Last night: Had cocktails and pretzels at the Taschen bookstore over on Greene Street in SoHo. It was 90 degrees out and even tho the Cosmos were chilled, alcohol was not the smart way for me to cool down at this  Meet & Greet.  The good thing tho… more »

Over the weekend I road tested a Lotus Spike Mat, the accupressure mat that's designed to relieve stress, improve sleep, release endorphins and promote relaxation. I got lucky because new colors had just arrived and I chose to test the purple one over th… more »

 Baseball is like Chinese food: almost everyone in the Americas and the Far East has heard of it or like some aspect of it. You might not like to play center field but  you love the vegetable  fried rice of catching a fly ball. You may suck as a third… more »

The best blind items I've ever read were  written by long time Village VOICE columnist Michael Musto, one of  NYC's most clever writers and the only remaining staff writer at the Voice... Couple weeks ago Musto celebrated over two decades at the paper. M… more »

New Yorkers are learning how to control and manage stress by sleeping on a mat filled with 6.500  spikes. Yes, spikes. Spikes as in bed of nails spikes, spikes like the ones used back in the day  to promote fear and awe of Asians. Lotus Spike Mat was i… more »