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Faye Penn is the founder of Brokelyn and publisher of the Brooklyn and Queens Beer Books, the Brooklyn Cocktail Book and other stuff you ain't seen yet. She lives in Ditmas Park. Get at her at [email protected]

This weekend: BBG cherry blossom festival, minus cherry blossoms
Outings

This weekend: BBG cherry blossom festival, minus cherry blossoms

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Here’s the official description of the annual Sakura Matsuri festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden tomorrow and Sunday, once known as the […]

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Now on Brokelyn: apartment rentals for brokesters!
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Now on Brokelyn: apartment rentals for brokesters!

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Now, there’s never an excuse to leave the Brokelyndotcom. You can find stuff to do in our new Brooklyn events listings, score […]

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What’s up tonight? Poem in Your Pocket Day edition
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What’s up tonight? Poem in Your Pocket Day edition

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• Vinegar Hill: Party with Poets at powerHouse Arena • Gowanus: Record a podcast with The Voice of the Gowanus, others • Downtown: […]

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Open thread: mustard vs. mayo?
Food & Drink

Open thread: mustard vs. mayo?

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So a couple of weeks ago, everyone got all eye-rolly when we told you guys about an artisanal mayo shop opening in […]

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Six cool non-tech jobs in Brooklyn you can apply for today
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Six cool non-tech jobs in Brooklyn you can apply for today

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The Brooklyn tech scene is booming, what with all those NYU geeks on the way and the freshly minted Brooklyn Tech Triangle. […]

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In your 20s and crashing with mom and dad? Congrats, you’re a literary trend!
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

In your 20s and crashing with mom and dad? Congrats, you’re a literary trend!

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If Jay McInerney had written The Great New York Novel 30 years later, it would have been called Bright Lights, Mom and […]

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Open thread: What happened at your worst job interview? [via Girls]
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Open thread: What happened at your worst job interview? [via Girls]

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In last night’s episode of Girls, aside from laughably blowing the locations of Weather Up and Washington Commons (both bars are in […]

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Like it or spike it? Wearable plants
like it or spike it

Like it or spike it? Wearable plants

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Today we introduce a new feature called “Like it or Spike It?” Here, we invite your opinion on deeply pertinent issues and […]

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What’s up this weekend? Fryday edition
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What’s up this weekend? Fryday edition

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Tonight • Wiliamsburg: Immerse your self in the “intoxicating smell of sugar and eye-catching color” of airborne cereal flakes at the Umami […]

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Friday lunchtime linkage
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Friday lunchtime linkage

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Prospect Park ballers, clean up your damn condoms [Litter Mob] This Fort Greene bike shop also sells beer [NYTimes] And then someone […]

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