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Lasio Studios is a boutique salon located in the heart of the East Village that specializes in the newest craze to hit hair salons nationwide: the Brazilian Hair Straightening. The Lasio Brazilian Hair Straightening treatment eliminates 85% of the curl and 100% of the frizz— [...]

MUST SEE Indie Film of 09?  Insidious
Seeking a way to finance his indie film, aspiring young director Donny Rocconi (James Schram) sets out to collect on debts owed — and soon finds himself entangled in a web of extortion, blood money and murder. When help from a mob-connected friend Gigetto (Augustus Diorio) lands Donny [...]

What do white leotards fashioned with zebra print, a historic church, and white feather boas have in common? Well nothing but at Douglas Dunn & Dancers performance of Cleave they do.
The costume: Every male and female dancer wore a white leotard with zebra print on them. Mimi Gross, the costume designer made each leotard a [...]

Man sees Woman with boobs (and drunk).
Man gets close to Boob Woman.
Man dances with Boob Woman.
Boob Woman is sandwiched between Man and Man #2.
Man #2 sees Woman #2 and leaves Boob Woman.
Man and Boob Woman take turns giving each other lap dances.
Man and Boob Woman were last seen leaving the bar together.

Last week, Bryce and I had the distinguished honor of dining at cozy East Village eatery Belcourt. While authentic, in-house ingredients made for a splendid meal, the cocktails that punctuated my dinner are what really had my head spinning (and I mean that quite literally).
While mixing liquor is either the mark of an amateur or an expert, I sampled [...]

The evening began by meeting my fantavulous and vivacious hostess of the evening, event planner and publicist extraordinaire- Christine Coppinger. Dressed to kill and a megawatt smile that lit up her eyes, Christine chatted me up on our way the ever so exclusive The Box.
Now all I had heard thus far was: a) you could [...]

On a block where sandwich boards are plentiful, Sophie Roan’s have always been eye-catching (my personal favorite sandwich board quote was “The First Draft Of Anything Is Shit– Ernest Hemingway”). But nowadays, the message reads something a bit more indicative of the times; a message that passersby can’t ignore.

Sophie Roan opened five years ago, offering a [...]