Recommendations - April 2008

New York, NY

• Vespa GTS 250ie. I hear if you get them in midnight blue they go faster. That's just what I heard.
• Gothamist.com. This site never fails to entertain and inform.
• YesButNoButYes. I STILL write for them. We just had a site refurbish. AND, I had several articles linked to by the likes of BoingBoing and Fark... which to the uninitiated is kind of a big deal.
• Shine a Light. It's the next best thing to being there. But see it in IMAX for the best experience.
  
• Dovetail. The Upper West Side's newest (and best reviewed) restaurant. I haven't tried the clam chowder, but supposedly it's the best in the city.
• Southland Tales. I'm not sure what it's about. I'm not sure I even liked it. But I'm really fucking intrigued.
• lululemon. I never want to take these pants off. Seriously, there were only a few short hours this past weekend that I didn't have them on.
• 305 Saint Marks Place. I've been looking at a lot of real estate lately. I came across this one, and it's as if someone took my ideal apartment and put it into this exceptional space. Too bad it's in Brooklyn. And too bad it's just a wee bit out of my price range.
• M3 Mobile. You thought Facebook was interactive?
• Golden Delicious, Mike Doughty. Mike's new album, featuring a reworking of one of my all time favorite songs, 27 Jennifers.
  

New Blogs - A few of the new ones I'm reading these days.

• Ye. Olde. Soul. Funny, insightful, and with a love of wine and music. (Including a shout-out to the very small but very good Homewood Winery in Sonoma.)
• Crescent. Phil Rossi's online novel.
• Chilled Monkey Brains. Friend (and roommate) Johnny Wright waxes poetic, philosophic, and sullen about all things pop-culture.