New York City – Retrenders

SoHo Sins by Richard Vine

August 2, 2016 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Messed-up marriages, adultery, temptation, jealously and power all come to play in this pulp novel SoHo Sins. With a long career in the modern art scene, author Richard Vine pens his first novel using New York City art world as the backdrop.

In SoHo Sins the art scene golden couple is Philip and Amanda Oliver. Philip a techy millionaire is in a broken marriage with his current wife Amanda Wingate, the art collector heiress. The art world is rocked when Amanda is found murdered in her home. Art dealer and friend of the couple Jackson Wyeth and his P.I. buddy Hogan are on the job to investigate Amanda’s grisly death.

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Filed Under: Books, Featured, Reviews, Series Tagged With: art basel, art dealer, art world, detective, murder, mystery, New York City, noir, NYC, P.I., Pulp Fiction, Richard Vine, Soho

Custom LEGO Chinese Restaurant/Ghostbusters HQ

June 27, 2016 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

One of the most iconic film buildings is the original Ghostbuster’s Firehouse HQ. With the new girl-power Ghostbusters flick is coming, LEGO fan-builder Eric Duron aka Baronsat builds a new custom Ghostbusters HQ with the Chinese Restaurant.

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Filed Under: Collectibles, Geeky, Toys Tagged With: Baronsat, chinese restaurant, Custom Lego, Eric Duron, firehouse, Ghostbusters, HQ, Lego, MOC, New York City, Sony

Stussy x A Tribe Called Quest Capsule Collection

July 21, 2015 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

NYC and the musical genre of hip-hop are synonymous and this summer 2015, Stussy celebrates the iconic NYC rap group A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ). ATCQ music heavily influenced Stussy’s work in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and this Stussy capsule collection showcases it.

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Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: A Tribe Called Quest, ATCQ, graphic tees, hats, hip hop, Hoodies, New York City, NYC, Q-Tip, rap, shirts, Stussy, Summer 2015

Rocksmith Summer 2015 Lookbook

June 2, 2015 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Just dropping into clothing racks and shelves now is the Rocksmith Summer 2015 Collection. Music/lifestyle apparel brand Rocksmith’s theme for the summer is future/retro mixing fabrics and using popular colors from sneakers to rep their summer collection. If you’re looking for something to rock this summer like graphic tees, hats and shorts, take a look at Rocksmith.

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Filed Under: Fashion, Music Tagged With: ATL, graphic tees, hip hop, Lookbook, New York City, NYC, OG Maco, OGG, rap, Rocksmith, streetwear, Summer

A Guide to NYC by Rapper Nora Lum

May 7, 2015 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Born and raised in Queens, let rapper Awkwafina aka Nora Lum take you on a journey into New York City. No tourist sight-seeing traps, no Zagat approved bull crap and no Yelp business here on this book guided tour.

Awkwafina provides funny insights and drops hidden gems around NYC. She gives out her top 10 walking tours of New York City with fold-out maps, hipster places to eat and cheap places if you are on a budget. And she provides 10 places to pee, which is very important. This is Awkwafina’s NYC.

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Filed Under: Books, Culture Tagged With: Awkwafina, eateries, Flushing, guides, mapes, New York City, Nora Lum, NYC, Queens, rapper, restaurants, tour guide, travel

Supreme S/S 2015 Lookbook

March 30, 2015 by Stephen Jang 1 Comment

The iconic apparel NYC label Supreme has always look to define streetwear and the urban lifestyle and this is Supreme’s S/S 2015 Lookbook.

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Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: Clothes, Hoodies, Jackets, label, Lookbook, New York City, NYC, shirts, Spring 2015, streetwear, Supreme

Girls Night Out with Ovenly Bakery

January 15, 2015 by kellyannbrooke Leave a Comment

This episode of Chef’s Night Out is all about the ladies. Munchies hits up Greenpoint, Brooklyn-area to check out Ovenly bakery and the owners Agatha Kulaga and Erin Patinkin. They take us a night out on the town with donuts and nachos!

Food: More like Dessert, Delicious Shaved Ice

October 10, 2014 by kellyannbrooke Leave a Comment

A food cart that specializes in a yummy dessert treat – shaved ice found in New York City’s South Street Seaport. Reserve Channel interviews the 3 co-founders Danny Che, David Sat and Kenneth Sa of Wooly’s Ice. Imported from Taiwan, the 3 co-founders hope to spread Wolly’s Ice across America.

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: dessert, New York City, NYC, shaved ice, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Wooly's Ice

Food: The Ultimate Pupusas Food Truck

September 22, 2014 by kellyannbrooke Leave a Comment

Okay, I’m getting really hungry now watching all these food shows on the Reserve and Munchies channel! Located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC, the El Olomega food truck cooks and sells the ultimate yummy Pupusas. Siblings Janet and Marcos Lainez have been dishing this El Salvadorian street food for over 25 years.

Food: The Ultimate Churros

September 2, 2014 by Stephen Jang 1 Comment

When I lived in LA, you could not escape the sights and smells of churros and those amazing bacon wrapped hot dogs from the street vendors. These food items would hit the spot after the bars and clubs let it out or when you had that 1am in the morning food craving. And yes, I’m a fan of a good churro and it looks like I got to head to NYC for this tasty snack.

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Alex Raij, bread, Brooklyn, churro, churros, dough, dougnut, La Vara, latin, Mexican, New York City, NYC, snack, Spanish

Step Aside Godzilla, It’s time for Stay Puft LEGO Rampage

June 3, 2014 by kellyannbrooke 1 Comment

While everybody is awaiting for the release of the LEGO Ghostbuster toy this month, here’s a custom LEGO build of Stay Puft marshmallow rampaging through New York streets. This city-street probably took months of planning and thousands of LEGO bricks.

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Geeky, Movies, Toys Tagged With: bricks, Ghostbusters, Lego, marshmallow, New York City, NYC, OliveSeon, South Korea, Stay Puft

Staple Pigeon 2014 Spring Lookbook

April 2, 2014 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Not to be mistaken for Staples, the brick and mortar shop that sells office supples, this is STAPLE. Since 1997, they’ve been repping NYC streetwear culture and lifestyle. For Lookbook, they’ve teamed up with online retailer Karmaloop for their look for 2014 Spring.

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Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: Hoodies, Lookbook, New York City, NYC, Pigeon, spring 2014, Staple

Famous People as Toy Action Figures

December 6, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

If you’re in the New York City area head to the Jonathan LeVine Gallery to check out the works of artist Michael Leavitt’s “Empire Peaks.” If you like toy action figures and pop icons put together, then this is it.

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Filed Under: Art Tagged With: action figures, Empire Peaks, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Michael Leavitt, New York City, NY, pop art

Beastie Boys Art Tribute Gallery

June 12, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Photo by Abrahan Garza.

In New York City this past Friday June 8, 2012, David Lowbrow Pilgrim and East End Studio paid tribute to the Beastie Boys with an art exhibit – “Intergalactic Planetary.” Over 30 local NYC artists contributed their Beastie Boys inspired art.

For info and pics from the Beastie Boys art tribute, go to: Houston Press – Intergalactic Planetary.