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Fork in the Road

1:09 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
Where Am I Eating?
By Lauren Shockey
The winter blues getting you down? Well, here's a chance to put a smile on your face: It's time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly photo guessing game. To play -- and win a b... More >>

Runnin' Scared

1:00 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Gisele Walks at Alexander Wang, Die Antwoord Freak Out the Front Row
By Angela Ashman
It was close to the start of Alexander Wang's show at Pier 94 when a woman squealed, "Gisele tweeted she's walking in the show!" Fashion-show programs typically list the models' names, but G... More >>

Fork in the Road

12:52 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
Victoria Bekiempis' Year of the Takeout on FiTR Featured on Today Show Blog
By Robert Sietsema
FiTR's own Vic Bekiempis hiding behind some carryout cartons Fork in the Road (and Runnin' Scared) scribe Victoria Bekiempis has been eating her way through the city's largely unchronicled Chi... More >>

Runnin' Scared

12:30 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
Sen. Chuck Schumer Wants to Stop TSA's Inappropriate Behavior
By Sam Levin
You know how annoying it is when you have to take off your shoes and your belt at the airport and then security touches you, and you just feel kind of uncomfortable? Well, Sen. Chuck Schumer feel... More >>

La Daily Musto

12:30 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
Fashion Week Lifts Me Up, Then Shoots Me Down Like A Spanx
By Michael Musto
Fashion Week has been such an incredible whirlwind for me! I went to one whole show! (Charlotte Ronson, which was fabulous.) But the 40 minutes before the show was enough to fill a lifetime of ... More >>

Fork in the Road

12:14 pm
Feb. 13, 2012
Brasilina: A New Pseudo Brazilian Spot Comes to Hell's Kitchen
By Lauren Shockey
The décor at Brasilina, a new Brazilian-ish restaurant in Hell's Kitchen restaurant is certainly pretty if not totally South American in feel: brick walls, potted trees, wood beams, mismatched ... More >>

Runnin' Scared

11:34 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Got Married Because of 'The New Deal'
By Victoria Bekiempis
Eric Cantor met his wife in a liberal hotbed. The Republican House majority leader apparently went on a blind date with his wife, Diana, at The New Deal, a now-defunct SoHo restaurant with an FD... More >>

La Daily Musto

11:30 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Adele Brings Snot Out Of The Closet
By Michael Musto
Adele's speech as she was presented with the Grammy for Album of the Year last night was adorable, fun, real, honest, and mucousy. The singer extraordinaire held up her statuette and exulted, "M... More >>

Runnin' Scared

11:08 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Yetta Kurland Chats with the Voice on WWRL About the Big, Fat Gay Marriage Week [AUDIO]
By Steven Thrasher
With advances in same-sex marriage equality on the march in the states of Washington, Maryland and New Jersey, this week could possibly shape up to be as historically gay as last week was for t... More >>

Sound of the City

11:00 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Live: Jose James Brings The Love To Harlem
By Vivien Goldman
Jose James Harlem Stage Gatehouse Saturday, February 11 Better than: Ever. What better way to see in the pre-Valentine's Day weekend, a warm-up for the designated 24 hours our culture sets asi... More >>

Runnin' Scared

10:45 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Port Authority Plans on Military-Grade Security for the World Trade Center Site
By Keyana Stevens
After an audit found that the Port Authority was nearly $2 billion overbudget, the New York Post went digging and discovered that the PA has elaborate, high-tech security plans for protecting th... More >>

La Daily Musto

10:30 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Raquel Welch Was Hot For Costar Who Turned Out To Be Gay
By Michael Musto
At her Film Society of Lincoln Center series on Saturday night, the ever luscious Raquel Welch admitted that on the set of the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, she developed the hots for Stephe... More >>

Runnin' Scared

10:20 am
Feb. 13, 2012
New York Hospitals Bilk Poor People Out of Money: Report
By Victoria Bekiempis
Some New York hospitals are in the business of screwing over poor people as much as they are in the business of providing healthcare, a new report has found. According to the Community Service S... More >>

Fork in the Road

10:20 am
Feb. 13, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Batali Sandwiches, A Gumbo Cook-Off
By Alexia Nader
Screening of Beer Wars at the Park Slope Coop Learn about the U.S. beer industry at the Park Slope Coop on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Beer Wars, a documentary by director Anat Baron. Tickets are f... More >>

Fork in the Road

10:15 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Make Flex Donuts Chef Zac Young's Bacon Peanut Caramel Corn
By Lauren Shockey
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and while most people will be buying a heart-shaped box of chocolates for their loved ones, why not say "I love you" with a more awesome food: bacon. ... More >>

Fork in the Road

10:12 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Chick-Fil-A Protest Spawned on NYU Campus Over Opposition to Gay Marriage
By Robert Sietsema
Anti-gay Chick-fil-A flourishes in Greenwich Village, the home of the Gay Rights movement. Bisexual NYU freshmen and Santa Monica, CA native Hillary Dworkoski has launched a protest of Chick-f... More >>

Fork in the Road

10:10 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Activists for the Overweight Stand Up to Obesity Campaign in Georgia
By Alexia Nader
An obesity campaign started by a hospital in Georgia called Strong4Life and featuring giant billboards with pictures of unsmiling overweight people, has been deemed too harsh by several groups ... More >>

Sound of the City

10:00 am
Feb. 13, 2012
100 & Single: Remembering Whitney Houston's Reign As Queen Of The Pop Charts
By Chris Molanphy
Let's ignore the uncanny timing of Whitney Houston passing the night before the Grammys, a showcase for music royalty conceived to honor pop queens like her. A better measure of Houston's legacy ... More >>

La Daily Musto

9:30 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Whitney Houston's Lesbianism: Let's Discuss
By Michael Musto
Not surprisingly, the one thing that's being left out of the vast majority of Whitney Houston obits is the L word! I got so caught up in writing about the way her musical legacy got besmirched b... More >>

Fork in the Road

9:27 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Guide to FiTR's Valentine's Day Coverage: What to Buy, Where to Eat, What to Avoid
By Robert Sietsema
The Valentine's Day balloons go up at Caliente Cab Company. Despite our collective cynicism about the so-called greeting card holidays, the staff of FiTR has thrown themselves into the upcomin... More >>

Runnin' Scared

9:17 am
Feb. 13, 2012
The Pirate Bay To Delete BitTorrents Feb. 29
By Victoria Bekiempis
The old Pirate Bay will be no more come Feb. 29, as the website plans on deleting all its torrents. But music and movie sharers don't have to worry much -- TorrentFreak reports that the files wi... More >>

Sound of the City

9:00 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Live: Romeo Santos Summons Usher And Prince Royce To Madison Square Garden
By Nick Murray
Romeo Santos Madison Square Garden Saturday, February 11 Better than: Coming home and hearing about Whitney. I lived in the Bronx during the 23 weeks when Aventura's The Last reigned over the B... More >>

Runnin' Scared

9:00 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio Slams Bloomberg for Failure to Finalize Teacher Eval Plans
By Keyana Stevens
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took the mayor and his administration to task on Sunday afternoon for failing to come to an agreement with the United Federation of Teachers over a proposed teacher... More >>

Runnin' Scared

8:24 am
Feb. 13, 2012
New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Rebecca Taylor Goes To the Dark Side; Jane Pratt At Nicole Miller; Charlotte Ronson Grows Up
By Araceli Cruz
There seemed to be a lack of symmetry during the Friday shows at New York Fashion Week in which the designers displayed collections unlike their signature styles, but the change made perfect sen... More >>

Fork in the Road

8:00 am
Feb. 13, 2012
Trio of Sliders at Kaia Wine Bar Includes Elk
By Robert Sietsema
Kaia's sliders represent contasting forms of flesh. The Upper East Side's year-old Kaia Wine Bar specializes in the vittles and fermented grape products of South Africa, and there's some prett... More >>

Fork in the Road

11:35 pm
Feb. 12, 2012
Year of the Takeout Day 42: Golden Dragon Restaurant
By Victoria Bekiempis
Scallion Pancake from Golden Dragon Restaurant (394 Metropolitan Avenue, 718-782-8024) ... More >>

Sound of the City

7:50 pm
Feb. 12, 2012
Live-Blogging The 2012 Grammys: Tributes, Tribulations, Skrillex, And The Return Of Adele
By Maura Johnston
Welcome to Sound of the City's liveblog of the 54th Annual Grammys, coming to you live from a couch in Astoria. There are quite a few questions lurking around tonight's ceremony. Will Adele swe... More >>

Sound of the City

12:00 pm
Feb. 12, 2012
Who Will Win At The Grammys?
By Maura Johnston
Tonight's the running of the 54th annual Grammys, and for the past week Sound of the City has been running the odds on various categories. Below, a list of all the predictions made by our writers... More >>

Sound of the City

11:30 am
Feb. 12, 2012
Oddsmaking: Is The Best Dance Recording Grammy Basically Skrillex's To Lose?
By Michaelangelo Matos
If you think the opinions of critics and passionate fans of rock and rap and pop and country mean nothing to the Grammy Awards, being a dance-music fan widens the gap that much more. Essentially,... More >>

Sound of the City

11:00 am
Feb. 12, 2012
Oddsmaker: Do Beyoncé And André 3000 Have Enough Swagu To Beat Kanye And His Dozens Of Friends At The Grammys?
By Al Shipley
The Grammys created the awkwardly named Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category ten years ago, around the time Ja Rule's various "thug love" duets were dominating the airwaves. The award recognized ... More >>
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