4am in penn station is not the place you wanna be when your train doesnt show up till 5:19. Or, actually it might be the place you wanna be. You see some funny stuff in Penn Station. Usually the cops keep order, but other times they are too lazy to stop any kind of inappropriate conduct. The trains leaving NYC to get home are so spread out at night that you have to plan your departure from the bars accordingly. 12:19, 1:19, 3:19 or 5:19.... that leaves plenty of time for people to pass the fuck out due to the amounts of alcohol they put their livers through. Search LIRR in youtube. LIRR DRUNKS, LIRR FIGHTS.... plenty of stuff should come up. These 2 victims of the snooze were found last night... and it was a Tuesday. You gotta see this place on a Saturday night or holiday.

The 248 rail

Long before I had any thoughts of sliding down a rail on my own I helped some local rollerbladers cut off the knob that was welded down the middle of this gem. That was prob 1994 and I finally got the courage to go down it in 2000. I borrowed my dads hacksaw and we went to town on the thing till it was ready to go. I doubt any of them did the rail... it was just something for us to do at the time. One local rollerblader made it on the Ringling Bro's circus but the rest of them would just boot around the curbs inside the park. George K along with anyone else from this area used this as their first rail. It has a downhill run up so you can just cruise to the thing and its prob the lowest rail youll find on real street. Its about mid bar and 9 steps. Ive prob seen at least 30 people ride this rail... but George K def holds the record for the most amount of moves actually pulled. Feeble, Switch Feeble, Manual, Crook, Smith, Nose Bonk to Icepick... yada yada yada.. The first time George did the rail was right after Christmas time... it was when all the houses on the block were throwing out their christmas trees for the garbage pick up. He collected like 5 trees and put them at the bottom of the rail for some extra padding. Threw on his brain bucket and slid down the thing. That was the start of rails for George and I'm sure you've seen him ride plenty more in videos and magazines over the years. Frank Macchio's X-up Crooked it (props scene report), Sean Buggy Over Iced it (Manmade Chapter 2), Dave King Toothpicked it, Keith Terra (when he had pegs) even double pegged it haha.... the rails got some miles but unfortnatley has been capped again by the NYC parks dept. I guess it'll take the next wave of riders around here to man up and put some arm work in to chop the thing off so its rideable again. Oh yea... some kid on long island slid down it after staring at it for about an hour. All it took was the threat that I would delete him from my myspace friends... he went right for it. 2nd try, pulled clean. I never thought that could be a driving force in someones life till that day.

Got lots of bmx tshirts? Betcha dont have one of these oldies. Animal 3/4 throwback from circa 2000ish.

Some people will do anything for those scrumptious little burgers. Last night we witnessed a dude passed out in his car blocking the drive thru lane. Not only did he completely pass the microphone area where you actually place your order he got around almost to the window where youd pick up your food and decide that was a good spot to catch some shut eye. Car running, window open, car in drive, foot on the brake... snooring. The people behind him were pissed... with my own addiction to the crave I dont know what Id do if I was stuck behind someone knowing that my order is ready only 20 feet away. He was obviously drunk so when the coppers finally showed up it was inevitable that he would be locked up. I guess enough crime happens at white castles around the country that they actually have 24 hour eyes in the sky. Not even 5 mins into this situation some dude starts talking over a microphone hooked up to the cameras. I guess they have a security hub somewhere that watches out for situations such as this. "hey, hey, you in the black car... wake up!". Pretty funny.... but lets you know.... Dont fuck around in White Castle. You are being watched.

Dont knock it till you try it. Despite the name, this has nothing to do with smoking. Hashing... its a drinking club with a running problem. I ran with these guys last week and it was an awesome time. Think of a running scavenger hunt around nyc with the destination being a bar. At the end you all party and fuel your liver with some tasty beer.

George K is throwin a one year anniversary party at Front Street on Saturday the 13th. Come out and show some support for the shop. George has been workin' hard to get the business off the ground for the past year putting in work every single day. Starting off as an online store (cantstopthekicks.com) he quickly grew too large to house all the merch in his basement.... and the Front Street storefront was born. Come out for a good time.... after party plans are in the works.