To commemorate the sad closing of Big Nick’s Burger and Pizza Joint after 51 years on the Upper West Side, here is a reprint one of the first pieces Elizabeth and I ever wrote together. From February 2012. Big Nick’s: A Veteran and a Newbie’s Perspectives Shawn Big Nick’s Burger and Pizza Joint is on… [Read More]
Cary Elwes and the Tasseled Nipple
During my 3 plus months exile in Iowa last year, I made it my mission to fill my every waking moment of my every brief trip to New York with light, color, action, art and madness and therefore suck the very marrow out of my all too limited time back in civilization. To this end… [Read More]
The Breathtaking Candid and Television Photography of Girk Tunker
A selection of photographs from Girk Tunker’s Too Much Time On My Hands collection.Observations and television watching from around New York, Maine and these United States. Disclaimer: NO photos have been Photoshopped or altered in any way. (Photos Courtesy of Dom Rosoff) -Shawn E Milnes Related Articles: A Tasteful Selection of Homoerotic Batman Images 12… [Read More]
The Bohemians in Brooklyn
The Bohemians Movie is an updated film version of Puccini’s La Bohème set in present day Williamsburg Brooklyn. As the current hot bed of counter cultural artistic expression, Williamsburg presents the perfect modern counter point to the Latin Quarter of Paris in the mid 1800’s. Produced by legendary tenor Plácido Domingo’s son, Alvaro Domingo, eleven-time… [Read More]
In Honor of Frankenstorm Sandy: 13 Exceedingly Bizarre Comic Book Monsters
In honor of the monstrous Hurricane Sandy, I am sharing a few selections from my exquisite collection of bizarre comic monsters. Let Mankind Beware.Above, Goom. Whom apparently nothing can stop. His son, Googam. Who will… [Read More]
The REAL Meaning of Fashion’s Night Out
On a recent tour of the Manhattan Gay leather bar scene I was introduced to the Handkerchief Code. Well I was introduced to a bunch of interesting and thought provoking stuff which will be the subject of later posts, but the Hanky Code is what I am going to discuss here. The Hanky Code, also… [Read More]
Fashion Week at Lincoln Center
We’re not plugged in to the New York fashion scene so of course we didn’t get invited to any of the Fashion Week events of 2012. Imagine our excitement when a partner at Elizabeth’s law firm gave us tickets to see the Barbara Siviglia collection at Lincoln Center. We got dressed up in our trendiest… [Read More]
