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Weekend and beyond: Beatles on ukelele, winter flea opens, jazzy Charlie Brown Christmas

Friday 9pm: Move over Rockettes... Lady Circus + friends star in the House of Yes Christmas Spectacular, $15 (also 12/5,…

the skint

10 great craft fairs in Brooklyn

On the list of life's pleasures, holiday shopping in your average mall ranks alongside going to the tow pound. But…

Emily Nelson

String instruments 101, better late than never

Missed your chance to dazzle as a 6-year-old violin prodigy? Always wanted to cradle that cello between your legs and…

Jonathan Berk

BK’s best B&Bs for $150 or less

Visits from parents, friends and random relatives who've never been to New York are great. You get to spend quality…

Leah Faye Cooper

$25 and under gift # 4: rap-history poster

Do you need a gift that says both "happy holidays" and "you mean nearly as much to me as Doug…

Tim Donnelly

Trying to blog her way into a Martha Stewart job

For Briana Campbell, a.k.a MatchGirl of Unemployed Brooklyn fame (remember her?) desperate times are calling for some creative and crafty…

Etan Marciano

Saturday: Sip & Shop in Prospect Heights

Here's another reason not to leave Brooklyn for the entire holiday season. This Saturday (Dec. 5), the Prospect Heights-promoting Heart…

Beth Hoyt

Today only: get a $20 coupon for Fresh Fanatic

Fresh Fanatic is a big, newish natural/organic/ prepared foods grocer we've been meaning to try, and there's a deal out…

Faye

$25 and under gift #3: a D-ring mug

Love this one! We put out the call to local merchants to submit gift ideas for our new $25-and-under series,…

Faye

Have yourself a bloggy little Xmas

With the onset of December comes the full-face rush towards the holidays that even your perpetually sarcastic and snarky bloggers…

Tim Donnelly