in the news

• Remember when outdoor dining sheds were the new hotness during COVID? Then you slowly realized you were sitting on plastic tools eating next to a pile of garbage… yeah the high wore off pretty quick. Now dining sheds should be fully removed until next spring and there will be more strict guidelines on what counts as an outdoor dining shed (looking at you Lil’ Frankies)
  

• I was wondering why my eyes were freezing in their sockets, but turns out NYC will be colder than Alaska for most of the week. Time to start the winter hibernation
  

• A plan is finally being put in place to get street trash into garbage cans - no one is going to miss the smell of wafting trash juice in the summer. Tough break for nyc rats but its about time they took an L

interesting & offbeat events

tuesday

• An Evening with Daniel Craig @ Howard Gilman Opera House - i mean its cool that he was James effin Bond but Benoit Blanc was *chefs kiss

wednesday

• A sauna (not Asana) Notion Meetup @ Othership Flatiron - tech has had a worse year than 2007 Britney Spears, a self care session is much needed

thursday

• Faculty Recital: Alexei Tartakovski, Piano @ Don Buchwald Theater - if you want to inject some classical piano into your spotify wrapped before year end

friday

• Ride, Rocket @ Warsaw Brooklyn - interesting alt rock band sound, tickets are approximately 1/20th the cost of seeing sabrina carpenter

saturday

• Shop the Studios @ Dumbo - a chance to peruse the wares of nyc artists for some locally sourced holiday gifts

sunday

• Left Field Dating Singles Event @ Radegast - for all your single friends tired of swiping, this new app is launching but if it sucks at least you get a free beer

see ya next week!
-steve