http://brokelyn.com Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://brokelyn.com/happy-humpday-new-online-service-makes-sharing-std-info-easier-sadder/ http://brokelyn.com/happy-humpday-new-online-service-makes-sharing-std-info-easier-sadder/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:54:56 +0000 Rebecca Fishbein http://brokelyn.com/?p=42009 Read More]]>
Ooo, peanut crackers! (via flickr user Nicole Lee) The internet is a wonderful tool for cultivating romance awkward booty calls. But while it’s great to get a peek at what goods your online date’s got before you do the deed, it’s even more important to know what special, uh, viral surprises they’ve got for you. That’s where Qpid.me comes in; it’s a new, free online service that’ll store and share your STI test results, sparing you from having to tell another one of your lovers about that time you had chlamydia. Isn’t the modern world amazing? Sporting the tag line, “Spread the love, nothing else,” Qpid.me says their aim is to help make STD test results more transparent, both for the testee and his or her sexual partners. You can request to have your medical records and test results sent directly to Qpid.me, where they’ll ostensibly hold them for you online and not email them out… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/happy-humpday-new-online-service-makes-sharing-std-info-easier-sadder/feed/ 2 http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-convinced-they-see-their-soulmates-on-the-subway/ http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-convinced-they-see-their-soulmates-on-the-subway/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:57:30 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=41881 Read More]]>
The perfect place to find love. via Flickr user Nick Sherman There is nothing worse in the game of romance than the missed connection. If we didn’t know any better, we would think that all of these passive-aggressive, middle school-style love notes were all written by aspiring comedians trying to come up with the most ridiculous scenarios to not engage a person you’re interested in banging. But, they’re real, terribly terribly real, and sometimes people study them. Like a researcher at Psychology Today, who mapped out where the most Missed Connections occur in each state, and made a handy infographic out of it. As you can see, a lot of it seems to fit into the stereotypes of plenty of the states. Okies can’t bear to talk to each other at the state fair, Utah is a hotbed of barely suppressed collegiate hormones, America’s worst states form a kind of “L” shape of missed connections… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-convinced-they-see-their-soulmates-on-the-subway/feed/ 6 http://brokelyn.com/ri-dick-ulous-new-free-app-will-guess-what-your-date-is-packing/ http://brokelyn.com/ri-dick-ulous-new-free-app-will-guess-what-your-date-is-packing/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:49:45 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=41626 Read More]]>
Will your date compare? Ladies, tired of going home with your date, taking his pants off and then barely suppressing your laughter/disappointment? Aren’t we all. Fortunately, there’s now a way to take some of the guesswork out of predicting what your partner is packing. Predicktor is a new free app that will give you an educated guess on whether your date has equipment that looks like a baby’s arm holding an apple, with just a little bit of relevant information on him. Input data like shoe size, butt size (?), finger length and age, and shake your phone. Predicktor will give it’s best guess as to how big someone’s penis is, and you can take things from there. How will you get that information? You could demand your OKCupid suitor provide you with it before you meet up with them. Hell, if you combine this with BangWithProfessionals you can take all the… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/ri-dick-ulous-new-free-app-will-guess-what-your-date-is-packing/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/7-valentines-dates-thatll-get-you-laid/ http://brokelyn.com/7-valentines-dates-thatll-get-you-laid/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:08:55 +0000 Rebecca Fishbein http://brokelyn.com/?p=41561 Read More]]>
Hey, if this is what does it for you. via Flickr user monicamüller Hallmark holiday or not, Valentine’s Day is almost here. And whether you’re practically wifed up or starting something new, you’re probably looking to end the night (and wee morning hours) with some sexy time. But alas, February 14th warrants some high expectations, and you can’t rely on just any cheap date to do the trick. But fear not, Brokesters-in-love: we’ve got seven economical dates near-guaranteed to get you a roll in the hay: THE WINE TOUR: There’s nothing like starting with a little vino to get things sultry, but on Valentine’s Day that bottle of 3 Buck Chuck just isn’t going to cut it. Instead, head to Bushwick wine shop Big Tree Bottles (43 Bogart Street) for a free wine tasting at 6pm, where you and your date can sample some sultry Merlots, Pinots and Sauvignon Blancs. Then, head… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/7-valentines-dates-thatll-get-you-laid/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/make-dating-a-game-finally-with-the-crazy-blind-date-app/ http://brokelyn.com/make-dating-a-game-finally-with-the-crazy-blind-date-app/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:04:08 +0000 Katrina Casino http://brokelyn.com/?p=41159 Read More]]>
Crazy Blind Date: don’t say they didn’t warn you. via PSFK Remember all those laundry days when you walked around in public wearing track pants and a mismatched oversized sweatshirt? What could be better on those days then running into your ex on the street? We’ll tell you what: unexpectedly running into your next potential online date. That’s right, OkCupid, like your grandmother during the holidays, is once again intervening in your dating life by bringing you an app with a surprisingly honest name, Crazy Blind Date. Here’s how it works: you create an account by telling Crazy Blind Date your name age, gender, and gender(s) you’re interested in dating, and then you tell it where you are and when you’ll be available. If someone’s around and is compatible based on all these aforementioned extremely specific requirements, Crazy Blind Date will hook you up. In short, it’s like if Grindr went the… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/make-dating-a-game-finally-with-the-crazy-blind-date-app/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/lookin-for-love-in-all-the-right-places-eight-great-first-date-bars/ http://brokelyn.com/lookin-for-love-in-all-the-right-places-eight-great-first-date-bars/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:19:14 +0000 Mallory Schlossberg http://brokelyn.com/?p=41127 Read More]]>
Celebrate love, at Pearl’s. via Cafe Ghia First dates are filled with all sorts of fears and anxieties – especially when you’re meeting that person for the first time (ah, online dating). Those dates aren’t so much dates as they are interviews, so you want to keep it low pressure and comfortable. A low-key bar – a dive especially – makes a great first date: casual, no pressure to be super romantic, but dark and homey. Also, there’s booze. When it comes to these first dates, there are two extremes: you can discover a major deal breaker and need to make a quick exit, or you can get so wasted that you ignore that deal breaker and you go home together. Most dates fall somewhere in between. Here are some potential places for that first meet up. Photo by Deena Atkinson SOUTH 629 5th Avenue (between 17th and 18th Streets), South Slope A casual neighborhood dive… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/lookin-for-love-in-all-the-right-places-eight-great-first-date-bars/feed/ 1 http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-are-cultured-drunken-daters/ http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-are-cultured-drunken-daters/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:20:08 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=41074 Read More]]>
Fun fact: everyone here is on a date. via Flickr user Bernt Rostad Gone on any dates involving too many martinis and a traipse around the Brooklyn Brewery? Well, hate to break it to you, but so has everyone else in Brooklyn. So say the data miners at first date factory HowAboutWe, who’ve released figures based on helping setting up one millin dates around the country. The breakdown for New York? We lead the nation in grabbing drinks and going somewhere to soak up some culture. That shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, seeing as how we can shoehorn drinking into anything, but it’s still good to know that we’re the best in the country at it. The data also breaks down where the most popular destinations for a first date are, with The High Line taking number one. Of course, no one is going to sit there in the cold, so what… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/new-yorkers-are-cultured-drunken-daters/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/casual-sex-increases-in-casualness-with-new-dating-sites/ http://brokelyn.com/casual-sex-increases-in-casualness-with-new-dating-sites/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:36:14 +0000 Katrina Casino http://brokelyn.com/?p=40903 Read More]]>
Need more nice guys in fedoras? Worry not, there’s a new dating site for Brooklynites. Photo by fedorasofokcupid.tumblr.com. Have you thought about downloading Grindr and then remembered you’re not a gay man? Are you tired of cruising OkCupid, only to find that there are just too many gentiles? Are you exhausted from trying to impress someone on the first date when you know they’re already looking for is marriage? Now two Brooklyn-based dating sites are offering us what we really want: casual sex. Elissa Shevinsky, founder of MakeOutLabs.com has been relentlessly surveying Brooklyn singles under 40 to find out what it is they want. And, unsurprisingly, what they want is sex. In addition to MakeOutLabs, Shevinsky is also launching JoinJSpot.com, a site for Jewish singles. That’s right, just in case running into your co-workers and baristas on OkCupid wasn’t enough, now you can also enjoy the added pleasure of stumbling across a member of your… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/casual-sex-increases-in-casualness-with-new-dating-sites/feed/ 1 http://brokelyn.com/new-study-finds-friends-with-benefits-not-actually-beneficial/ http://brokelyn.com/new-study-finds-friends-with-benefits-not-actually-beneficial/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:02:52 +0000 Sue Smith http://brokelyn.com/?p=40267 Read More]]>
Friends, no benefits A new Harvard study tackled that timeless question: does the friends with benefits (FWB– not SWV) situation actually work? After coming down firmly on the side of party bros everywhere, this time science is coming on the scene all Professor Buzzkill, at least if you put a premium on “feelings” and “open communication” as opposed to just straight banging. The Atlantic reports that researchers at Harvard, Syracuse and Purdue surveyed 376 people online, half of whom were in a FWB situation, and half who were in a long term relationships and found that the FWB peeps were having way more sex (duh) but the LTR reported greater emotional fulfillment (obvs) Basically, this study confirms what you already knew: a friend with benefits just leaves you emotionally dead inside, hoping for more when the other person just isn’t that into you. … Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/new-study-finds-friends-with-benefits-not-actually-beneficial/feed/ 3 http://brokelyn.com/finding-your-winters-bone/ http://brokelyn.com/finding-your-winters-bone/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:46 +0000 Eric Silver http://brokelyn.com/?p=39477 Read More]]>
The couple that Snuggies together…breaks up when it gets nice out. via Facebook As the days grow shorter and we begin to enter our own Fortresses of Solitude, there’s a primal drive awakening among us single folk. Just as squirrels furiously scramble to store their nuts for winter, many singles are furiously scrambling to…uh, get their nuts taken care of, too. And the best way is with a winter girlfriend (or boyfriend!). This someone to hunker down with for hours upon hours of cooking at home, an entire season of Walking Dead, and never-get-out-of-bed sex during snowstorms. A winter relationship is probably the only relationship that doesn’t cost more when you’re in it, because you literally do nothing. And what happens after winter? Well, that’s up to you, but generally, once spring and skimpy clothing come back around, one or both parties will realize how little they have in common beyond a mutual understanding of Peggy… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/finding-your-winters-bone/feed/ 3