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]

Does anyone else hate this couch?
Downtown

Does anyone else hate this couch?

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One of the perverse pleasures of being broke is that you’ll never be one of those people with more money than taste, […]

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The creepiest vintage ads of all time
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The creepiest vintage ads of all time

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If this link hasn’t made it to your Facebook page yet, take a few minutes to check out Retro Comedy’s collection of […]

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On Brooklyn Based: a few of our favorite things
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

On Brooklyn Based: a few of our favorite things

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If you’re still figuring out your weekend, we have five ideas for you: Brooklyn Based, the must-read, thrice-weekly email blast about the […]

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DiFara’s $5 slice: ‘like they dug up my Grandmother and she made the pie’
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

DiFara’s $5 slice: ‘like they dug up my Grandmother and she made the pie’

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Is DiFara pizza in Midwood worth $5 a slice–or $25 for a whole pie? That’s the question The Times is tackling today in […]

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Time mag flips out over hipsters, Farrah hair
News

Time mag flips out over hipsters, Farrah hair

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There’s a “hipster history” today on Time.com that was clearly designed as Brooklyn blogger bait. In a well-written but overly high-minded account […]

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Amazing pictures from the 1965 Ikea catalog
News

Amazing pictures from the 1965 Ikea catalog

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Apparently, there’s some kerfluffle over the Red Hook Ikea banishing a nursing mom to the bathroom, but that unfortunate incident hasn’t dimmed […]

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Le 2010 Ikea catalogue est arrivé!
Shopping

Le 2010 Ikea catalogue est arrivé!

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Each third Thursday in November, the French celebrate the bottling of the Gamay grape harvest with banners proclaiming Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est […]

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In Brooklyn, get paid $500 to fake barf, goosebumps, orgasms
Careers

In Brooklyn, get paid $500 to fake barf, goosebumps, orgasms

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Even in this economy, Craigslist always has opportunities for hot people to take their clothes off, but today brings one of the […]

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Thirty percent off at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy
Sales & Deals

Thirty percent off at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy

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What is this, retailmenot? (No, but y’all know that you should check that and other coupon sites before buying a single thing […]

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Stuff to do this week, from our fellow cheapskates at the Skint
Outings

Stuff to do this week, from our fellow cheapskates at the Skint

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TONIGHT: 8pm: Rooftop Films animation block party features world’s best animated shorts. plus, after-party w. free Radegast pilsner. Williamsburg, $9 >> TONIGHT: […]

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