Virginia K. Smith
@vksmith.bsky.social
co-founder @nygroove.nyc, digital @marketplace.org
haters, waiters etc. nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...
What an embarrassing time to be a New York City hater
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race triumph puts the lie to New York City’s doubters and haters
nygroove.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
haters, waiters etc. nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...
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. @davecolon.bsky.social bids good riddance to the worst rubbish imaginable nygroove.nyc/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo was the worst of us
Andrew Cuomo has cemented his legacy as a man who will do anything, say anything, hurt anyone, just to keep a grip on power.
nygroove.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
. @davecolon.bsky.social bids good riddance to the worst rubbish imaginable nygroove.nyc/andrew-cuomo...
a story about the movie industry that's actually hopeful and not depressing? only in new york, baby nygroove.nyc/10-microcine...
Microcinemas are booming in New York City — here’s where to find them
The larger theater industry may be struggling, but small independents are having a moment
nygroove.nyc
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
a story about the movie industry that's actually hopeful and not depressing? only in new york, baby nygroove.nyc/10-microcine...
take the quiz right now or someone will show up at your door and make you move to columbus nygroove.nyc/real-new-yor...
Quiz: How much of a real New Yorker are you?
This quiz gets right to the heart of it: what makes someone a New Yorker or a filthy transplant
nygroove.nyc
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
take the quiz right now or someone will show up at your door and make you move to columbus nygroove.nyc/real-new-yor...
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even below the ground, the rent is too damn high. @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/funeral-cost...
Can you afford to die in New York City?
Being dead won’t save you from the city’s housing crisis
nygroove.nyc
October 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
even below the ground, the rent is too damn high. @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/funeral-cost...
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We’re having a great time
@johnalight.bsky.social
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October 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We’re having a great time
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@amidanruo.bsky.social
@ndhapple.bsky.social
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goodnight, Irene's 😔 nygroove.nyc/here-are-som...
Here are some dive bars we miss
Let's remember some dives.
nygroove.nyc
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
goodnight, Irene's 😔 nygroove.nyc/here-are-som...
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Open House NY is coming up and tickets go up tomorrow so you better read @vksmith.bsky.social's guide if you want to be prepared to be nosy! nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...
The best things to see at Open House New York 2025
It's your annual chance to gain access to the city's coolest, usually-off-limits sites — for free
nygroove.nyc
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Open House NY is coming up and tickets go up tomorrow so you better read @vksmith.bsky.social's guide if you want to be prepared to be nosy! nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...
it's the most wonderful time of the year (Open House New York season) nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...
The best things to see at Open House New York 2025
It's your annual chance to gain access to the city's coolest, usually-off-limits sites — for free
nygroove.nyc
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
it's the most wonderful time of the year (Open House New York season) nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...
excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/
Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you
Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!
nygroove.nyc
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/
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We call ours Gorfield. We even gave him a bowtie. No matter how bad life is going for you at least you know you're doing better than him.
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We call ours Gorfield. We even gave him a bowtie. No matter how bad life is going for you at least you know you're doing better than him.
incredible things happening on Facebook marketplace…..
September 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
incredible things happening on Facebook marketplace…..
sorry for filling all of you with unreasonable hope that your favorite defunct dive bar might also someday come back nygroove.nyc/siberia-bar-...
Siberia, one of New York City’s scummiest dive bars, has reopened — again
The late '90s dive bar inside a subway station has found a new home inside a different subway station, two decades after shutting its doors.
nygroove.nyc
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
sorry for filling all of you with unreasonable hope that your favorite defunct dive bar might also someday come back nygroove.nyc/siberia-bar-...
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Raleigh vs. Judge what is this a North Carolina gerrymandering lawsuit?
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Raleigh vs. Judge what is this a North Carolina gerrymandering lawsuit?
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if your plan was to turn to sports to escape the endless onslaught of awful news, we've got bad news pal nygroove.nyc/mets-fans-ba...
Mets fans balk at ICE ad onslaught during games
ICE recruitment ads have been all over the sports airwaves, shattering escapism
nygroove.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
if your plan was to turn to sports to escape the endless onslaught of awful news, we've got bad news pal nygroove.nyc/mets-fans-ba...
big things happening in midtown 👍🏻
September 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
big things happening in midtown 👍🏻
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Sleeping With Other people came out 10 years ago today, and remains a criminally underrated entry in the NYC rom-com canon, plus a time capsule of the de Blasio-era city.
plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
nygroove.nyc/happy-10th-b...
plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
nygroove.nyc/happy-10th-b...
Happy 10th birthday Sleeping With Other People, an excellent little New York rom-com
An understated, modest movie that feels familiar as a city movie because its characters just live here, like you do.
nygroove.nyc
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sleeping With Other people came out 10 years ago today, and remains a criminally underrated entry in the NYC rom-com canon, plus a time capsule of the de Blasio-era city.
plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
nygroove.nyc/happy-10th-b...
plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
nygroove.nyc/happy-10th-b...
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one of the few actually good things to come out of the pandemic — curbside dining — is on life support, but it's not too late to turn things around nygroove.nyc/curbside-din...
New York destroyed outdoor dining. Curbside Restaurant Week is trying to save it
Help save outdoor dining, and get some cheap drinks doing it
nygroove.nyc
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
one of the few actually good things to come out of the pandemic — curbside dining — is on life support, but it's not too late to turn things around nygroove.nyc/curbside-din...
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some ghouls are still trying to plunk this hideous casino down in the middle of coney island, you've still got time to tell 'em what you think, @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/coney-island...
Your last chance to speak out against the Coney Island casino is coming up
After a summer of activism, the final public hearing is coming up next week
nygroove.nyc
September 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
some ghouls are still trying to plunk this hideous casino down in the middle of coney island, you've still got time to tell 'em what you think, @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/coney-island...
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Catch up on DREAM with @vksmith.bsky.social's story on how they created 'the ultimate guerilla hating campaign'
September 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Catch up on DREAM with @vksmith.bsky.social's story on how they created 'the ultimate guerilla hating campaign'
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GrowNYC — which runs farmers markets all over the city — is shrinking and needs your help, because apparently healthy food is not part of the whole 'make america healthy again" idea. @vksmith.bsky.social reports: nygroove.nyc/grownyc-is-s...
GrowNYC is shrinking and needs your help
Both local and federal budget cuts have come for one of the city's most reliable, affordable grocery options
nygroove.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
GrowNYC — which runs farmers markets all over the city — is shrinking and needs your help, because apparently healthy food is not part of the whole 'make america healthy again" idea. @vksmith.bsky.social reports: nygroove.nyc/grownyc-is-s...
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What if the grocery store was run like the library? I gathered up a few ideas on how Zohran Mamdani's city-owned grocery store proposal might actually work nygroove.nyc/city-owned-g...
How to make a city-owned grocery store actually work
Can you imagine if a grocery store was run like the library?
nygroove.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What if the grocery store was run like the library? I gathered up a few ideas on how Zohran Mamdani's city-owned grocery store proposal might actually work nygroove.nyc/city-owned-g...
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Stuff this in your bag of chips: it's Grocery Week in @nygroove.nyc! nygroove.nyc/email/3c1c33...
Issue No. 109: Grocery week! Trader Mamdani's? 🛒 + Save the greenmarkets 🥬
It's Grocery Week here at The Groove and that means we're packing your cart with two ripe, juicy articles about the way we shop for food and fondle produce in this city. This hits home for us because ...
nygroove.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Stuff this in your bag of chips: it's Grocery Week in @nygroove.nyc! nygroove.nyc/email/3c1c33...
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still cheaper than a bag of chips from whole foods. bam. next
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
still cheaper than a bag of chips from whole foods. bam. next
still thinking about the lady I passed in midtown earlier carrying a copy of codependent no more in one hand a vape in the other
August 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
still thinking about the lady I passed in midtown earlier carrying a copy of codependent no more in one hand a vape in the other