Topic: Brooklyn

  • Memoir: I Was Scammed Out Of My Apartment

    Memoir: I Was Scammed Out Of My Apartment

    2 days ago by Palmer Huff | 3 Comments

    As a 20-year-old girl with a year of metropolitan living under my belt, I genuinely believed that I was no longer the ideal candidate for a local apartment scam. Turns out my naturally oblivious Southern Belle attitude would beat my hardcore NYC chick attitude in an arm wrestling match. After reluctantly spending twelve months in Murray Hill — New York City’s least interesting neighborhood — I was more than ready to venture to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After I had been to about eight apartments filled with guys in cargo shorts and rainbow flip flops, I finally arrived at the door of an apartment that didn’t make me want to be sick all over the welcome mat. … More »

  • Martin Scorsese Filmed a Chanel Commercial Across the Street from My Apartment

    Martin Scorsese Filmed a Chanel Commercial Across the Street from My Apartment

    8 days ago by Lilit Marcus | Comment

    (This article was originally posted on our sister site, TheGloss.com, but it was so good we couldn’t resist putting it here!)

    Once upon a time, I was pleasantly stumbling home from a night at the bar when something threw me off guard. It was bright. Like, ridiculously bright “August midday sunshine” bright. Which is fine, except that it was January and the middle of the night. Someone was filming something on my block, and the bright lights kept me up all night, streaming through my window despite my best curtain and blind related efforts. For awhile, I forgot about the offending shoot, which I assumed was a music video. Until today … More »

  • Memoir: I'm With The Band

    Memoir: I'm With The Band

    198 days ago by Crushable Staff | Comment

    It’s a Thursday night, and I’m onstage at Bar Matchless in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. My boyfriend, Jay, is next to me, tuning his guitar and getting ready to sing. We’re in a band called Actress-Cum-Singer, and this is our second show. I rushed here from my job as a restaurant hostess … More »

  • The Real World Brooklyn Trailer

    The Real World Brooklyn Trailer

    665 days ago by Shea Sylvia | 1 Comment

    Real World Brooklyn ‘Trailer’
    Real World Brooklyn ‘Trailer’
    … More »