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]

Etsy’s strangest items get their own blog
Shopping

Etsy’s strangest items get their own blog

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Via Thrillist we discovered the cleverly titled Regretsy blog, a catalogue of items like amputated pigeon feet, soap that looks like a corn-doodie, a cuddly plush teddy bear with lady business (um, what for?) and this “birth education” crochet pattern.

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A night at the Richard Meier building for $10
Outings

A night at the Richard Meier building for $10

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When we heard that Momasphere was hosting an Amy Sohn reading at the Richard Meier building tonight, our ears perked up. Inside […]

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Brokelyn free receivables disclosure report
News

Brokelyn free receivables disclosure report

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You may have read that the FTC has begun requiring bloggers to disclose free gifts. In compliance with the new regulations, our auditors […]

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You read it here first: Park Slope bagels are NYC’s best
Food & Drink

You read it here first: Park Slope bagels are NYC’s best

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Today, the venerable Serious Eats noshing blog announces that they have found New York’s best bagel. And guess what! Their three-borough bagel […]

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RIP Gourmet: Our magazine rack just lost a beauty
News

RIP Gourmet: Our magazine rack just lost a beauty

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We hate to see any magazines fold, but Condé Nast’s announcement that the company is shuttering Gourmet, Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant […]

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BK Meatup photos, part 1: scenes from a wet t-shirt victory
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

BK Meatup photos, part 1: scenes from a wet t-shirt victory

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Of the many highlights of last night’s thoroughly off-da-hook BK Meatup—the cheeseburgers, the NC-17 moments in the photo booth, the midnight makeout […]

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Help a reader out: brunch for 30 people?
Food & Drink

Help a reader out: brunch for 30 people?

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So just as we’re preparing the previous post on cheap food bloggers, one of them—Christina DaCosta—happens totally by coincidence to write to […]

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Broadway tix giveaway! Tell us your favorite cheap date and see Bye Bye Birdie for free
Outings

Broadway tix giveaway! Tell us your favorite cheap date and see Bye Bye Birdie for free

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We love all the fringy, indie, ride-your-bike-to-’em doings here in Brooklyn, but every so often, who doesn’t like putting on their evening […]

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Don’t-miss list: Dumbo Art Under the Bridge fest
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

Don’t-miss list: Dumbo Art Under the Bridge fest

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One of the payoffs of this line of work (aside from the obscene salary and endless stream of luxury freebies) is that […]

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New from Gilt Groupe: drool-worthy travel deals
travel

New from Gilt Groupe: drool-worthy travel deals

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We’ve never really understood the whole Gilt Groupe membership thing—it’s a designer-discount site where they say you have to be invited to […]

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