Fratboy: We went to that bar once cause I heard there were lots of skanks in there. But there were no skanks! It sucked.
–outside Blue & Gold, East Village
Fratboy: We went to that bar once cause I heard there were lots of skanks in there. But there were no skanks! It sucked.
–outside Blue & Gold, East Village
Columbia student #1: Would you like a free cookie from the Columbia anti‐Socialist club?
Columbia student #2: Shouldn’t that be “earn a cookie”?
–Morningside Heights
Overheard by: Mary Phillips‐Sandy
Arts Club guy: Hello, young woman! How may I help you?
Shaved head woman: Uh…can we get some drinks?
Arts Club guy: This is a private club. We’re closed.
Shaved head woman: Well, I am a member.
Arts Club guy: If you were a member, you would know that we were closed.
–National Arts Club, Gramercy Park South
Overheard by: Olivia + Will Halman
Club dude: May I ask you why you’re licking your handstamp?
Drunk teen guy: I wasn’t. They stamped me twice, and I had something in my tongue.
–The Knitting Factory, Leonard Street
Middle‐aged woman: I really never cared for skiing, but I was so alone in my marriage, I found it was a great way to meet men.
–Burritoville, 77th & 2nd
Meathead #1, to meathead #2: Hey! Want to go to a ballroom club?
–47th & Madison
Guy, to passersby: Game of chess? Play chess? Chess?…Also got chronic.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Phil
Indie guy: There are so many people here I know from MySpace, but none of them will look me in the face.
–Knitting Factory, Leonard Street
Guy: God, why is there always something with this place? Who are all of these lame yuppies here?
Girl: Who the fuck knows? But man, I swear, until White people learn how to dance, I am sooo boycotting shows at the Knitting Factory…
–Knitting Factory, Leonard Street
Overheard by: astralgirl01
Jogger girl #1: We should go out tonight to this cool new bar I heard of.
Jogger girl #2: Okay, where is it?
Jogger girl #1: Somewhere in the Fla‐teer‐on District.
Jogger girl #2: … You mean the Flatiron District?
Jogger girl #1: Oh my god, I’m such an idiot. I’ve been telling all my friends at work about it — why haven’t they corrected me?
–88th & York
Overheard by: Moderately amused
Girl: I’m pouring my heart out to you and all you can talk about is China Club!
–47th between Broadway & 8th
Overheard by: PJ
Thugged‐out camp counselor: Twenty dollars to get in?! This place better have an open bar ‘n’ some shit!
–Bronx Zoo
Overheard by: EthanK
Dude: Yo, this conversation is way too intellectual. Let’s go — I just wanna get drunk and find some hos…
–56th & 8th
Overheard by: JGT
30‐ish dude on cell: Yeah, he was so drunk he tried to pay the tab with his health insurance card. Then he got mad when they wouldn’t take it.
–43rd & 9th
Guy on phone: That bar sounds awful. I’ll be right there!
–53rd & 3rd
Girl: There’s a deli now.
Guy: They moved to Delhi?
Girl: No, there’s an Israeli deli there now, which tells you something about the scene.
Guy: I thought they moved to Delhi “where the trance scene is happening”.
–27th street office
