Renegade Craft Fair: a design junkie’s sneak preview
We must be in the mood to shop today. Maybe that's because this weekend is The Renegade Craft Fair—Art Basel…
Where can I go for a ridiculously cheap vacation this summer?
Important bulletin: Apparently, Brokelyn.com readers don't care all that much about manners because we haven't gotten any etiquette questions. But…
Superhero Supply’s new online shop—what’s cheap and cool
The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store has a brand new online store selling the "quality crimefighting merchandise" that helps pay for…
Brooklyn’s free summer films list
Here's Brooklyn Vegan's handy list of free summer movies at McCarren Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer, along with…
The Brokavore crowns the kielbasa king of NYC
Waiting for the bus after leaving Jubilat Provisions last week, I stuck my face in my shopping bag and inhaled.…
Swaponomics: bring t-shirts, get Kiss albums
Some people (not us) have a hard time believing the concept “free.” Organizers at the Score! swap meet in BKLYNYard…
Saturday salon chat: where to eat Italian
The scene: Anton's Hair Design salon The discussion: Reasonably priced Italian food The participants: Carmine (left), a custodian from Dyker…
Restaurants that only seem expensive
These aren't the cheapest places you'll read about on Brokelyn, but there are occasions—birthdays, anniversaries, when someone with more money…
TV on the Radio cheaps out in WB
If you don't have a ticket to see the Brooklyn-based quintet's sold-out Summerstage show on Friday, they come back around…
(Cautionary) tale of a $10 bikini wax
At the end of last summer, I gave up getting waxed down under, mostly because I got tired of regularly…