It takes skill, finesse and crazy-good swerving skills to bike through the jam-packed streets of New York City safely.

And capturing all that makes up heroic...

New York City is our homebase and where we launched our very first edition. And 2012 was a great year to be a New Yorker and a BSC reader (except for that whole devastating hurricane thing...that was pretty trash balls).

There are a lot of cowboy impersonators among us.

And while we give 'em props for trying, boots and a farm-ready bod don't give you true-grit status.

We all want a New Year's worth remembering, but can't always stay sober enough to recall the details.

Ring in the New Year without the hangover at one of these alternative celebrations...

An arm wrestle will always separate the strong from the weak, the winners from the losers and the people who vigorously exercise one arm daily from those that don't.

Settling the score once and for all (at least, for the year 2012) is the 35th Annual Empire State Arm Wrestling Championships.

Nothing kills the Southern Belle fantasy quite like Honey Boo Boo or one of her mom's seven necks.

Held at la.venue in Chelsea, 10+ tasting stations give attendees...