hip Brookyn

So I follow a lot of NYC-centric websites and one of the, Curbed, was having a party to celebrate their list of 38 great places in Brooklyn. The party was four cocktail stations with bartenders from Brooklyn bars making cocktails with the sponsor liquor, Absolut Brooklyn. Absolut Brooklyn is red apple and ginger flavored. So the drinks were an interesting mixture of spicy and sweet! One was made with bitters and tasted grapfruity. The one I liked the least had homemade ginger spiked grenadine. It was really strong and sour. Then there was one that tasted almost exactly like apple pie, and was quite sweet. The favorite of the night was made with heavy cream, egg white, and cinnamon. It was like ginger froth. It was fun to be invited to such a classy free party!

Update: this photo appeared on Racked!

watch Huge now

Great, complicated show with excellent cast and sense of humor. About kids at fat camp.

Watch. It. Now.

(can be found on Hulu as well)

UCB visit

I got myself down the UBC this week-finally-after meaning to go for a long time. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater hosts daily comedy shows, all for about $5. I went to see Diamond Lion which is a musical improv group. They were pretty funny, and boy- they could sing too! I like that New York is just brimming with all this talent. I am definitely going to try and see more shows as they consistently funny.

Rosemary had a devil baby!

We went to see Rosemary's Baby in Bryant Park yesterday. I was surprised by the incredible turnout- the park was jam packed with people who wanted to see a very retro horror movie. The night was cold, there were chills on my arm, and the film was just as creepy as ever. I tried to convince my friend Rosemary (for whose sake we went to see the movie) that it wasn't actually scary but campy. Didn't quite convince myself!

It was fun to watch it with a group of people who cheered when Rosemary poured her poison drink down the sink or threw her evil amulet in the gutter. I never realized before how much the movie creates this very creepy, claustrophobic New York apartment full of secrets and death.Very anti big apple! During the middle of the movie there was a commotion in front of us and someone stood up and yelled "Officer! Doctor!" and then all these cops and EMTs came and took someone out of the park into an ambulance. Eerie, huh?