Fun dance classes for slim budgets
Recently, we received a note from a reader looking for some "dance classes (specifically ballet and/or hip hop) for beginners…
Author: Anna Jacobson
Have yourself a Dumpster Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving's upon us, and we can practically taste the stale-bread stuffing and just-expired eggnog. You too can learn how to…
A cartoon gizmo for budget obsessives
What is more frustrating than sitting in front of a table full of bills, trying to figure out how to…
Last-minute costume: our thrift-store Lady Gaga attempt
Lady Gaga: bizarre fashion, ridiculous lyrics—she's the most decadent and ludicrous persona of this All Hallows' Eve season and likely…
Flatbush Fall Foliage is for lovers (and tree-lovers)
The Fall Foliage Walking Tour has proven to be an excellent way to get in touch with both nature and…
One-day-only fare sale at JetBlue
The airline that brought us the all-you-can-fly-month for $600 has a one-day sale that makes us want to ditch this weather…
Free after-school programs for kids in Brooklyn
We love kids as much as everyone else, but man are they expensive. That's why you're lucky, if you're a…
Fashion tips from small-spending stylistas
Fashion Week is both an escape from the recession and a reminder of it: it's somehow exciting to see designers…
How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs
Earlier this week, when we wrote about couch surfing, a wary reader—the Flatbush Gardener, as it happens—commented with one word: 'bedbugs."…
A day in Greenpoint for $25
ASME is the American Society for Magazine Editors. Add another 'S' to that, and you've got ASSME: the American Society…