Thrillist New York
Emailed in a LIST on: Wednesday March 12, 2008The List
Gear/Drink: Playboy Tees and Free Drinks
A blessed pairing of rockers and knockers, this party's celebrating the debut of eight Playboy logo tees custom designed by the likes of Daft Punk, Iggy Pop, and Hot Chip. Also available: Free Chivas Regal cocktails, plus photo ops with Lindsey Vuolo, a.k.a., Miss November 2001 -- a time when our nation most needed heroes.
Food/Drink: Mercury Dime
From the Milk & Honey don and a former Picholine fromager, this tiny, wi-fi'd coffee bar's serving gourmet caffeine sourced via Queens, fresh juice, and (coming soon) made-to-order sandwiches and small plates. They'll soon open a cozier 2nd floor w/ working fireplace -- accidentally plunge your hand into the coals to reveal that your secret identity is not Superman.
Service: Billiardsburg
This comprehensive map of be-tabled bars provides both photos and an anal level of detail, including table cost/size/condition, plus cue condition, space, and lighting. The reviews are similarly obsessive: "The last two times we visited the Brooklyn Ale House, the table was eating balls and was not in a playable condition. Mmm, eating balls..." Mmm, but check out the site anyway.
Gear: Dots Gloves
Too skin-crackingly cold to remove your gloves for easy touch-screen manipulation? These NYC-made hand sheaths're equipped with conductivity-enhancing metal studs: 3 dots for iPhones (thumb, index, middle) and 1 dot for iPods -- thumb only, tipping hitchhiker-friendly truckers to the fact you'll be a lousy conversationalist, so they might as well get right down to raping you.
Culture: 15 Point Guide to Peeing
This handy tinkler's companion enumerates ways to surreptitiously pee in public (e.g., Tip #7: Lie on Your Side). The book's a winnowing down of 2005's The 40 Point Guide to Peeing in NYC -- though for succinctness, nothing can approach The 1 Point Guide to Peeing in a Toilet.
