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]

Last day: win free BK Meatup tix!
Outings

Last day: win free BK Meatup tix!

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Maybe you’ve hard of the BK Meatup, which our friend Erica at FuckedinParkSlope so elegantly explains here. It’s the singles event (meat […]

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Weekend & beyond: BK fashion fest, nerd night, record fair
Outings

Weekend & beyond: BK fashion fest, nerd night, record fair

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TONIGHT The Brooklyn Fashion Festival takes over the Knitting Factory, $12.50 (Fri + Sat). 8pm: Brooklyn Country Music Festival, Southpaw, $10 (Fri […]

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Is this how people find hackers?
News

Is this how people find hackers?

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You could spend all day linking to weird ads on Craigslist, but here’s one that caught our eye this morning: someone is […]

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Brooklyn: most frugal ‘city’ in U.S.
News

Brooklyn: most frugal ‘city’ in U.S.

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What a month for Kings County tightwads! First we learn that Bro-ke-lyn is the original Dutch pronunciation of our borough’s name, and […]

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Future Perfect having first sale in six years!
Sales & Deals

Future Perfect having first sale in six years!

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Here’s an email from yesterday’s inbox that stood out like an (orbit) light amid the daily dreck: The Future Perfect, the at […]

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Prospect Park West author in touch with her inner cheapskate
Park Slope/ Prospect Heights

Prospect Park West author in touch with her inner cheapskate

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By now you’ve heard all about Amy Sohn’s devil-wears-mom-jeans satire Prospect Park West, which is kicking up controversy among the Connecticut Muffin […]

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Park Slope-inspired food co-op in the works for Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Park Slope-inspired food co-op in the works for Bay Ridge

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Bay Ridge isn’t known for an abundance of self-righteous organicists, kids with food allergies invented by their parents or oddly sour New […]

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TONIGHT: it’s the great BK Meatup!
Outings

TONIGHT: it’s the great BK Meatup!

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Calling all single Brokelynites—we want to hook you up! We proudly present the BK Meatup (meat market + meetup) that we’re co-sponsoring […]

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Fab vintage/resale for big girls on not-so-big budgets
Shopping

Fab vintage/resale for big girls on not-so-big budgets

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Re/Dress is a Brooklyn plus-size vintage and contemporary second-hand store we’ve been meaning to write about for a while, and here it […]

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Calling all cargoes-and-camo diaper bag dudes
Outings

Calling all cargoes-and-camo diaper bag dudes

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Wow, Brokelyn is looking pretty girly right about now with all these posts on fashion and moms and whatnot. So here’s something […]

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