FREEwilliamsburg: Spotted: Nick Pandolfi

Meet the Hipster Grillster, the kid who loves his friends, entertaining, food & Wine,
and has a passion for living the good life.

Name: Nick Pandolfi

Profession: Digital Edition Manager at SPIN Magazine

How would you describe your personal style:
This picture was taken on what my co-worker calls “brown-sock Sundays.”
Pretty simple: a very masculine wollen flannel, brown socks and usually workboots. A pair of very tight khaki shorts or yellow American Apparel pants rounds off the look.

During the rest of the week, I try to pay respect to both my upstate boarding school heritage (needlepoint belts and oxford shirts) and my current second-stop-on-the-L location (again, tight yellow American apparel pants, deep Vs and teeny tiny dance shoes).

When you are not working at SPIN, what are your hobbies and talents?
I like to cook, drink wine, and prepare very elaborate multi-course brunches for my friends. I’m happy to help anyone plan a simple yet impressive menu if they want (just tweet at me @LegendaryChild).

I also <3 to party. Primarily at this time of year, partying happens at McCarren park. I try to stake out a spot along Bedford Ave across from the tennis courts.

I also play a little bit of Mandolin and Piano, but I am very shy about it, so please don’t ask me to play for you. It’s something I do for myself.

The Legendary Children event parties that you host are getting a lot of recognition for their chic, hip crowd, and their spot-on artists, What is your story behind that, and what made you think to do it at the National Arts Club?
My friend Zach and I came up with the idea shortly after graduating NYU. There were so many cool filmmakers we encountered when publishing the Tisch Film Review that didn’t get the kind of cred they deserved. So far, we’ve honored three filmmakers: Matt Kliegman, Ray Tintori and Nick Koenig.

The NAC is amazing. Totes old school. They have been quite generous by sponsoring the first few events and getting it off the ground. It’s been working, people are into it and the artists have each had a windfall of a success following their respective events.

When do you think you will have the next Legendary event and how can one here about it in plans to attend?
We are waiting to find the perfect artist. With Matt, Ray and Nick, I think we’ve really curated a specific kind of aesthetic and we want someone that fits the bill. We’ll keep you posted, but it you want to get on our mailing list for the next invite, feel free to email legendarychildren@gmail.com

Seems like you always have a project cooking, what are you currently working on now?
Currently I’m trying to finagle a free trip out to Healdsburg, CA. If I can show them in a 60 second youtube vid how good I am with the internets and how much I love wine and how entertaining I am, they will fly me out there and put me up.
I had to give it shot. Everyone reading this, help me out and Vote!

Where do you think one will be sure to find you this summer?
Probably making constant trips between my grill in Mccarren and the turkey’s nest.

So far whats your biggest claim to fame?
This article.