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This Is What It’s Like Dealing Weed In New York City
07 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
New York’s bicycle couriers are well-known around the world. These madmen on the two-wheels risk their bodies, dodging between cars in the city’s bustling traffic. The underground weed market in NY also makes use of this type of delivery. Journalist Hunter Stuart spent a day delivering weed alongside one of New York’s bicycle weed couriers. Here’s his story.
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The Rich Choose London Over New York
06 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The European capital has moved into top spot, displacing New York as the world’s greatest city for the stinking rich. The eighth annual Wealth Report has named London as the desired capital for people who have private bankers with accents.
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Everyone In New York Is Freaking Out Over This ‘Devil Baby’ [VIDEO]
15 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Is it a good-natured prank? Was it made by people with daddy issues? The answer is neither, really.
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Pinball Returns To New York City
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Vintage arcade games are truly making a comeback. On 362 Third Avenue between 26th and 27th streets in New York City, a brand new pinball “sales and interactive showroom” has opened – but it’s really just a time warp back to the golden age of pinball.
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Billy Joel Has Made His Historical Announcement – Here It Is
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In a massively unexpected move, Billy Joel attended a New York press conference,where he said he would assume residency at Madison Square Garden.
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This Map Will Help You Find The Best Cofffee In New York, Paris And London
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If you’re anything like us, your love for coffee knows no bounds. And while you might be on good terms with your local barista, travelling abroad and not knowing where to get your morning cuppa is an awful thought.
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Bono And the Edge Play Daft Punk Hit [VIDEO]
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just after the charity auction in New York that saw a Mac Pro sell for R9.8 million, Bono and the Edge got down to some serious partying.
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This Andy Warhol Painting Sold For A Billion Rand Yesterday
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been some really, really big art deals lately. Just this week, the worlds most expensive artwork was sold for R1.4 billion. And another billion-rand deal was finalised just yesterday. Dollar bills everywhere.
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Enjoy These Instagram Videos Of Leo DiCaprio Celebrating His Birthday With Kanye West And 2 Chainz
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Leonardo turned 39 on Monday, and what better way to celebrate than with Kanye West and 2 Chainz? Right? The two mega-rappers performed in an impromptu gig for DiCaprio at swanky New York Nightclub, ‘Tao’. We have for you some Instagram videos from the night – please enjoy.
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Car Force One: The Most High Tech Cab In New York
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For a fee, New Yorkers can now enjoy the fully pimped out experience from within a cab – the Car Force One. We’re talking plasma screens, Xbox 360s, Cable TV and two mobile printers. According to Car Force One founder and CEO Ishai, the company’s priority is customer satisfaction. “My company is not about the car, it’s about the service. It’s for the clients.”
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Wednesday Morning Spice
06 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
SA and North Korea – best mates. Novak v Roger result. Mango Airlines sex pest CFO is delusional. Hong Kong snapping up JHB land. They’re selling corpses at a JHB hospital. New York has a new mayor.
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Here’s A Handy Compilation Of All Of Banksy’s New York Graffiti [GALLERY]
01 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Banksy has hordes of Americans drooling and panting over his most recent installations all over New York. In October, he took a 31-day ‘residency’ in the streets of NY, and in that time managed to turn 5 neighbourhoods into one massive graffiti scavenger hunt. His stay caused waves across American media, as he taunted Mayor Bloomberg, criticised the new world trade centre design and filled a slaughterhouse delivery truck filled with animatronic pig and sheep plush toys.
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Uber Is Delivering Kittens In New York
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apparently October 29 is National Cat Day in the United States. Not being Americans, it’s understandable that no one here knows, or indeed cares. But still, National Cat Day is worth remarking on because yesterday, Uber hand delivered kittens for people to play with if they lived in New York, San Francisco, or Seattle.
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Fake Banksy Art Sells Out In Same Place Banksy’s Real Art Didn’t Sell [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How’s this for irony? When Banksy himself tried to sell his own original canvases in Central Park at $60 a pop, there were a few locals who came and bought his stuff. Few – but not many. A week later, some random dudes pitched up with some fake Banksy canvases, and they sold out in just one hour. Mental.
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They’ve Got E-Cigarette Lounge/Bars In New York Now
18 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A few days ago we posted a story about how anti-smoking lobbies were shouting down e-cigarettes. Despite the negative press, e-cigarettes are coming on strong, unabated by the efforts of corporate-sponsored anti e-cigarette protests, and a recent development in NY has seen a the construction of a sprawling e-cigarette bar in the heart of the city.
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Warning: Don’t Play The Trumpet In Front Of The Angriest Man In The World [VIDEO]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’re sad to present proof that the kinds of people who troll the comments section of News24 exist in real life. What we have here is a highly-educated, classicly trained, contemporaneously-trained New Yorker screaming at a street busker for being a “no talent, self-consumed, mediocre piece of shit.”
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New Yorkers Just Missed Banksy Selling Million-Dollar Art On The Street For $60 [VIDEO]
14 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well imagine the hundreds and thousands of people that walked past Banksy’s New York street stand, not realising they could buy his art – worth millions – for a few dollars. One woman even negotiated a 50% discount!
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Rare Banksy Interview Plus New Artworks From Around New York City [PICS]
09 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Banksy has broken his silence with a rare and “confidential” interview with the Village Voice. He’s been living in New York now and made the streets home to his exhibit, entitled “Better Out Than In”.
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Madonna Was Raped At Knifepoint
07 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Before Madonna was Madonna she was just another blonde girl looking to make it big in New York City. In a recent cover story for the November issue of Haper’s Bazaar, the Queen of Pop opened up about her early days starting out in the Big Apple, and how it was no walk in the park.
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Banksy’s New Street Art Comes Complete With Audio Guide
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Banksy is attempting to host an art exhibit, titled “Better Out Than In,” on the streets of New York. Last week, we brought you a new artwork of his spotted on the streets of LA – it seems that was just the beginning of the elusive artist’s master plan.
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Things Are This Bad: New York Now Has “Texting Zones” On Their Highways
25 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the New York City highways would be getting their very own ‘Texting Zones.’ He said that these zones will be put in to place to deter drivers from texting while driving.
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First Look Inside Facebook’s New York City Office Space [PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Social media giant, Facebook announced their plans earlier this year to move their offices to the Big Apple. Their headquarters relocation will be refreshing change for staff from their current location in Bank Of America Tower, especially as Frank Gehry will be designing the space.
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Jozi’s Audacious Plan To Become “New York In Africa”
10 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The City of Gold wants to transform into the “New York of Africa”. The plan will take 10 years to complete and R101 billion to provide the 4,4 million residents with a New York-esque Johannesburg.
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Roman Abramaovich’s Yacht Is In Manthattan And Someone Got Some Nice Closeup Pics Of It [Gallery]
07 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s not every day that one gets closeup shots of the second biggest yacht in the world. Roman Abramovich’s yacht, Eclipse is a mysterious beast and whilst these pics show closeups of the outside, we’re yet to see inside.
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Say Hello To 1 World Trade Center – The Tallest Building In The Western Hemisphere [GALLERY + VIDEO]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The rebuilding of the One World Trade Centre has been completed. Construction workers cheered as the final pieces of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere were installed. One World Trade Center will stand at 1,776 feet (541 m) tall. Check out the impressive pictures.
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Film Honouring Nelson Mandela Takes Over New York’s Times Square [VIDEO]
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
WATCH how the inspirational words of Nelson Mandela are taking over Times Square. Absolutely beautiful!
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Pizza Fashion Is Becoming A Thing In New York [PICS]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Who said pizza was just for eating? Some people say you are what you eat, but nobody said, “wear your food.” Little did you know that we have some pizza wearing Lady Gaga’s on our hands – well to a certain extent. It’s all in the design of pizza clothing and use of pizza toppings […]
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This Home In New York City Is For Sale At R1,1 Billion [Photo Gallery]
23 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You can get a helluva lot of apartment in New York city for $2 million. And you can get way too much for, say, $10 million. But what exactly do you get for $125 million?
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The Views Of New York From The World Trade Center’s New Observation Deck Are Breathtaking [GALLERY]
03 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The construction of the World Trade Center’s first tower is almost complete, and to build excitement, the New York Port Authority has offered a glimpse of the Big Apple from the 100th floor of the observation deck. And they are incredible, but that’s probably to be expected from the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, […]
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New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as […]
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