Secrets of the True Manhattanite

11.9

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:01:35 -0500

We stare at planes up in the sky above for seven seconds wwondering why its not moving until we realize it’s a star. Oh.

Hello Tumblr Friends! Please help me out! AND MAKE A DREAM COME...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:57:00 -0400

Hello Tumblr Friends! Please help me out! AND MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE BY HELPING ME MAKE IT TO THE GORGE FOR DMB! By midnight tonight:

Please take a second and Tweet: @VW Pick @66perristreet! If I had a mile for everytime she mentioned a DMB roadtrip, she’d be @ the Gorge from NYC in no time. #VWFanTickets

SERIOUSLY FOLKS- What could be better. I’m obsessed with VW and DMB so this would be like a dream come true.

Or go to https://twitter.com/66perristreet/status/234766780663463936 and retweet directly.

Here’s the incredibly sweet contest deal:

http://web.vw.com/win-dave-matthews-band-tickets/

5 Grand Prize Winners

5 lucky fans and their guests will receive a trip to all 3 nights
of Dave Matthews Band at The Gorge.

Weekend use of a VW Routan to be picked up at the Seattle airport
2 Pit tickets to each of the shows at The Gorge (6 tickets total)
1 Camping Suite (2 camping spaces for a double-wide camping area) in Area 41
Access to daily snacks and entertainment
Exclusive gear for the weekend

36 First-Prize Winners

36 lucky fans and their guests will win.

2 lawn tickets to all 3 DMB Gorge shows (6 tickets total)
1 VIP camping space within the exclusive Area 41 camping area
Exclusive gear for the weekend

Please help me make a dream come true!

7.27

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:00 -0400

You can wear the most absurd, outlandish outfit your little hear desires and prance down our streets with hardly any attention. We’re used to crazy, ugly ensembles. But walk down the street with a glass vase of flowers and you’ll get more stares than a super model. We’re not used to seeing a tangible manifestation of kindness on our crowded slabs of concrete. We can’t help but wonder: Was there an engagement? Are you pregnant? Is it your birthday? Did something really bad happen when your boyfriend went to that bachelor’s party last weekend?

nydaily: Friday afternoon at Grand Central Terminal. the true...

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:19:29 -0400

nydaily:

Friday afternoon at Grand Central Terminal.

the true new yorker knows this is definitely not GCT on a summer Friday. Good luck having floor space.

nydaily: Central Park, The Lake. Where’s Mr. Big and...

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:06:29 -0400

nydaily:

Central Park, The Lake.

Where’s Mr. Big and Carrie falling in?

7.7

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:29:44 -0400

You force yourself to “be active” and take advantage of the city during a heat wave, we know better than to waste time and effort trekking around the city to pointless antique fairs or food festivals. Hellloooo tabloids and bubble baths.

Yeah, that looks fun.

6.27

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:37:22 -0400

[Any other city] $$$$=$$ [New York City]

How long have you been living in manhattan? your blog is funny and i love it

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:55:00 -0400

Thanks! Glad to hear someone actually reads this thing.

And my whole life, obviously :)

P.s. a lot of it is tongue in cheek and intentionally snarky, i’m not really a royal jerk. where are you from?

6.18

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:54:11 -0400

There are many bridges in this city. However, it’s best if you leave your questions about which one is for what and navigating for others, as we don’t own cars within which we drive upon said bridges. Ditto for tunnels. And whatever that FDR thing is. Highway? Yeah.

6.1

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:27:27 -0400

We come to your city and you boast that this one restaurant “stays open until 10pm.” We’re open 24 hours, have you heard?

5.21

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:59:44 -0400

LOL @ other skylines.

jakebeckman: Crosstown bus (Taken with instagram) M86?

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:39:08 -0400

jakebeckman:

Crosstown bus (Taken with instagram)

M86?

4.16

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:18:27 -0400

Nothing signals the start of warm weather like the yellow-shirted bouncer standing guard outside The Frying Pan.

4.14

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:44:21 -0400

Come on, boys. Don’t try to hide it. We know you’re standing there awkwardly by Otto’s or August reading the menu tacked up outside the restaurant to help you try and figure out if it’d make for a good date spot.

4.12

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:02:00 -0400

We can’t vote in We Hear You America - America’s Most Interesting Town and win a $1,000 for nominating Manhattan. Unfortunately, our little isle doesn’t exactly qualify.

That shouldn’t stop you—vote for your hometown now and show your hometown pride!

3.31

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:24:39 -0400

You date people? We date neighborhoods.*

Brief flings with the dimly lit and scarcely populated bars around Sullivan and Prince, longer affairs with an unfortunate strip of liquor dens along MacDougal Street, an unflickering desire to inhabit the perfectly quaint shops or carelessly rustic restaurants by Perry Street and however that whole West 4th/West 10th thing works.

*Sometimes inspired by the people we’re seeing.

3.29

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:56:55 -0400

Stick to Pio Pio Hell’s Kitchen. It looks like an inconspicuous hole in the wall from the outside, but the insider reveals a bustling crowd, and two-story amphitheater of a sangria-haven. In fact, the first time we went there, we expected to walk through the curtains to find a dimly lit, intimate undiscovered nook, only to find it had a buzzy, night-club like feel with every 32 year old in Manhattan celebrating their birthday.

It’s Upper East Side location, unfortunately, shares only the sensuously-pleasing chicken (and astoundingly cheap at $16 for a whole chicken of $9 for a half chicken) in common with its south-west-west-west-of-west brother.

3.20

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:56:42 -0400

Montmartre…that’s in Paris?

Sorry, UES.

3.9

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:27:34 -0500

Gyms stay open. Until midnight. On Fridays.

Possibly because they resemble nightclubs. But more likely because nobody goes out until 11pm in this town anyways.

3.7

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:17:44 -0500

You may have a year of seniority on us, but we have a world of experience on you.