Our intrepid snacker hunkers down and orders in to find the best food options on the web By Elian Zach When a perfect meal knocks at your door wearing nothing but a plastic bag and a smile, you can’t help but be seduced, let it in and have your way with it. I’m not a 
As the temperature drops, the thought of spending all your time indoors with a warm, cuddly puppy might sound like an inspired idea. Sure, that sweet puppy breath will defrost your face when you come in from the cold. And how good will that fuzzy tummy feel sleeping atop your tired, frozen feet? What you 
Our downtown diva with a love for all things theatre introduces us to the realm of plays, musicals and thespians who make magic happen on stage By Kiara Downey This week I had the splendid opportunity to chat with the multi-talented East Village marvel, Angela DiCarlo. DiCarlo, whose gift for makeup design led her from Des 
By Robin Brennen When the ball drops in Times Square and the humans are all out celebrating, your pets are at home reflecting on the previous year and making their own New Year’s resolutions. Here are their top 10 submissions from past years. They are relying on you to help them achieve their goals! I 
Our adventurous snacker finds a primo spot for sucking down the delectable seafood favorite By Elian Zach Oysters: sensual aphrodisiacs or slimy mollusk? I’ll accept both answers. I absolutely adored oysters till I was 12 years old. I was considered weird among my friends for not having any food particularities. I’d eat anything from frog 
By Jeff Vasishta “Merry Christmas,” I casually wished a guy I’d seen working out at my gym in Prospect Heights as he passed me in the locker room. He stopped with a quizzical look on his face. “Err, bro, I’m Jewish,” he said. “Oh, sorry,” I mumbled, shocked. This was the first time in my 
By Nora Bosworth Americans looking at the tragic events of the Newtown school shooting need to stop talking about mental healthcare entirely — for now. Yes, we have a woefully inadequate support system for the mentally ill and it should be fixed. But it is our rampant supply of firearms that enables the homicidally insane 
