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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]

Hey cheapskates: beauty school students want your head
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Hey cheapskates: beauty school students want your head

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We can’t vouch for Cristina’s hairdressing talents, but she and her beauty-school sisters are looking for some hair guinea pigs models who are willing to submit to their newbie stylings for free to $15. She lives in BK, but the school is in lower Manhattan

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Brooklyn has a new poet laureate… and so does Brokelyn!
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Brooklyn has a new poet laureate… and so does Brokelyn!

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Last night at his swearing-in ceremony, Marty Markowitz introduced the talented Tina Chang, who was just named Brooklyn’s poet laureate. Chang, a Park […]

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Marty till the break of dawn!
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Marty till the break of dawn!

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You can’t tell this from looking at the picture, but hidden in the glare of the spotlight is Borough President Marky Markowitz […]

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Help a reader out! Travis needs a new tire
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Help a reader out! Travis needs a new tire

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We can’t resist any email with a subject line of “Help Me, Savior Brokelyn”—though we’re fine with “Bless Us, Your Eminence” too—and […]

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BK wrestlers to us: You’re stupid!
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BK wrestlers to us: You’re stupid!

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ITEM LAST UPDATED TUESDAY, 12:21 AM: We have no idea what Warriors of Wrestling is, but from the looks of this video, […]

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Meet our Atlantic City guest bloggers!
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Meet our Atlantic City guest bloggers!

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Choosing someone to guest-blog our Atlantic City press junket wasn’t easy. Entrants included Whitney, who still suffers flashbacks from her last spa […]

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Good shoe day on Gilt.com
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Good shoe day on Gilt.com

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Today on Gilt, our favorite cheap shoe line, Seychelles, is even cheaper than usual. These pretty teal suede booties—lined in gold—are only […]

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Reader tip of the week: $1 breakfast
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Reader tip of the week: $1 breakfast

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We love our tipsters (except when they don’t tell us they’re business owners posing as ecstatic customers). Today, one of our regulars—Yolanda […]

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Reluctant plug for 2-for-1 makeup at Rite Aid
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Reluctant plug for 2-for-1 makeup at Rite Aid

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We’re not big fans of Rite Aid for all kinds of reasons (mean manager at the one near our place, cooler NY-centric […]

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Brooklyn Flea + One Hanson Place = wowzers!
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Brooklyn Flea + One Hanson Place = wowzers!

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Holy letterpress cocktail coasters! Racked, the essential NYC retail blog, has some choice photos from the Brooklyn Flea’s debut in One Hanson […]

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