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How to choose the best Citi Bike at the docking station

Picking a Citi Bike is a crap shoot. Other than kicking the tires, there’s not much you can do to ensure you chose a good or bad bike until you actually start riding the bike.

By stuart

July 4, 2015October 21, 2015

City Travel

1,000 brand new, redesigned Citi Bikes hit the streets of New York City

Citi Bike released 1,000 of their redesigned bikes this week. I wasn’t aware of the new bikes, so when I first came across one, it was a surprise.

By stuart

July 3, 2015September 18, 2016

City

Nespresso Sale: Buy 10 sleeves, get 1 free during July 4th promotion

Nespresso just announced a sale on their pods. It’s not much of pod sale, but it’s better than nothing.

By stuart

June 23, 2015August 31, 2015

Basketball City Street Art

Awesome Steph Curry “DUBS” mural found in Oakland

It was great to follow the Warriors on their way to the NBA championship while on the East Coast.

By stuart

June 20, 2015June 22, 2015

City

Zara’s summer sale comes to U.S. (and we called it!)

A couple days ago, the Zara sale started in the United Kingdom and Ireland, so we wondered aloud in a blog post if the U.S. sale was soon to follow.

By stuart

June 19, 2015September 23, 2015

City

Babu Ji brings modern Indian food to East Village

In the former space that housed Spina jut three months ago, is now Babu Ji.

By stuart

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015

Basketball City Comic Books Culture Stuff

We could all learn a little about life from this “Brooklyn hustler”

In November 2014, The Atlantic posted a short video on Jazzoon, a Brooklyn man that followed his passions– sports memorabilia, music, and comic books –into a viable living.

By stuart

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015

Basketball City New York

Tompkins Square Park’s basketball courts closed for improvements and renovations

The nearest Citi Bike station to me is on East 10th and Avenue A, so I walk by the basketball courts at Tompkins Square Park all the time.

By Benjamin Rose

May 27, 2015February 23, 2017

City

Avengers Slot Machine Games: Iron Man 3, Hulk and Thor reviewed

If you’re a comic book fan based on popular Marvel superheroes and enjoy spinning the reels of slot games, check out the Avengers slot machine games.

By stuart

May 17, 2015May 17, 2015

City

Steph Curry nails back-breaking 60 foot shot vs. Memphis Grizzlies

It’s one thing to have Steph Curry running around shooting and making tough threes all around the arc, it’s another when he hits them from past half-court.

By stuart

May 16, 2015May 17, 2015

City

How to store an open can of coconut milk

How does one store an opened can of coconut milk?

By stuart

April 30, 2015September 24, 2015

City Tech

No Valets: How to crowdsource Citi Bike’s supply and demand problem

Last year, Citi Bike introduced a new valet service to maintain balance throughout the bike sharing system.

By stuart

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

City Travel

Can Lyft Line eventually challenge public transportation?

Back in October 2014, I talked about how Line was a great way to cut your Lyft fares by half.

By stuart

April 11, 2015October 5, 2015

City

Citi Bike: System improvements and expansion coming in 2015

This morning, an email from the new CEO of Citi Bike Jay Walder, landed in my inbox. The email announced their plans on improving the Citi Bike service in 2015.

By stuart

March 30, 2015April 16, 2015

City New York

That one time when a subway performer and an angry stranger connected on a NYC subway platform

Anything can happen when a diverse set of people share common space as we do everyday in big cities across the country. A lot of these interactions happen on public transportation.

By stuart

March 13, 2015March 14, 2015

City Food

New York’s Cheap Eats #2: Halal Cart (Chicken & Rice for $5)

In a past post, I discussed the #1 cheap eat option in New York City: Pizza.

By stuart

March 10, 2015May 30, 2015

City New York

What happened to Bourbon Coffee on 14th Street? When did it close?

I am not sure what happened, but sometime between mid February and early March, Bourbon Coffee + Crust closed.

By stuart

March 7, 2015March 8, 2015

Colorful snacks lined up at Taipei Main Station

City

16 photos from my trip to Taipei

A recent two day trip to Taipei gave me a small sampling of what Taiwan has to offer. And I liked what I was able to see.

By stuart

February 14, 2015February 17, 2015

City New York San Francisco

New York vs. San Francisco: No contest when it comes to the DMV

Here’s another point for New York City in the “San Francisco vs. New York” debate. The Department of Motor Vehicles in New York is approximately 5x better than San Francisco’s.

By stuart

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015

City

Samsung’s white Chromebook 2 on sale at Amazon for $239

Amazon has one of their lightning deals going on for the white Samsung Chromebook and the $239 price tag is the lowest price I’ve seen for the white version.

By stuart

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014

City

How is this Aaron Brooks windmill, 180 degree layup not being talked about more?

There are a couple point guards in the league that I scratch my head and wonder why they don’t start with an NBA team, much less be a star for one.

By stuart

December 26, 2014December 26, 2014

City New York San Francisco

New York vs. San Francisco: The population density between the two densest cities in the United States

Despite San Francisco being the second-densest city in the United States after New York – it always feels empty when compared to New York City.

By stuart

December 17, 2014September 24, 2015

City New York

Is the MTA adding entrances to the L Train at Avenue A?

For selfish reasons, I think there should be a TRAIN STATION at Avenue C or D, but I welcome the news that MTA is looking to extend the 1st Avenue entrance to the L train to Avenue A.

By stuart

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

City

A table of the fastest, slowest, most-reliable and least-reliable buses in New York City

The Straphangers Campaign just released a survey of the city’s buses to determine the fastest, slowest, most-reliable and least-reliable buses in New York City.

By stuart

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014