Budget traveler’s guide to home-swapping
Camping out or staying with relatives don't have to be the only affordable ways to escape the city this summer.…
Best places to find beer-n-shot deals
You walk in a bar some nights with more gainfully-employed friends, and the first thing you do is open your…
Six cheap-date spots worth a try
As the financial equivalent of swine flu ails the economy, the awkward line, "So, uh, you want to go to…
Afternoon quickie: rock-o-rama sale tonight in Greenpoint
Today from 5 to 8, the Brooklyn-based online music store Insound will be having a keg-fueled warehouse sale of heavily…
The decorator’s guide to dumpster diving
One man's trash is another one's... temporary shanty fully constructed from salvaged materials. At left is artist Lisa Kirk's Maison…
Weekend to-not-do list: walk to Staten Island, via New Jersey
Effed in Park Slope reports that this Sunday a group called Flashwalk is organizing a walk from Brooklyn to Staten…
Discovery of the day: free golf lessons for kids
Dying over here! So we read in today's Post that legal scalpers are charging $850 for tee times at the…
Brokavore quick tip: the perfect perch for hummus
Walking down Atlantic Ave. yesterday I was reminded of a small pleasure I regularly indulged in when I lived in Carroll…
Free days and deals at Brooklyn’s cultural biggies
In Brooklyn, even the museums have insider secrets: like when you can go and not pay. Unbeknownst to many a…
For Bushwick tent boys, rain is nothing compared to Brownstoner fury
You pitch a few tents in a friend's backyard and suddenly you're the most hated kids in Brooklyn. Our story…