Where to Eat

January 17, 2012 By Chris Taillie Leave a Comment

I’m a sucker for good year end list (aren’t we all?). I’ve thoroughly waded through many of the music lists and now I’ve got my sights set on…FOOD!

My new years resolution is not to lose weight or eat healthier but to visit as many restaurants as I can on Adam Platt’s Top 101 list and Sam Sifton’s Top 10 new joints of 2011 list. Here’s a slideshow.

The Times’ $25 and Under crew also made their own Top 10 list.

Started the year with the Franks’ Prime Meats, which was amazing and heavily meat-focused. Our spread included roasted marrow bones, lamb stew, sauerkraut with pork belly, beef tongue and sausages (!)…gut-busting, cold weather eatin’ at its finest.

NY Mag's Adam Platt listed his top 101 NYC restaurants to visit

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The Grey Lady Unveiled

October 18, 2011 By Kyle Leave a Comment

Anyone remotely interested in the business of media, politics, journalism – particularly at the New York Times – needs to track down ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times.’ The 2011 documentary spans the WikiLeaks saga, Comcast/GE deal, and bankruptcies at daily newspapers across the US, all while examining the rapid shift from printed word to Tweet.

It’s an unusually inside look at the NYT war rooms, particular the media desk, creating something of a meta “media covering media covering media” story that stays surprisingly clear and focused. Particularly compelling is David Carr, the straight-shooting reporter (and former crack addict) who ends up as the unlikely protagonist, defending the NYT while sparring with representatives from new media entities like Gawker.

Whether you’re a senior White House correspondent or aspiring music blogger, I’d highly advise you to set aside two hours for ‘Page One.’

‘Page One: Inside the New York Times’ trailer:

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Buying your way in through Facebook?

June 3, 2010 By Patrick Leave a Comment

Disney just launched a new way to buy movie tickets online. So far it’s just for their upcoming release Toy Story 3 but they’re planning on piloting it for this hit and then rolling out more movies to it.


Basically Disney Tickets Together is just an application that lets you buy tickets to the movie directly on Facebook, and then asks who you’d like to invite friends right at the point of purchase so that buying tickets instantly becomes a social activity.

Really Disney? You’ve socialized internet shopping. Now we can still do it from your underwear, during our favorite TV shows, and still skip all of the traffic/crowds/lines…but now we can do it with friends who are also in the comfort of their undergarments and Lazyboys. Just imagine! It could be a virtual shopping trip between you and your best friend, at any time of the day you want! Maybe even fire up the Skype video chat so you can talk and see each other’s reactions to various items? 

Okay, okay…maybe I’m getting ahead of myself here.

But something just as simple as movie tickets through Facebook would be concert tickets through Facebook. Why not? Most of us would probably agree that concerts are a much more social environment than watching a movie and going to a concert by yourself is just as lame as going to the movies by yourself. It’s a perfect fit for social online shopping, so I hope you promoters are taking interest.

You can read more about Disney’s Facebook application in the New York Times, and you can try it out on Facebook here.

And thanks to Chris Taillie for the inter office tip!

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