Brokelyn is going on vacation!
Yep, you heard it. No posts here for a week. Crickets, my friends. No blog posts, Twitter feeds or Facebook…
In fashion mags, under $100 is the new broke
Here's another positive outcome of the downturn: fashion magazines—and designers, too it seems—are finally paying attention to those of us…
Should I use a debt-relief company to get me out of hock?
Each week or so, our Dear Penny column investigates the answers to reader questions about saving money in Brooklyn. This…
This weekend and beyond: Soul fest, pig roast, Jacko bash
TONIGHT/TOMORROW: Bklyn Soul Fest = 2 days of old-school brilliance at the Bell House. Otis Clay, Maxine Brown, Sweet Divines,…
Movie-snack security alert: UA Court Street doing bag checks
Fair warning to all ye cinephiles trying to save some money on snacks while savoring some sweet revenge on the…
In which we meet half of Brooklyn’s impossibly perfect couple
Ugh. You post an item with the headline "Does this impossibly perfect Brooklyn couple actually exist?" and the next thing…
At Brooklyn DIY fests, make new things and fix the old
If necessity is the mother of invention, then poverty is the abusive stepfather of home repairs. And don't we know…
Staycation tour of South Brooklyn
Here we are, at the tail-end of summer, September drawing perilously near, and maybe that European jaunt you dreamed of…
Does this impossibly perfect Brooklyn couple actually exist?
We're big fans of the Brooklyn Bride blog, which isn't so much about nuptials (eeuww!) in our home borough as…
Fabulously frugal Labor Day getaway ideas
One of the great things about having a blog—aside from sleeplessness, the abject humiliation of Google ads and exacerbation of…