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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]

Park Slope to get Brooklyn’s first ‘cash mob’
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Park Slope to get Brooklyn’s first ‘cash mob’

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Have $20 to spend at a random store? Brooklyn is getting its first cash Mob on Saturday, an on-the-spot spree designed to pump money into local businesses.

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Our free tax prep giveaway ends at midnight!
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Our free tax prep giveaway ends at midnight!

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Dear lollygaggers, today is your TOTALLY last chance to enter our exclusive Brass Taxes giveaway, in which comedian-turned-tax-prep-guy Rus Garofalo, who specializes […]

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Tuesday linkage
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Tuesday linkage

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Barclay’s Center to serve ‘Brooklyn Water’ and ‘Brooklyn Bagels’ by way of Boca [NY Post] This Saturday: Get thee a free tree […]

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Why women pay more for deodorant, insurance, mortgages
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Why women pay more for deodorant, insurance, mortgages

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Marie Claire magazine reveals how women pay more than men in dry cleaning, mortgages, health insurance and more.

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Monday linkage
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Monday linkage

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Cheap jewelry is to die for Tonight: Find out if Brooklyn 11223 is really that bad Doco about Williamsburg chess school kills […]

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Marni will NOT be at Brooklyn H&M tomorrow morning
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Marni will NOT be at Brooklyn H&M tomorrow morning

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If you thought you might outsmart the Manhattan mobs and get your Marni on at the Brooklyn H&M, you will sadly find yourself dotty dress-free tomorrow.

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Opening of Fulton Mall Gap a sh*t show
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Opening of Fulton Mall Gap a sh*t show

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At the new Gap Factory Store opened on Fulton Mall on Monday, the mid-afternoon lines “snaked to the very end of the store,” reports RackedNY.

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And the winner of our supermarket coffee test is…
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And the winner of our supermarket coffee test is…

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What we discovered when we tried to work our way through the supermarket coffee aisles in search of the best brews you can buy in a can.

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Can any NYC apartment survive Gothamist commenters?
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Can any NYC apartment survive Gothamist commenters?

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Gothamist invites readers to share their apartment photos. Only the truly thick-skinned need apply.

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DIY chicken farming kits, only $785
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DIY chicken farming kits, only $785

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Victory Chicken is a cute-sounding new site that’s trying to spread the gospel about raising backyard birds. Assuming you have a backyard, how long would it take you to pay off that $785 starter kit?

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