By Kat Stoeffel 3/28 11:45am

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Rebecca Land Soodak (Photo by Laura Mozes)

The Triumph of ‘Craigslist Mom’ Rebecca Land Soodak

Rebecca Land Soodak has to take certain precautions when seeking a nanny to look after her four children. For one, she has to be careful not to include her name or email address in her Craigslist posting.

“I don’t want them to Google me until we’ve talked on the phone,” Ms. Land Soodak told The Observer on a recent Wednesday morning at her home on East 87th Street. The kids were at school, and the penthouse duplex, its walls lined with her own paintings—colorful, Elizabeth Peyton-style portraits of children with dreamy gazes—was quiet.

“And they always Google,” she said.  Read More

By Michael Ewing 3/09 6:07pm

Troubling Developments

How much for a night here? (Property Shark)

Inside the Brothels of the Rich and Famous: Welcome to the Hovel of Love and Sheffield Arms

What’s a better way to blow the last few thousands of your Wall Street bonus than on a prostitute?

The market is shriveling up, however. In recent months, The NYPD has made some strong sweeps in removing high profile prostitutes off the streets. Well, out of their apartments—no one actually walks the streets anymore thanks to Craiglist and Rentboy.com.

But some of their apartments are a bit iffy. Read More

By Foster Kamer 2/22 5:28pm

Fun With Craigslist

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Kraftwerk at MoMA Tickets: Let The Scalping Begin!

Some people don’t have very much “Computer Love” in their hearts after being locked out of getting tickets for Kraftwerk’s forthcoming MoMA residency. Tickets for each of the group’s eight performances retailed for $25 a piece. You’d think: With eight performances, there’d be enough of the tickets to go around. You’d be wrong. A lot of people don’t have fast computers or were going to the bathroom when they went on sale, and now, they’re sad that they don’t have Kraftwerk tickets. [Ed. Something about "Showroom Dummies" here.]

Truth be told, there’s still a way to get into the shows: The Gloriously Sleazy Secondary Market of Craigslist. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/23 4:12pm

Craigslist

Get paid to vandalize! (Getty Images)

Signs We’re Over the Recession: ‘Freelance Graffiti Artist’ Now An Actual Job Title

Remember the good old days, when Mayor Giuliani would have you arrested just for keeping spray paint cans in your backpack? When “tagging” buildings and underpasses were used to connote different gang areas? Of course, galleries have been promoting graffiti as “outsider art” since the 80s, but it really took Banksy and Bomb the System to turn elevate the expression of juvenile delinquents into haute couture.

Now that everyone and their grandma has seen Exit Through the Gift Shop, we guess it was inevitable for “Graffiti Artist” to start appearing under the special skills portion of resumes. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/16 2:02pm

Craigslist

What you'll be saying about your new Craigslist friend!

Craigslist Creeper Targeting NYC’s Rich, Married Women On Missed Connections

Gross guys on Craigslist are nothing new…it’s basically why Craigslist was invented by Jimmy Wales. (Well that, and to halt SOPA. And to clarify, yes we know that Mr. Wales founded Wikipedia, not Craigslist, but our sense of humor might not be translating as well after a 24-hour Golden Globes binge.) But today’s listings have led us to a guy who could Mike the Investment Banker look sane. Or maybe it is Mike the Investment Banker?? Read More

By Steve Huff 1/15 1:11pm

SOPA Opera

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Craigslist Comes Out Against SOPA

We can add Craigslist to the growing roster of popular websites that have come out against the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP Acts. The online community/seedy Wal Mart of classified ads giant emphatically states “SOPA and PIPA are too dangerous to revise” and “must be killed entirely.” Why? Read More

By Drew Grant 1/11 1:50pm

The Dark Knight Rises

How much would you pay to see justice served?

Midnight Tickets for The Dark Knight Rises Sell Out Six Months in Advance, Already Going for $100 on Craigslist

Sorry fan boys (and girls!): If you want to see the third installment in Christopher Nolan‘s gritty Batman reboot, you’re going to have to wait until after opening night. The midnight screenings for the July 19th premiere of The Dark Knight Rises have already sold out in select cities. How is that possible, you ask, since the movie is still six months away? And how much are greedy Craigslist scalpers already charging for their coveted golden tickets online? Read More

By Drew Grant 10/07/11 12:34pm

Occupy Wall Street

All you need is love.

10 More Craigslist Personals About Occupy Wall Street (Now With More Ladies!)

Earlier this week we posted our favorite Craigslist “missed connections” and “casual encounters” at Occupy Wall Street. Has anyone made a love connection down on Wall Street this month? Some star-crossed lovers, perhaps: Like a banker and a protester that’s been sleeping in the park for twenty days straight? We’d love to hear about it.

In the meantime, the post-Megamarch crowd on Craigslist is a lot more diverse: some women, some guy-on-guy love. And this one employer who happened to catch one his workers on the news… Read More

By Foster Kamer 8/31/11 11:46am

SEX AND THE RAINY CITY

GO GET HER!

Hurricane Irene’s ‘Missed Connections’ Craigslist Yield: We’re Alive, And We’re In Love

Of all the various ways people could come together over Hurricane Irene’s mopey, rainy tour through New York City—or the fervent preparations in its lead-up—romance was of course inevitable. Following that logic, the ‘Missed Connections’ section of Craigslist would generate a few moments of Sliding Doors-esque romance as well. Naturally, it doesn’t disappoint.  Read More