American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Arris Lofts, what a joke!

Hey, I have a great idea for you. Let’s convert an old warehouse/industrial building in the middle of nowhere, yes Long Island City is still nowhere, into a luxury loft complex and sell the one bedrooms for a million a pop. Let’s have a very expensive TV, Print, and email marketing campaign. Then, when 5 [...]

RESTAURANT REVIEW:
Awesome Pies from Down Under

My friend and I spent the night wandering around Red Hook (water taxi to the pier, art show by the docks, bought a bottle of bourbon up the way, dinner at Brasserie 360) and finally landed at DUB Pies.
We didn’t actually have any of the pies, but I can attest the excellence of everything else. [...]

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