This weekend and beyond: Soul fest, pig roast, Jacko bash
TONIGHT/TOMORROW: Bklyn Soul Fest = 2 days of old-school brilliance at the Bell House. Otis Clay, Maxine Brown, Sweet Divines,…
Author: Faye
In which we meet half of Brooklyn’s impossibly perfect couple
Ugh. You post an item with the headline "Does this impossibly perfect Brooklyn couple actually exist?" and the next thing…
Does this impossibly perfect Brooklyn couple actually exist?
We're big fans of the Brooklyn Bride blog, which isn't so much about nuptials (eeuww!) in our home borough as…
Fabulously frugal Labor Day getaway ideas
One of the great things about having a blog—aside from sleeplessness, the abject humiliation of Google ads and exacerbation of…
From our readers: great local tailors
This question seems to come up all the time, so it's no surprise that it popped up in our Dear…
Reader question: Where to watch Mad Men in Brooklyn?
Y'all had brilliant suggestions for curly haircuts, so here's another query, from cable-less reader Andrew, for the collective Brokelyn brain…
How to survive tomorrow’s Barneys Warehouse Sale
Warning: this post isn't for everyone. But if you're a designer-label obsessive and you still have disposable income (congrats!), get…
You’ll never Lack for style with this $7.99 table
Like us, our frugal friends over at the design blog Bromeliad must have gotten the Ikea flyer last week detailing…
Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center
Today's the first day this year that the city has opened its cooling centers, the specially designated air-conditioned havens where…
Your Cash for Clunkers questions answered
If you have an old car and want to get some Obama change to trade it in for a Prius,…