Schumer fave: a bike ride and a Carmine’s salami sandwich
This is sorta fun: Senator Chuck Schumer has a new Huffington Post blog (though a lot of HuffPo's blogs seem…
TV junkie’s guide to giving up cable
I canceled my cable a few months ago. It had to be done—my Cablevision bill was $124.67 a month. But…
Jonathan Adler to open a store in Boerum Hill
Brownstoner is reporting today that home-design scamp Jonathan Adler is opening a store on Atlantic Avenue, between Hoyt and Bond.…
Is your shower totally revolting?
We're suckers for things like this: a disgusting shower contest, sponsored by a Brooklyn-based company called All Grout. Send these…
Reader tip: Amazing gourmet on Kings Highway
I want to share one of my favorite budget food shopping destinations with you: Kings Highway, between Coney island Avenue…
How to build a boat in an afternoon
You don't see many things that cost $90 on Brokelyn (unless it's surgery or an apartment), but this thing sounds…
What to wear on your summer paycation
It doesn't quite seem quite right that someone as talented as art director Irina Blok is actually looking for work,…
Best Obama job ever: beach planner, nearly $100K
Reason number 32,643 to love Barack Obama—one of his Recovery Act-funded jobs is a "community planner" for the Gateway National…
What’s on your laptop? Bushwick edition
The day: Tuesday, June 16, at 4 p.m. The mission: find out what the laptop nomads are working on at…
In the papers: $240 off an Ikea sofa
A Brokelyn favorite hobby is scanning those wet circular bags that wind up on your stoop once a week because…