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Sent February 16, 2012
Great idea for a screeplay: Over The Top II!

The Diamond in Brooklyn hosts women’s arm wrestling competitions

When you think of arm wrestling, you probably picture burly lumberjacks, smoked-filled back rooms and Popeye-like freaks of nature.

But forearm-busting ladies? Nuh-uh...

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Sent February 17, 2012
BINGO!!!

The craziest bingo night you've never heard of

"Anything fun sober is twice as nice inebriated."
―Indira Gandhi.

OK, it was really our neighbor, one-nostril...

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Sent February 23, 2012
Admit it - this has been your secret fantasy since 7th grade

iAdventure hosts unique events for New Yorkers

The question of all questions: "What do you want to do tonight?"

Flash forward three hours and you're back in your regular bar, bobbing to Lady Gaga and silently questioning the purpose of this transient existence...

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Sent April 18, 2012
Out on bail fresh, outta jail, California dreamin', Soon as I stepped on the scene, the beanbags started flingin'

SaloonNYC hosts a regular bar cornhole tournament

Technology has come a long way in the past 100 years. Trampoline dodegball, holographic dead rappers, a cure for polio — all equally awesome in their own way.

But sometimes the old stuff stands the test of time, like good 'ol...

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Sent January 27, 2012
Aruliden makes table tennis look like high art

Aruliden makes table tennis look like high art

The pong Renaissance is here to stay!

Specialty pong clubs have been opening around the country and Barack Obama even knocked the ball around with...

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Sent March 1, 2012
Wear green. Think pink. Have fun.

Spend St. Patrick's Day with Turtle Bay's Lepracon

St Patrick's Day: nominally about celebrating Irish heritage; really about dodging green hued vomit.

So why not go to an early St. Pat's Day party that's actually about having fun and benefiting the fight against...

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Sent March 9, 2012
Ping Pong at the Standard

Table tennis gets classy at this swanky new hotel garden

Between acai berry-infused calvados cocktails and underground Szechuan empanada clubs, having fun in New York City can be pretty silly unless you're dressed as the Monopoly Man.

Which is why we're glad the new Standard East Village (formerly the Cooper Square Hotel) features a fully functional...

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Sent March 15, 2012
For real Dick Vitale is creepy -- especially in that latest Hooters commercial

Drinking dens that serve more than just hoops

The excitement, the Cinderella stories, the overt creepiness of Dick Vitale hanging around minors — we at BSC love March Madness!

But not everybody does.

Here's a selection of brew houses that'll make the tourney fun for everyone in your posse...

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Sent March 21, 2012
Behold - the ramp to salvation.

The 300 bowling alley and bar has a new game center

Post-workout routines usually go like this: shower, change, trudge home and stare into oblivion as the slow march of death inexorably marches closer.

Well not anymore!...

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Sent February 3, 2012
Real authentic unironic fun with geniune ironic people!

NYC table tennis den finds a home in Williamsburg

Low ceilings, gloom and the threat of a rusty shank lodged in your windpipe are what many people associate with billiard halls.

And that’s where, with few exceptions, you find ping-pong tables.

Well not anymore...

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