Faye

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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]

$25-and-under gift #25: New Year’s beauty kit
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$25-and-under gift #25: New Year’s beauty kit

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We had lots of fab reader recommendations from our Facebook and Twitter pals for how to wrap up our 25-day gift list. […]

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$25-and-under gift #24: Italian parmesan + picnic knife
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$25-and-under gift #24: Italian parmesan + picnic knife

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BKLYN Larder isn’t Brokelyn’s usual hang, but believe me, we get it. So what’s the most worthwhile splurge amid the $50 olive […]

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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #23: beautiful skin tea
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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #23: beautiful skin tea

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Brokelyn is officially in favor of splurgy little pick-me-ups (cause we can’t afford big ones), and a current addiction is stopping into […]

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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #22: 75-cent gloves
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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #22: 75-cent gloves

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We’re gonna catch all kinds of crap for posting a gift from Target, since it isn’t exactly a homespun mom-and-pop enterprise, but […]

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Brokelyn makes the Park Slope 100 list
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Brokelyn makes the Park Slope 100 list

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What do Jonathan Ames, Maggie Gyllenhaal, that redhead waitress at Mary’s Fish Camp and yours truly have in common? We all made […]

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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #20: Georgia O’Keeffe poster
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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #20: Georgia O’Keeffe poster

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Back in our day, just about every sexually confused undergrad had at least one Georgia O’Keeffe poster on her wall, but who […]

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$25-and-under gift idea #19: letterpress coasters
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$25-and-under gift idea #19: letterpress coasters

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Before all you practical types start grousing that junk-mail envelopes and magazines make perfectly good coasters, remember that the whole point of […]

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Beat this woman at Boggle and get a free drink!
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Beat this woman at Boggle and get a free drink!

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This is Ann. She’s half of the gracious couple that owns our favorite new Park Slope bar, The Sackett, where we had […]

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Big moving sale at Deluxa
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Big moving sale at Deluxa

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This just came in from reader Kristen Stocks, and we’re definitely checking this one out: Love your site and am a big […]

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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #14: fancy letter tote
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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #14: fancy letter tote

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Every gal in Brooklyn needs a wardrobe of grocery totes to elevate a market run into a stylish eco moment—and we’re digging […]

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