Last call: Beer Book 1.0 expires Friday
We're taking a few days off until after the holidays to dig out our servers and brush off some fresh…
$25 and under gift No. 21: “gold” Indian necklace
Most import stores are unfortunately unimaginative or expensive---or both. But when we stumbled into Home and Abroad (487 Atlantic Ave.),…
This weekend: Xmas eve klezmer, Jolly Bowl, bangers & mash
FRIDAY 8, 10pm: celebrate christmas eve with ‘a purely coincidental night of klezmer' at barbes. $10 sug. donation. SATURDAY 8pm:…
$25 and under gift No. 20: New York Aviators tickets
The future site of pro basketball in Brooklyn is still largely a gaping pit, and the Cyclones still have many…
Craigslist freebie of the day: PS2 with games and guitars
This one needs no selling on our part. A Craigslist poster near Prospect Park has a completely functional, utterly free…
$25 and under gift No. 19: Red Hook marshmallows
Come December, we put the lemonades and ales away and let warm beverages carry us through the brutal winter: from…
Thursday linkage
What gifts are really worth to you [Mashable] Swap events sweeping NYC after New Year's [NY Times] A few things…
Pre-gift/re-gift re-cap: Our stockings are stuffed
They came, they drank, they pre/re-gifted. Tuesday night, along with a fair smattering of gift-seeking Brokelynites, we made our way…
$25 and under gift No. 18: psychedelic coasters
Drinks and furniture: two essentials of daily living that do not get along. Even if your wood furnishings are limited…
$25 and under gift No. 17: Circa 1900 subway signs
Before the Helvetica Bold invasion of the 1960s (and even before Mad Men), New York's subway system directed travelers with…