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Dave Speaks | Support Your Local Bookstores

Dave Speaks | Support Your Local Bookstores

Want to order a book but NOT from Amazon?

Here's how you can support your local bookstores and business! There are a TON of independent bookstores in Brooklyn where you can pick up your next summer read. So many hidden literary gems abound and some even have a coffee bar — doing both things you like all while supporting a local business.

Dave's Picks | NYC Restaurant Week Returns!

Dave's Picks | NYC Restaurant Week Returns!

Created in 1992, over 500 restaurants across the city will be participating in NYC Restaurant Week - which will run for over a month, from July 19 to Aug 22.

This highly anticipated yearly event is to celebrate and recognize the city's culinary scene and encourage people to eat out, fixed priced meals at participating restaurants.

Was the Astor Place Kmart Haunted?

Was the Astor Place Kmart Haunted?

And other thoughts on its closing...

If you lived in New York before the pandemic, you would have noticed walking past Astor Place the huge K-mart store on the corner of the street, right outside the Astor Place stop train station.

Move over LA, NEW YORK leads in everything — people and traffic

Move over LA, NEW YORK leads in everything — people and traffic

New York

the city that is well known for its convenient public transport and MTA subway system — is now the leading city in the U.S in terms of traffic, surpassing LA, the 'City of Cars' culture in four decades.

New York City heatwave, A/C, and trees ...

New York City heatwave, A/C, and trees ...

Oh My!

It's been a moderately hot New York City summer, to say the least. New York has been under a heat advisory in the last couple of weeks with the weather hitting record-breaking temperatures.

Dave's Picks | Tips for being a freelance creative in NYC

Dave's Picks | Tips for being a freelance creative in NYC

I'm a freelancer and haven't been paid yet? What can I do?

New York City, home to the pinnacle of creatives and advertising.

If you're a freelancer, you will know exactly what I'm talking about.

Dave's Picks | New York Movie Park Nights

Dave's Picks | New York Movie Park Nights

Tired of HBO and chill?

Maxed out your Hulu account? Is Netflix still asking you if you are watching?

Take a break from your TV and explore what's on the big screen this summer! Brooklyn is the place to be for film lovers.

Dave's Picks | Bibs Out, Bushwick: Michelin Approves Of These 7 Local Spots

Dave's Picks | Bibs Out, Bushwick: Michelin Approves Of These 7 Local Spots

Foodie alert

Speak to Dave always aims to share the latest or greatest hot spots in the hoods we rep. So hats off to Bushwick Daily for compiling this hot hot list of Michelin approved (“good little restaurants” or bib gourmands: lower-key restaurants selected by “guide inspectors for their very good value for money”) all of which are likely walking distance from wherever you hang your chapeaus. Oh hello 16 Manhattan and 32 Varet peeps .. who’s hungry now?

Dave's Picks | NYT | ‘Zoetrope’ Review: And You Thought Your Apartment Was Small?

Dave's Picks | NYT | ‘Zoetrope’ Review: And You Thought Your Apartment Was Small?

They say … you can start by disregarding thread count. Here’s what else the pros know that you may not.

Let’s talk about glorious sleep and the art of how we do it best. While there may be as many ways to make a bed as there are doing dishes, with myriad choices from sheets and quilts to coverlets and duvets, one secret of life is that sleep is king and rules the day and your bedding shouldn’t stress you out. In this piece experts offer suggestions for dressing our bed, not unlike dressing to express ourselves and move through life as our best self.

Dave's Picks | NYT | There’s an Art to Making Your Bed

Dave's Picks | NYT | There’s an Art to Making Your Bed

They say … you can start by disregarding thread count. Here’s what else the pros know that you may not.

Let’s talk about glorious sleep and the art of how we do it best. While there may be as many ways to make a bed as there are doing dishes, with myriad choices from sheets and quilts to coverlets and duvets, one secret of life is that sleep is king and rules the day and your bedding shouldn’t stress you out. In this piece experts offer suggestions for dressing our bed, not unlike dressing to express ourselves and move through life as our best self.

Dave's Picks | NYT | Welcome to the YOLO Economy

Dave's Picks | NYT | Welcome to the YOLO Economy

File Under: Choose happiness. Now?

Here’s a fascinating piece regarding a COVID trend, courtesy of WFH and the perils of our seemingly never ending lockdown. Perhaps you’ve made similar moves or know folks who, in the spirit of YOLO, were able to leave stable jobs in favor of postpandemic adventure? While we realize not everyone is fortunate to be so flexible as to abandon jobs or even careers in pursuit of happiness, it does beg a good look at the ways we can adapt, how perspectives shift, and how we prioritize as a society when backed into the corners of our homes, in order to simply stay alive. So this piece questions, when do we get to start living on our own terms?