Scene: a $1,000-a-head Obama fundraiser last night in a tony East Village townhouse. "We have to sacrifice," Alec Baldwin told the crowd. Moments later his podium came crashing down to the floor, but he recovered smoothly with a joke. Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day, her long blond locks wrapped in a headband, stood in the corner stroking her little dog, which was dyed pink. At the conclusion of the speeches, Alan Cumming encouraged the crowd to talk freely. "There are no Republicans here tonight," he noted. They probably raised a good $80,000.
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The Liberal Elite [Stories]
Posted: October 7th, 2008, 1:50pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Stories
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Boobifiying New York City
Posted: October 6th, 2008, 12:05pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Boobifiying New York City New York Shitty has come up with a fabulous art therapy project, that's right up our alley... The Boobification Of Brooklyn! More boobs around Brooklyn - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Celebrity Boobs... -
Dim Sum in Chinatown
Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 12:00pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Dim Sum in Chinatown In New York City we call this the perfect Sunday brunch... Dim Sum at Jing Fong in Chinatown Still Serving the Best Dumplings In NYC! Guide to Chinatown Bakeries The Breakfast Club Images via Seious Eats:... -
Tree Huts In New York City
Posted: October 1st, 2008, 12:51pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Tree Huts In New York City For every kid that grew up in New York City dreaming of a tree house... The Tree Huts Have Arrived! Tadashi Kawamata's Tree Huts installation officially opens tomorrow! New York City Has Waterfalls Swimming... -
Metrocard Origami
Posted: September 19th, 2008, 12:49pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Metrocard Origami Someone's figured out how to make a cool little ball from discarded NYC MetroCards. That should kill some time during the next train delay. A metrocard rat would be funny... Origami Cube NYC Style Folding Freaks Subway Snugglers... -
Swimming Cities in the City
Posted: September 12th, 2008, 1:00pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Swimming Cities in the City NYC's final performance of Swoon's fantastic art project Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea will be this weekend in Long Island City, more on this magical show - here, here and here! Swoon's Anti Bush... -
NYC Remembers
Posted: September 11th, 2008, 1:19pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
NYC Remembers Today the country unifies in remembering the victims of 9/11. We remember their shining faces, and that the love and beauty they brought to this world can never be taken away from us. Invincible Spirit -
Dangerous Alleys
Posted: September 9th, 2008, 12:46pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Dangerous Alleys New York City is filled with secrets and Forgotten NY is great place to unravel them. Take a tour through Chinatown's alleys and the fascinating history behind them... Alleys, My Alleys "Doyers has been called the "bloody angle"... -
Last Stop Astroland
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 12:26pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Last Stop Astroland Sunday is the last day Astroland in Coney Island will be open, and your final chance to see this legendary NYC landmark in operation. Take a ride on the F Train this weekend and check it out!... -
Hot Racks in New York City
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 12:32pm CDT by cityrag
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Hot Racks in New York City According to Paper Magazine "If you know anything about David Byrne, you know that he loves riding his bike around New York", so it's only befitting that he's the designer behind this awesome project...... -
Bad Ass Puppy Protectors
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:20pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Bad Ass Puppy Protectors Wow, what a great story to start the week. A group of bad-ass, tattooed bikers have joined together in New York City to form a very unique and effective animal rescue group... Heaven’s Angels Check out... -
New York City's Secret Art Thief
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 12:46pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
New York City's Secret Art Thief In 2006 tons of stolen masterpieces were found stacked in a one bedroom apartment in New York City. The thefts occurred in the 60's and 70's and include works from the world's greatest artists....
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What Not To Do When Anna Wintour Falls On Her Face [Intern Horror Stories]
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 4:01pm CDT by Moe
Tags: Intern Horror Stories
Shortly after hearing the scuttlebutt (yeah) yesterday about the summer intern who took her new TV network employers and shat all over them (no literally shat all over them) yesterday we put a call out to some of our most cherished sources for "nightmare intern" stories that might gratuitously expand upon the "Kids today: My they are insubordinate and entitled in just that infuriatingly unabashed way that will probably totally work in their favor!" meme. And wow, did the stories we heard totally play to our stereotypes in ways we could not even ourselves imagine! But they also helped to contour our cartoonish notions of "clueless lazy entitled youth" with hints of "well, their parents' generation is obviously to blame"-ism. Take the case of this hapless Vogue-ette!
One of my old [Conde Nast publication redacted] interns had a nightmare herself - she moved up to Vogue and was passing Anna in the hall on her first day. Knew she wasn't supposed to look at her. As they passed, Anna tripped and fell, just bit it. Intern freaked out. she didn't know what to do. So she ran.
Oh, no! How like a poor young thing unschooled in social interactions not involving the "BRB" option! However.
Didn't help AW. got back to her desk, told her new boss what had happened, and the boss told her she did the right thing and that if she'd actually attempted to help AW, her first day would def have been her last.
Of course, there are two castes of interns at Vogue: worthless debutante billionairespawn, and meticulous and diligent pretty untouchables. Now let's contrast that with this dispatch from the Embassy of a major European country:
I've got a story of an intern here whose dad is some bigwig in the biggest [European country] union, and who has erased his title of "intern" from his sig., and instead calls himself the "acting social economic attache" or some bullshit like that just because he's commandeered in the office of the REAL social economic attache, who is on vacation. Because of this elevated, clearly non-intern status, he refuses to engage in the less-glamorous work all the other interns are required to do, namely act as hosts and hostesses at events and basically be bitches.
But! What works in Old Europe won't fly in, say, Boston.
We had 2 interns last semester who showed up at an Ashlee Simpson appearance at saint, or some other club here, and tried to bully their way in by telling the GM they worked for Boston Magazine and if he didn't let them in they'd blog mean shit about him and his club. Then they gave him the names of various Boston Magazine editors. While they were arguing they spotted one of our art department assistants, who was on a freelance photo job, and tried to pretend they were with her.
Such an uncharacteristic show of resourcefulness, right?
So the art assistant almost lost that freelance account because the GM was so pissed, and an editor here had to make some big show of apology to the GM or else it would probably end up in the Track. And then the interns first denied the whole thing. Then each blamed it on the other one.
God, are they too preoccupied with aspirational reality TV to have absorbed the single most obvious lesson of all crime television?
Then we made them write notes of apology to the club and they were filled with misspellings.
Yes.
Anyway, our last story, from a publication in Philadelphia, is a long, cautionary tale about Why You Cannot Trust Ivy Leaguers Even If They Appear To Be Hardworking And Eager To Please (And Also Attend Lesser Ivies)
Once upon a time, [website] had an intern. Let's call her Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston came into our lives around three winters ago. Our website explicity states that we do NOT consider Penn students for internships, for reasons that would be obvious to anyone who's ever lived in any kind of proximity to Penn, and Philadelphia's radical allergy to the kind of senses of entitlement for which Penn students are widely known. But when we met Jennifer Aniston, she made a good point: She had graduated from Penn, and was thus, no longer a Penn student. And she seemed nice enough, and we really needed the help, so we let her by on the technicality.
And here it must be said that Jennifer Aniston was actually a really, really great intern. She loved the [publication], did tons of grunt work with gusto, and was really just super diligent about any task with which she was charged. She ruled. But the more time we spent with her, the more we realized that Jennifer Aniston basically had no sense of self. For example, she constantly talked using "we" when discussing anything about her personal life, referencing things not simply she, but she and her boyfriend of a few months, did or enjoyed.
Q: Hey, Jennifer, what are you listening to these days?
A: Gosh, well, we really love Peter Bjorn and John and Italo disco!
It also became apparent that JA was just a really, really sheltered young adult — that she was one of these people who moved to a big city to go to school, and then proceeded to basically never leave the campus, thereby terminating more than half the value of her education.
In addition, we soon learned that she was attending this strange emo born-again Christian church that seems to prey on hipster transplants here in Philly.
We felt bad for her. And we also felt like we wouldn't be doing our duty as intern masters/psuedo mentors if we didn't expose her to the world as we knew it. So we took her on a trip that we needed to make for work. A long, long road trip.
On the trip and long conversations that ensued as we drove halfway across the country, we learned a lot of wacky stuff: That Jennifer Aniston didn't seem to know a lot about sex for a young woman approaching her mid-20s. That her boyfriend seemed to hold an almost cult-leader-like control over her. That she would pout at the slightest inconvenience. She was utterly horrified when we started listening to Howard Stern to break up the car rides.
Well, the trip was what it was. But when we got back, through the strange social mesh of Philadelphia, we found out (inadvertently) that a friend of a friend of ours had met up with Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend roughly 30 minutes after we picked her up for the trip. This friend of a friend was then reported to have holed up and fucked Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend for a week solid.
We didn't know what to do with this information.
So we just held onto it for a while. But then, things got weirder
It turned out that we started working another young woman who turned out to be Jennifer Aniston's Boyfriend's last girlfriend. We'd known this woman for a while, respected her a lot, and eventually, one day while chatting we realized that she and Jennifer Aniston shared something in common ( Jennifer Aniston's Boyfriend), and unbeknownst to Jennifer Aniston, that at least in the beginning, they were sharing this young squire concurrently.
But Jennifer did know that our new co-worker did see her boyfriend in the past. When she found out that she was on the team, Jennifer quit her internship. Immediately. Despite the fact that she'd basically never have to see her.
Meanwhile, Jennifer had been posting on her blog and talking nearly constantly about when she and her BF were going to get married, and how much in love they were, etc.
We were worried. It made us sick to think that here she was, proclaiming eternal love, when in reality her BF was basically the town pump and here she was, unwittingly making a fool of herself.
This all came to head at another employee's birthday dinner, where, unlikely as it seemed, all concerned (except the chick that Jennifer's BF screwed for a week while we were away) were present.
When Jennifer's BF showed up, our new employee asked if they could talk outside for a moment.
While we were not there, we assume and were told later that Jennifer's BF was given the dressing-down of his life.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston slowly sat at the table and slowly lost her mind. When everyone returned to the table, Aniston bragged to our new employee, as if she had been hypnotized, about how she and the BF were so in love and were going to get married and make many many Aniston babies.
Everyone at the table stared in disbelief. Silence.
When the dinner ended, we decided that this could not go on. While it was not really our place to tell Jennifer Aniston what we know, we could, we realized, pass it along to a mutual good friend and co-worker whom we did know, and at the time, was very close to her.
In short order, Jennifer Aniston reacted in the following ways:
- She pulled down her Myspace and her blog.
- Her Flickr stream as well.
- And never spoke to us again.
In the time since, it's become clear that she shot every messenger she could, and stayed with the BF. She still alludes to us on her blog from time to time as these evil, awful people from her past. It's made us sad, but it's also shown us one thing that we kind of knew already, but needed to be reminded about:
No Penn students, ever.
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A Man From The Future [Stories]
Posted: August 7th, 2008, 4:06pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Stories
On the Nassau Ave. G train platform the other day, a young Latino man had stopped to look at an ad poster showing a news stand full of papers. An old white man in a fedora, pushing a walker, made his way up to him and pointed forcefully. "That's all going to be gone soon, you know!" he said, at high volume. The young man looked at him. "Newspapers. Reading." The old man mimed reading a newspaper. "It'll all be"—he stopped and made a typing motion—"on the computer. No paper!" The young man looked at him and nodded politely. Then the old man continued on his way.
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NYC Subway Singers Sound Off
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 12:44pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
NYC Subway Singers Sound Off We've been treated to a morning serenade a few times by The Fellas. It always puts a smile on our face amidst the subway commuter ruckus. Check them out in MSG's search for New York... -
Falling For New York City
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:16pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Falling For New York City Incredible weather, sparkling waterfalls, free music and spectacular sunsets - it's a great weekend to be in New Yawk! Manhattanhenge Arrives New York City Has Waterfalls Images by CeoNYC and NYClovesNYC -
Riding the Crazy Train
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 12:41pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Riding the Crazy Train NYC prank-art!... Improv Everywhere fills a subway car with identical twins, creating a Human Mirror. Don't miss this awesome video! Secret Wall Tattoos Couch Surfing In NYC Street Art Down the Sewer Subway Scientologists Get Punk'd!... -
Phone-y New York
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 12:45pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Phone-y New York These pictures capture perfectly why New York City pay phones should be avoided like the plague Pay Phone du Jour & Anyone Missing Some Teeth? Sidewalk Sofas NY Manholes Free Bike Images via New York Shitty -
New Yorker Wins Lottery in Portugal
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 1:12pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
New Yorker Wins Lottery in Portugal An awesome story about a guy from New York who bought an abandoned farm in Portugal, only to discover a treasure trove of vintage cars hidden on the property... Always Check the Barn! Previously:... -
Future New York City Disappoints
Posted: June 11th, 2008, 12:51pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Future New York City Disappoints In the early 1900's NYC's future was envisioned as being much cooler than it actually turned out. WTF happened?!... New York, 1980? Spacy NYC Future New York Cities of the Future -
Camping in New York City
Posted: June 5th, 2008, 12:41pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Camping in New York City As cheap housing becomes harder to find in NYC, more and more "abandoned" campers are turning up, hmmm... Trailer Mystery Solved! Camping for SNL Tickets Nudist Camping Not Allowed Images via NewYorkShitty and CityRag -
The Lower East Side NYC, Forever
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 12:24pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
The Lower East Side NYC, Forever The Lower East Side made the Trust For Historic Preservation's endangered list this year. Much of the areas history is long gone, but enough remains to give hope. Click the images for an LES... -
The Real World Brooklyn Yo
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 11:57am CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
The Real World Brooklyn Yo The Real World tries to regain their edge by returning to NYC, specifically "Brooklyn". The last two times they filmed here, New Yorkers notoriously screwed up their shoots when they hit popular local hang-outs. So... -
Breakfast with Audrey Hepburn
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 6:32am CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Breakfast with Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn's sublime beauty and demure sexiness is still copied by today's actresses, but will never be duplicated. As Holly Golightly, she played the quintessential NYC party girl in her own quirky style, it's one of... -
Psychiatry New York Style
Posted: May 5th, 2008, 12:19pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Psychiatry New York Style It was only a matter of time before this hit the streets, New Yorkers being the great multitaskers they are... Sidewalk Psychiatry Image via Candy Chang, link via the PreSurfer Manhole Love Down the Sewer Street... -
Brooklyn Blossoms
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 12:08pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Brooklyn Blossoms New York City's Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) is at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens this weekend. Admission's free and includes fun activities, in addition to the spectacular show of blossoms!... Cherry Blossoms by Freebd00 on Flickr, check out... -
Green in New York City
Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 1:39pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Green in New York City It's imperative we work on global warming issues, and easy to be part of the solution. A city with over 8 million people can make a tremendous impact and lead the way! "In New York...
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... [Most Popular Stories]
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 4:00pm CDT by n/a
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- Trapped In An Elevator For Two Days: The Video (10,679 views, 56 comments)
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In War, There Are No Winners []
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 3:42pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Pointless or maybe Significant Stories
Scene: An Eckerds in Greenpoint on Friday night. A man brings a 12-pack of Heineken to the register, along with a "$13.99 Sale!" sign he had ripped off the shelf. The lady at the register peers at the sale sign. "Do you see the date on this? It says starting April 20. Today is April 11," she says, gratingly. "Well it was on the shelf, and why would you up it up nine days early? You shouldn't put it up if that's not the price!" replies the guy, angrily. She denies him; he acts pissy, argues, finally slams down his debit card and pays, leaving in a huff. On one hand, they shouldn't put up the sale sign early. On the other hand, dude clearly knew it wasn't on sale yet, and brought the sign up just for the sake of making a scene. The lady at the register was kind of rude, though. But she was probably tired after a day at her crappy job, and didn't feel like dealing with Johnny Heineken and his beer purchasing hissy fit. Who was right? Ultimately, I couldn't bring myself to support either side.
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Posted: April 10th, 2008, 4:00pm CDT by n/a
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Posted: April 9th, 2008, 4:01pm CDT by n/a
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- Improv Everywhere Gives Little League Team Their Best Game Ever (11,028 views, 33 comments)
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Posted: April 8th, 2008, 4:00pm CDT by n/a
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Mad World from Above
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 12:33pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Mad World from Above The music video for Gary Jules "Mad World" shot high above the streets of New York City is completely mesmerizing - watch it below Flight of the Paper Airplane Tiny New York City "Mad World" after... -
Man vs. Wild: New York City
Posted: March 10th, 2008, 12:14pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Man vs. Wild: New York City A hilarious take off of Man vs. Wild set in New York City. The dude's imitation of Bear Gryllls is spot on... "And this is just phenomenal, a newspaper!" - Man v. Wild: New... -
NYC Streetlamps Illuminated
Posted: March 6th, 2008, 12:15pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
NYC Streetlamps Illuminated Forgotten NY covers and uncovers the hidden gems overlooked in New York City. While many may never stop to look up at the amazing lamp designs around the city, Forgotten NY has cataloged hundreds, in mind-blowing detail...... -
Showtime at the Apollo
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 12:36pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Showtime at the Apollo The Apollo Theater's live Saturday night showcases are legendary for finding fresh talent. The "Stars of Tomorrow" always tops the night. 150 great video moments from Showtime Live At The Apollo Theatre! Don't miss these kids... -
Live From New York...
Posted: February 15th, 2008, 12:15pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Live From New York... Saturday Night Live returns "live" in one week on Feb 23rd, with the fabulous Tina Fey as kick-off host, yay!... Post-strike SNL to Return How to Get "Saturday Night Live" Tickets Tina Fey On Why Paris... -
Blimps for New Yorkers
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 12:41pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Blimps for New Yorkers A design competition asked "What if NYC were hit by a Category 3 hurricane?" and got amazing answers. Love this solution from Studio Lindfors highlighted by BldgBlog - We Will Migrate Into The Sky! "Sky Living"... -
Bearded in Brooklyn
Posted: February 11th, 2008, 12:53pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Bearded in Brooklyn Mighty cold weather predicted for NYC this week. It's good time to grow a beard. But if you can't, there's - Beard Caps! Available at Scandinavian Grace in Williamsburg. Photo via Weather. Turban Pride Hair Scare Dog... -
Statue of Liberty in Film
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 12:06pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Statue of Liberty in Film Maxim's list of Movies That Mangle the Statue of Liberty is an interesting reflection on the symbol of "civilization" she's become. The end of the Statue of Liberty represents the possible end of mankind, but... -
Valentines Day in NYC
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 12:38pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Valentines Day in NYC If you're thinking about sending the night in NYC for Valentine's Day, here's an excellent list of Romantic Hotel Specials... including a fabulous package at the Hotel Gansevoort (pictured), and sweet deal at the Soho Grand... -
Queens Rule New York City
Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:33pm CST by cityrag
Tags: NY Stories
Queens Rule New York City What makes this story about 3 cruise ships converging in NYC interesting, is the hometown reporting... like these great photos on Flickr and fabulous headlines from the NY Times and the Gothamist. Somewhere Over The...