is this not all of us, inside? underneath all of the hustle and cuss, the push and pull, the movin’ and shakin’ we’re just laying on our backs in the park, wistfully pulling at flower petals and visualizing the lives we want and trying, desperately, to get up. to go. to pedal forward.
and maybe it feels like we’re against a brick wall. this is me, so often. but what i know is how it will feel when i find it. when i finally grab on to it. and until then, i’ve got a tiny little chisel that is boring a hole in that thing that you can’t see because i’ve hidden it behind the poster of marilyn monroe.
it all starts with movement. with exploring this city and this borough and seeing how so many other people have gotten just beyond that wall. so let’s find it, eh?
keep dreaming, baby, because this is how it starts. the rest we’ll figure out as we go.
THURSDAY
Wild Women Tea Party at Five Myles, Prospect Heights.
i am proudly and admittedly a coffee drinker. i have been known, on occasion, to call tea drinkers weenies. to refer to tea itself as dirty water. to say that the only good tea parties are thomas teye partey and the ones with literally air in the tiny little mugs that you have with your nieces. but given thursday’s event, i am, well, eating my words… along with those delicate little finger sandwiches that i admittedly fucking love. the wild women tea party is happening at five myles and it’s one of so many opportunities for you to #revelwithacause this weekend. come celebrate femininity and women in the arts through music, performance, palm reading, sonic vibrations, and a hell of a lot more. $10 suggested, come and revel and feel good. all info here, 7-10pm, 558 st johns place.
Bao International DInner Night at the Diamond, Greenpoint.
bao wow wow yippe yo yippe yay, bao wow yippee yo yippe yay. i kind of have this theory about these little pillows of magic that when you call them by name, you have to say that entire line. so… i am going to find some very loose synonyms for them for the rest of this post. the diamond’s thursday night international dinners welcome Eric B and his hot little buns to accompany their uniquely curated and considerably restless roster of beers, plus wines too (i recommend the sparkling rose. all day. yippee-yay.) go, eat. sing (snoop dog). make out in the gondola. starts at 7pm, all info here, 43 franklin st. at the diamond, has a nice ring to it!™ (god i swear, i just can’t think of a good one here. help me out?)
FRIDAY
Five Borough Craft Beer Fest at The Well, Bushwick.
yes, i know. craft beer fests feel lame at this point… getting completely schwastey bouncing from folding table to folding table, growing more frustrated that they haven’t removed those evil prohibitive pouring spouts… well, this one is different. why? because it’s on a friday night and it’s at the well, the (second) greatest venue in bushwick (dude you know what the first is… don’t fuck with me). 630-10pm, $85 all info and tickets here. 373 meserole st. at the… well, let’s go!™ (ugh. im losing my edge.)
Taste of Latin America Cooking Class, South Slope.
have you ever heard anyone say “wow really got my fill of cinco de mayo this year!” well if you have, that person sucks and tell them you aren’t hanging out anymore. if you’re like anyone worth hanging with you’ll agree we should all have quite a bit more latin american foods and bevvies in our lives on a regular basis. sign up for Spice Kitchen’s latin america cooking class and enjoy unlimited sangria annnnd learn how to make a 5-course authentically latin american feast. bring your own sombrero. (seriously, bring that shit.) tickets available here, let’s bring that cinco de mayo party home, weekly, at least. or daily you fucking savage. all info here, sign up!
SATURDAY
Queens Night Market, Corona Park, Queens.
sometimes you have to go to taiwan to wander aimlessly through dodgy night markets leading yourself by your nose and mouth, having a bite of anything and everything and especially if it’s on a stick or will crawl towards you when you click your tongue, promenading around in a parade of flavors and loving life until you get back to your hostel and the night that you planned to be social with all of the european guys you spent… well… well you spent instead alone.
but SOMETIMES all you have to do to have the first half of this experience is go to corona park and hit up the amazing NIGHT MARKET! experience so many cultures, flavors, and foods that you couldn’t identify if you tried… over 100 vendors charmingyou with their exotic flavors, wares, art, and music. come, revel. all info here, 6pm-midnight at the hall of science in flushing meadows corona park.
Young Adult Friction Dance Party at Brooklyn Bazaar, Greenpoint.
there’s no doubt in my mind that heavy-hitting underground house music will keep you going all night and into the next afternoon at a good brooklyn dance party, but some nights we want a change. we want to dance up on each other, create a little friction, and dance yrself clean. or dirty. get nasty at the brooklyn bazaar friday night. entry is oh so free. all info here. 10pm to 4am, 150 greenpoint ave.
North Brooklyn Boat Club Season Opening Party, in NoGreePo. **moved to May 21 due to weather!
to the boat club in nogreepo that has turned the second biggest oil spill in north america into… well, into something else. that we can paddle through, together, safely. because when life hands you unnatural disasters, you build a boat club upon them and you offer it to the community to use. and you throw big seasonal parties with bands playing atop metal containers and the proceeds go towards doing more good. year after year. go to this. and help your local boat club stay afloat. it’s music and beers and friends and food and a creek too. 2-8pm. all other info here. 437 mcguinness blvd.
Tokyo x Brooklyn Fest at the BK Expo Venter, Greenpoint. (saturday AND sunday!)
ok so making fun of the brooklyn expo center is maybe among my favorite past times. they have light-up columns and HUGE tvs that are on all night, and that makes me mad. thinking of the conditions of the bathrooms during the hot sauce expo makes me laugh, hard. when they have that annual backyard barbecue and there is absolutely no backyard in sight, i slyly cut my eyes and say, “expo center, you’re just asking for it now.” BUT, i will not be making fun of them, this weekend and this weekend only. the Tokyo x Brooklyn festival takes place saturday and sunday and joins together our two cultures through musicians, culinary favorites, innovative technology, artists, and performers. so, let’s all go. tickets and info here, 72 noble st. don’t worry, they promised me they have cleaned the bathrooms since the hot sauce disaster a few weeks ago. (hahahahahahaha. i mean really, imagine it! AH!)
Pink Mammoth Presents: ROMP at House of Yes, Bushwick.
can’t make it to burning man? then find your way to bushwick saturday night to see our favorite venue transformed into black rock city-esque public art playhouse brought to you by Pink Mammoth, known for their epic day parties, combining deep house and techno tunes, and transcendental experiences built out of a community of unconditional love and respect. 10pm-5am, $20 tickets available here. 2 wyckoff ave at house of yes, where they put the sensual in consensual.
SUNDAY
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