Dear Hans, My girl’s got really bad breath. I love everything else about her. I mean she’s pretty much the one. The only thing holding me back from popping the question is the breath. That’s how bad it is. Am I crazy? Signed, Hiding from Halitosis in Harlem Ya know, I can really sympathize with …
Month: February 2009
New York City Profile – Beeline Interview: Illustrator Jillian Tamaki
Jillian Tamaki is an amazing illustrator whose work you have likely already seen, but didn’t realize you did. (Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The Guardian, etc.) Her blog is one I keep tabs on, her pencil sketches and watercolors some of my favorite pieces. She is …
Dating in New York City – Holding Hans with Brian Hansbury: Friends with Benefits
Dear Hans, Do friends with benefits ever become something more? Or once you are in the casual sex category are you stuck there forever? Signed, Casual Encounterer in Canarsie Ah, casual sex. The spring training of intercourse. The Promised Land for atheists and the non-practicing alike. The lifeblood of HBO’s “Dream On.” Just as with …
Cooking in New York City – Hive Cooking: Orange-Ricotta Brownies
Baking is not something I claim to do well, or hardly even at all. But there’s something about February 14th that compels me to make an attempt. Maybe it’s because the holiday is the vanguard of the chocolate and floral industries (everyone knows Easter is for the food-coloring lobby), but for me Valentine’s Day desserts …
Dating in New York City – Holding Hans with Brian Hansbury: Hot or Not?
Dear Hans, I’m cute. Why don’t guys talk to me when I am out? And when they do, why is it only the crazy ones? Signed, Passed Over in Park Slope
44 Days out of Kandahar: Christine Sullivan
Christine Sullivan, author of 44 Days Out of Kandahar and co-founder of New Hope for Animals, is heading to Baghdad next week on a mission with Operation Baghdad Pups to help bring home several dogs and cats befriended by soldiers serving in Iraq.
New York City Restaurants – Dish Buzz: Momofuku Ssäm Bar
I’ve always heard much hype about Momofoku, be it the Ssäm Bar, Noodle Bar, or the ever elusive Ko, but never seemed to manage to try any of them. This past Saturday evening, a friend recommended trying Momofuku Ssäm Bar. I was curious as to how hard it would be at 8:30PM on a Saturday …
Dating in New York City – Holding Hans with Brian Hansbury: Eager Beaver
Dear Hans, At dinner the other night my friends brought up the topic of how many dates to wait before sleeping with someone. Some girls said three and some eight. I feel like no one really knows what the norm is and that scares a girl like me who enjoys sex but doesn’t want to …