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Fun dance classes for slim budgets
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Fun dance classes for slim budgets

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Recently, we received a note from a reader looking for some “dance classes (specifically ballet and/or hip hop) for beginners out there […]

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Have yourself a Dumpster Thanksgiving!
Food & Drink

Have yourself a Dumpster Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving’s upon us, and we can practically taste the stale-bread stuffing and just-expired eggnog. You too can learn how to turn refuse […]

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A cartoon gizmo for budget obsessives
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A cartoon gizmo for budget obsessives

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What is more frustrating than sitting in front of a table full of bills, trying to figure out how to save on […]

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Last-minute costume: our thrift-store Lady Gaga attempt
Shopping

Last-minute costume: our thrift-store Lady Gaga attempt

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Lady Gaga: bizarre fashion, ridiculous lyrics—she’s the most decadent and ludicrous persona of this All Hallows’ Eve season and likely one of […]

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Flatbush Fall Foliage is for lovers (and tree-lovers)
Outings

Flatbush Fall Foliage is for lovers (and tree-lovers)

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The Fall Foliage Walking Tour has proven to be an excellent way to get in touch with both nature and that cute […]

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One-day-only fare sale at JetBlue
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One-day-only fare sale at JetBlue

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The airline that brought us the all-you-can-fly-month for $600 has a one-day sale that makes us want to ditch this weather and head […]

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Free after-school programs for kids in Brooklyn
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Free after-school programs for kids in Brooklyn

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We love kids as much as everyone else, but man are they expensive. That’s why you’re lucky, if you’re a parent, to […]

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Fashion tips from small-spending stylistas
Shopping

Fashion tips from small-spending stylistas

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Fashion Week is both an escape from the recession and a reminder of it: it’s somehow exciting to see designers roll out […]

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How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs
News

How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs

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Earlier this week, when we wrote about couch surfing, a wary reader—the Flatbush Gardener, as it happens—commented with one word: ‘bedbugs.” And that’s […]

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A day in Greenpoint for $25
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A day in Greenpoint for $25

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ASME is the American Society for Magazine Editors. Add another ‘S’ to that, and you’ve got ASSME: the American Society for Shit-Canned […]

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