January 24, 2007
What Happens in Hell Square, Stays in Hell Square
The Observer has an article that, upon reading it, appears to have been written two years ago. "Blog Ghetto" scratches the surface of a scene that's been around for quite a while, and uncovers things such as: bloggers sometimes hang out with each other...and drink...at The Magician (and other "Hell Square" watering holes). The profile on the scene makes it seem very 90210-esque, even calling The Magician "Blogger High's Peach Pit" and picking out a Dylan McKay-esque resident stud (apparently A.J. Daulerio).
There is nothing mentioned of the drugs, the glaring hostilities between the different blog crews and what happens after The Magician closes. Sure there is reference to hook-ups and drug use ("one professional blogger confessed to The Observer her burning desire to somehow 'smoke pot and snort coke at the same time.'”), and the illicit "hot tub incident" ("One regular, however, did report an illicit hot-tub soak involving some of the city’s better-known bloggers, which resulted in their expulsion from the Hotel on Rivington")...but there's a lot unwritten between those lines (we suppose they are best not blogged about).
Of note: The hot tub incident included our very own Jake Dobkin (photo), which may be why he was answering The Observer's questions via email (dude was totally blacklisted after that).
Pictured: Jake Dobkin and Andrew Krucoff (Dobkoff?) at, where else, The Magician.
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Obviously bloggers sometimes hang out with each other...and do more then just drink...at The Magician
Even with drugs I bet these dorks found a way to make it boring and socially akward.
And the tail eats the head...
after Dobkin tagged that guy I splashed all over him
Haha. This post is so awesome; I love blog drama.
wow....that post & photo is so informative! thanks so much for that info! i hope CNN & the Times pick up this story and run with it!
Yeah, I got kicked out of a hotel for doing something in a hot-tub.
nerd alert
what the f? hell square? how corny, is that seriously referring to a neighborhood? hell's kitchen. how ridiculous.
It's only been three years since I left my native Gotham to settle in Paris, apparently sufficient to make me completely geographically disoriented about my home town. Hell's Square? The Magician? Are these places in Brooklyn or something? Because that would explain so much.