Gay #1: How is being gay going for you?
Gay #2: I don’t really jibe with the culture.
Gay #1: Like what?
Gay #2: The music.
–7A Cafe, East Village
Archive for the ‘Manhattan’ Category
The LA Flames Have Reached Manhattan
Piano Player: This song from 1980 by Christopher Cross is my favorite song in the whole world. –Piano Bar, UES
At Least You’ll Double Your Income
Frantic Chick: Where’s my bag? All my clothes were in there. Oh God, I have to dress like a whore for the next two weeks! –Costume Party, Dumbo
..And This is How They Undress
12 year old chick: You see? I told you! This is how the grown-ups dress. –East Village
The Economics of Clubs
Outside a Manhattan club: “Of course we’ll get in. We’re their customers. And of course those girls will get in first — they’re the product!”
Now that’s an education
Young woman at a party in Manhattan: “On the first day, the director of the department introduced us to the writing program and, when he asked us if we had any quesitons, one girl raised her hand and she asked, ‘Where are all the guys?’–that was the first question someone asked! I was so embarrassed.”
…and you’re the next douchebag
Hipster: Man, it’s like…SoHo’s becoming the next Williamsburg. –SoHo
I Think It’s Called Ballad of the Moron
Hipster #1: I’m really into Bossa Nova.
Hipster #2: I like her, too! What was the name of her hit song? The one that goes [starts humming]
–Yuppietown
NYC Forecast: Snow, Wind, Heavy Chance of Racism
Girl #1: I hate how my body is cold but my face is freezing off.
Guy: You could wear a ski mask.
Girl #1: But then you look like a douche.
Girl #2: Yeah, like that guy [across the street].
Girl #1: He’s not wearing a ski mask. He’s black.
–26th & 7th
Overheard by: Ricki Lagotte
The One Sentence Guide to Williamsburg
Indie girl: Defeatism is my Friendster. –2nd Avenue Overheard by: Sparkle Shortz