What to do this week

Goodbye 2020

Welcome 2021: It’s got to be better

Say what you will about 2020, and god knows we’ve all been doing just that all year, but you kind of have to admire its steadfast commitment to being the absolute worst, right up until the end, when Donald Trump was apparently voted the nation’s most admired man. Yepper. Normal, normal stuff from a totally... Read more »

Holidays 2020

What to do this Christmas week(end)

What up, everyone? Are you guys ready for a really weird Christmas? I’ve been receiving holiday cards in the mail all week, which feels almost normal (leaving aside the fact that I have freakishly organized friends), but then I notice that the children beaming at me from my fridge are suddenly looking a lot older... Read more »

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Dec. 11-Dec. 18

Happy Friday Brooklyn babies, in this, one of the final weeks of 2020, a year whose motto should officially be “If the virus doesn’t get you, the debilitating anxiety and/or boredom will.” I’m fresh off a decisive win in my office’s virtual team trivia event last night, the sun is out, and I just polished... Read more »

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Nov. 20 – Nov. 26

Another week, another rash of unsettling news about Covid spread and one major political party’s continued attempts to propagate a fascist coup. Sure, sure, I like a joke about Giuliani’s dripping hair dye as much as the next gal who is old enough to remember his unglued mayoral crusades against ferret owners and postmodern art,... Read more »

Your Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Nov. 13-19

WHAT A WEEK! Before I even get into it, I just want to get it out of the way that I wasn’t in the city on Saturday, so I missed the pot-banging party of the century that happened, although I watched about a million shaky iPhone videos of the same so I was here in... Read more »