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]

In the papers: $240 off an Ikea sofa
Red Hook

In the papers: $240 off an Ikea sofa

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A Brokelyn favorite hobby is scanning those wet circular bags that wind up on your stoop once a week because they contain […]

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Afternoon quickie: rock-o-rama sale tonight in Greenpoint
Sales & Deals

Afternoon quickie: rock-o-rama sale tonight in Greenpoint

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Today from 5 to 8, the Brooklyn-based online music store Insound will be having a keg-fueled warehouse sale of heavily discounted vinyl, […]

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Weekend to-not-do list: walk to Staten Island, via New Jersey
Outings

Weekend to-not-do list: walk to Staten Island, via New Jersey

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Effed in Park Slope reports that this Sunday a group called Flashwalk is organizing a walk from Brooklyn to Staten Island. (Shouldn’t […]

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Discovery of the day: free golf lessons for kids
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Discovery of the day: free golf lessons for kids

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Dying over here! So we read in today’s Post that legal scalpers are charging $850 for tee times at the Bethpage Black […]

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Does anyone else think this is weird?
Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill

Does anyone else think this is weird?

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From the Brooklyn Food Conference event schedule: “June 20, 2:00-9:00 PM Goat Spit Summer Throwdown Corner of Sackett & Henry Streets, Brooklyn […]

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A handful of hair deals around Park Slope
Park Slope/ Prospect Heights

A handful of hair deals around Park Slope

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As part of our ongoing attempt to provide readers with the latest budget beauty news, here are a handful of haircut and […]

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In the papers: white grill price drops again
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

In the papers: white grill price drops again

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Cheap things come to those who wait—and obsess. Over at Sears, the lust-worthy (but kind of girly and totally impractical) white gas […]

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Father’s Day gifts for $50 and under
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Father’s Day gifts for $50 and under

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Why do the items that turn up in gift shops every year around this time have so little to do with any […]

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This just in: New York spring water, 17 cents a bottle
News

This just in: New York spring water, 17 cents a bottle

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Bottled water is evil but sometimes unavoidable, and there’s a new kind on the market that lets New Yorkers swell with civic […]

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Who doesn’t like free bar food? NYT readers
Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill

Who doesn’t like free bar food? NYT readers

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The Times’ Frugal Traveler Matt Gross (he of the best job in media) does a fun rundown this week of all the […]

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