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New Rumba watch! Thanks #wantful!! #wristwatch

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From PR...#WristWatch #iambaaack (Taken with Instagram)

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Schnitz on the wrist #WristWatch (Taken with Instagram)

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Girls' Night Out! #WristWatch (Taken with Instagram)

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Red hot pants, leather wrist wrap, bangles...Sonia is spicing up Tuesday around the office. (Taken with Instagram)

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All day clink clank is just the thing to ward off a case of the Mondays. #wood #bangle #gilded #WristWatch (Taken with Instagram)

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Something about this bright orange Marc Jacobs bangle paired with cheery green stripes says "rain, rain go away" #WristWatch #stolenfromtheroomate (Taken with Instagram)

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A little #stolenfromtheroomate bangle with my go to cuff. #WristWatch (Taken with Instagram)

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As I am sure you can tell, I have an obsession with the color green. My fave wooden bangle and the roommate's silver cuff. #love (Taken with Instagram)

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Sweet Afton is my renewed favorite place in Astoria. It has a quiet exterior, great wood and metal interior, a great staff, delicious beers, awesome food, and a back patio. Can’t go wrong there. Located in my hood. Say hi if you see me. http://sweetaftonbar.com/

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brewyork:

There are dozens of beer events throughout New York Craft Beer Week, so each day, we make our picks on the best events. For a full list of every event, check out the Events section of the New York Craft Beer Week website.

BREWERS CHOICE Location: City Winery (155 Varick St., Vandam St., Soho) Time: 6pm Cost: $75, tickets available online until 3pm, also available at the door Quite possibly our favorite event of New York Craft Beer Week, this walk-around tasting pairs over a dozen different breweries with small plates produced by New York City chefs and food producers. On top of the food and beer, Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver will be the keynote speaker this year. It’s an event that’s not to be missed.

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New York Craft Beer Week: Our Picks for Day 7

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Be Better…at Weather.

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Having beer does not a beer garden make and here's why (finally, someone had to say it). 

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This place is not - nor has it ever been - a beer garden. (Photo via DoctorWho on Flickr)

We’re starting to sound like a broken record here. We’ve come across some pretty awful lists of “the best beer gardens in New York” over the summer, but this one from NYC 10 Best might be the worst offender of them all, mainly for one of their selections:

McSorley’s Old Ale House.  15 East 7th Street, East Village.  When it doors opened in 1854 this NY beer garden was called “The Old House at Home” and is conisidered the oldest active bar in the city.  Today, this bar now renamed to McSorley’s, still only serves their two, 150 year old house draft beers – McSorley’s Cream Stock Ale and McSorley’s Famous Lager [Ed. note: McSorley’s hasn’t served a “Cream Stock Ale” in a long time. They serve an Irish Red Ale and an Irish Dark Lager].  Every serious NY beer drinker must visit this historic spot and try both flavors while standing on the saw dust covered floors at least once in their lifetime.

We really shouldn’t even have to explain why McSorley’s isn’t a beer garden. Never - EVER - in McSorley’s history has it been called a “beer garden.” A bar, perhaps. A tavern? Sure. But anyone who thinks that McSorley’s qualifies as a beer garden has either been drinking too much beer, or has absolutely no idea what a beer garden is.

We have three simple qualifications for a beer garden:

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Our three simple requirements for a beer garden

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brewyork:

Way back in the Spring, we mentioned a new craft beer bar from the folks behind Lord Hobo in Cambridge, Mass., and Alewife in Baltimore that was in the works for Long Island City: Alewife Queens (5-14 51st Ave., at 5th St., Long Island City). It takes a while to get a place up and...

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Does everyone know about this? If you are a woman or a LGBTQ individual you can get free cab rides home thanks to  RightRides (sorry "normative" hetero dudes, but you get pretty much everything else).

Out late thinking of walking home alone or taking the subway? You can get a cab instead. All you have to do is call between the hours of 11:59 PM and 3 AM on Friday or Saturday night (otherwise known as Saturday or Sunday morning).

To get more details on this awesome volunteer service (or to donate) click the link

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alesbiansadviceforastraightman:

PICTURES THAT ARE NEVER ALLOWED ON YOUR ONLINE DATING PROFILE:

You next to a car

You in a car

Your car

You with an ex-girlfriend blatantly cut from the photo

You with an ex-girlfriend still in the picture, literally and figuratively

You naked.

Headshots…no, not that head—the...

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astoriapretty:

Since the 1870s, Steinway & Sons has been shaping Astoria’s history. (6.27.11, 1 Steinway Place, near 19th Ave.)

From New York Magazine:

The old Steinway Village surrounding the factory once featured schools, post offices, and shops. Many of these buildings are still standing; the original workers’ rowhouses can be seen on 20th Ave., between 41st and 42nd Streets. The Steinway Mansion is on the corner of 42nd Street and 19th Avenue.

Worth a read:

A nine-part series from the New York Times on Steinway the company and the neighborhood.

Steinway Piano Factory Tour