthday, Junior’s: $0.60 cheesecake today

It's a party for New York's most famous cheesecakers, and that includes everyone's favorite part: great party favors. To celebrate…

Jonathan Berk

Music for Misers, Nov. 1-4: Shark?, Forgotten by Friday, more

Halloween hangover? Wake up with Superhuman Happiness, Pistolera y Banda De Los Muertos and a Brooklyn country showcase with Forgotten…

Etan Marciano

The paranoiac’s anti-bedbug shopping guide

No doubt you've heard of the city's little bedbug problem. The critters are basically everywhere by now, so it'd be…

Rosanna Ho

Friday linkage

The 50 best blocks in Brooklyn [The L Magazine] Brooklyn 'Do-Gooder' winners announced [Daily Eagle] FiPS gets f***ed, rises from…

Jonathan Berk

This weekend: Halloween, Halloween & non-stop Halloween

FRIDAY 4pm: rogue taxidermist takeshi yamada presents a show-and-tell of creatures from his museum of world wonders. nypl coney island,…

the skint

How much for a last-minute trip to restore sanity in DC?

The hype is building around this Saturday's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, DC. You've been wanting to jump on…

Conal Darcy

The after-hours murderously good tacos

Food carts are all the rage these days, but Tacos El Bronco isn’t part of the growing fleet of retrofitted…

The Brokavore

Fellow brokester FreeNYC closes up shop

Sad news: one of our favorite and most relied-upon sites to check for free events citywide has gone the way…

Tim Donnelly

Wednesday linkage

Why NYC tap water makes the bagel [WSJ] The best budget calculators for college students [Mint] MTA toll hikes planned…

Jonathan Berk