Am I allowed to ask if my laid-off roommate can still pay his rent?
Each week, Brokelyn.com's in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. I had an unemployed roommate once. Good god…
Car rentals: who’s the cheapest?
If you're still trying to figure out your plans, here's a quick run-down of Brooklyn car rentals, from most to…
Summer cabins, $215 a week
Commitment-phobes who break out in hives at the prospect of signing a lease on a Catskills retreat should periodically park…
Are supermarket cakes any good?
Nothing honors a birthday quite like a layer cake, decorated with flair and glowing with the requisite number of candles.…
The fish secret they don’t want you to know about (they=brunch places)
Walking the short length of Gem Street, in an industrial stretch by the Williamsburg/Greenpoint border, you’d never guess you were…
How do I avoid buying a round at a bar without being obvious?
Each week, Brokelyn.com's in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. When I was little my mother went down…
Flower-shop challenge: make us a $10 bouquet
Anyone who's walked by a grocer in the spring knows it's possible to get a handful of stems for $10—especially…
Dear Toilet, I miss you. Luv, Camper
Brooklyn is a place of many diversions, but who knew loo-less camping was one of them? It happens that our…
The Brokavore, our frugal foodie
Brokelyn is proud to introduce our food columnist, The Brokavore, an obsessively cheap but highly discerning eater who will be…
Addictive home finds at Amazing Savings
One of the satisfactions of living in rural Brooklyn (Midwood, Ditmas, etc.) is the proximity of Amazing Savings, the bastard…