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Romeo + Juliet - The L Magazine Presents SummerScreen

WhenWed, July 21, 6pm – 8pm

WhereMcCarren Park (42 Dobbin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222)

Descriptionhttp://nerdyorkcity.yuku.com/topic/194 -- Over the last five summers, SummerScreen has lured thousands of Brooklynites out of their stuffy apartments with the promise of cold beer and classic movies under the stars. Bring a blanket, drink beer, eat tacos, and quote "vaya con dios" with 3,000 other Patrick Swayze fans.

The Metropolitan Opera in Brooklyn Bridge Park

It was an amazing evening. The weather was beautiful and so were the voices. The park is still a work in progress but it is splendiferous (I love that word)! And it was completely free, all I spent was the 2.25 for the train ride there (I got a ride home).

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Wanna see the Metropolitan Opera for free?

For a few weeks the Metropolitan Opera is putting on free shows in parks all over the city. Here is a schedule:

Central Park SummerStage
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Michael Fabiano, tenor
Jonathan Kelly/Julie Gunn, pianists

Crotona Park (Bronx)
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monica Yunus, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
Donovan Singletary, bass-baritone
Jonathan Kelly, pianist

Brooklyn Bridge Park (Brooklyn)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Michael Fabiano, tenor
Jonathan Kelly, pianist

Tappan Park (Staten Island)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monica Yunus, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
Donovan Singletary, bass-baritone
Jonathan Kelly, pianist

Queens Bridge Park (Queens)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monica Yunus, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
Donovan Singletary, bass-baritone
Jonathan Kelly, pianist

Jackie Robinson Park (Manhattan)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monica Yunus, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
Donovan Singletary, bass-baritone
Jonathan Kelly, pianist

So to make up for my lazyness...

Here are some free events going on in Central Park throughout the month of July. I thought I would post this to make up for miss Walking Wednesdays.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 7 p.m.
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, El Guincho, Anita Tijoux. Presented in association with the 11th Annual LAMC
Electronic rock from Mexico, Barcelonan psychedelic Tropicalia and Chilean/French hip hop give you a taste of the diversity that is Latin Alternative music today.
Free!

Saturday, July 10, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Maldita Vecindad, The Pinker Tones, and Profectas
Latin American rock stars from Mexico City and Barcelona dish out an explosion of ska, electopop and funk.
Free!

Sunday, July 11, 2010 | 3 p.m.
SummerStage Concert: Dr. Jimmy Cliff, Trevor Hall, & Victor Deme
The king of Jamaican reggae plays alongside roots newcomers from South Carolina and Burkina Faso.
Free!

Saturday, July 17, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Raphael Saadiq, Aloe Blacc, and Special Guests
Award-winning songwriting/producer/performer Raphael Saadiq brings new meaning to old soul.
Free!

Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Global Family Day presented in association with Parents® House of Kids: Featuring Ralph’s World, Bethany and Rufus and Cirque-tacular Entertainment
An afternoon of family fun with songs that kids and grown-ups will treasure equally.
Free!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Comedy Central Park presents The Daily Show and Friends, hosted by Lewis Black
SummerStage is pleased to welcome back Comedy Central for our fourth annual free comedy program. This show will feature stand-up performances by correspondents and friends of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart including Rory Albanese, John Oliver, Rob Riggle and more.
Free!

Saturday, July 24, 2010 | 8 p.m.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to SummerStage for a weekend of cutting edge dance performances.
Free!

Sunday, July 25, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold
An inside look into the past, present and future of West African music.
Free!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Black Keys
The Morning Benders
Bluesy indie pop and rock, supercharged with energy, gritty riffs and wild emotion.
Free!

Saturday, July 31, 2010 | 3 p.m.
Jovanatti, Los Amigos Invisibles, Natalia Lafourcade
A convergence of pop superstars from Italy, Venezuela and Mexico represent the global connectivity and collective ability to merge musical genres of dance, elctro, hip-hop and pop.
Free!

I Fixed it

Here are my pictures from the Stumble Inn during the USA v. Ghana game last week.

Watching the World Cup

Even though the American team lost I had a great time watching the game. The Stumble in had such a great atmosphere Saturday that the lose was bearable, the half priced bar didn't hurt either. I can't get my pictures to upload but I will be working on posting them.

Tomorrow will be my first walking Wednesday where I will pick a neighborhood or two to walk through and explore. I will be sharing my pictures and a brief history of the places I explore.

Until then.

I Got the Name of The Bar from Yesterday.

Its called The Dram Shop, and its a short walk from the 7th ave stop on the F train. It was a really good place with really good World Cup happy hour specials.

World Cup/Wimbledon Wednesday

USA! USA!

One great and cheap way to watch world cup soccer is to stay home or go to a friends house and watch it on ESPN. This is especially true with games that start at 9:30 am like the US v. Algeria game this morning. Although I don't no much (see anything) about soccer I love to watch international sports especially when the US is involved. The US won and moves on to play the runner up of Group D (Ghana) saturday afternoon.

Later on my buddy (Lauren) and I went to a bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn (When I remember the name I'll post it) for the Germany v. Ghana game. Germany went on to win.

This game was followed by the longest Wimbledon match EVER! Sheesh its has been going on for two days now, I got tired just watching it. But it was something else.

Now I know that it isn't really free or cheap for that matter to go to a bar and watch a game since it is a bit rude to go to a bar and not order anything, but there are some really good deals out there for the World Cup. This place had $3 draughts including Guinness, Sam Adams, and Stella.

Good luck to the US soccer on Saturday. And hopefully someone will win the Mahut Isner match just to put the poor guys out of their misery.

Yoga in Times Square!

What better way to celebrate the Summer Solstice then by doing Bikram yoga for the first time in the hot noonday sun in Times Square with your best friend? I couldn't think of one, so thats what I did. It was so much fun, I would actually do it on a regular basis if at all possible. (Here is the link to the official site with pictures. )

At the end I was sweaty and gross but felt amazing. What a site it was to see hundreds of people moving in unison confidently (sort of) while tourists snapped pictures and video of us were shown of the jumbo-tron.

Here are some of my pictures from before we started:

Hi!

Welcome to my blog! Since today is the Solstice I decided that this would be the best day to start the blog about my summer and how I'm going to try to spend as little money as possible and have a crazy good time in my hometown, New York City.

These are the tools I will be needing:

A Metrocard

My legs

Lots of water

Sun block

A buddy

A good buck for train and bus rides

A Bike (for days I'm feeling adventurous)

And an open mind

I hope you keep checking back to see how my summer is going. :)