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]

Coupon quickie: get $20 off a new tree in NYC
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Coupon quickie: get $20 off a new tree in NYC

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Does everyone know you can get $20 from the city if you buy a new tree? As part of Bloomberg’s plan to […]

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Kooky Brooklyn blog of the day: The Descriptionist
Uncategorized

Kooky Brooklyn blog of the day: The Descriptionist

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If you’ve ever had that feeling on the F train that someone was scoping you out and taking notes, you might not […]

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Free: 90 minutes with a hot Swedish nanny
Red Hook

Free: 90 minutes with a hot Swedish nanny

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The New York Times has a story about how the Red Hook Ikea’s Smaland—the playspace where parents can deposit kids for 90 […]

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Holy plaid pants—Canal Jeans lives on in Brooklyn!
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

Holy plaid pants—Canal Jeans lives on in Brooklyn!

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Those who thought Canal Jeans had vanished from the city’s radar in 2002 were only partially right. Since the Broadway location shuttered, […]

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The Sartorialist on the prowl in Brooklyn
Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene

The Sartorialist on the prowl in Brooklyn

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The Sartorialist, our favorite fashion voyeur/photo-blogger, has the best job in the world: snapping shots of nattily dressed folk on the streets […]

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Get your butt kicked in public for $30
Park Slope/ Prospect Heights

Get your butt kicked in public for $30

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We don’t totally understand this Groupon thing, but we just got a blast from the new coupon site that they have a […]

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Posing nude for an art class: one man’s tale
Williamsburg/ Greenpoint

Posing nude for an art class: one man’s tale

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Inspired by the following post on figure-drawing classes, we began casting about for info on how Brokelyn readers can get paid gigs […]

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Art classes in Bushwick, $13.33 an hour
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

Art classes in Bushwick, $13.33 an hour

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This reader tip, about Rob Zeller’s art classes in Bushwick, comes from someone who also has the last name Zeller. What are […]

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Renegade Craft Fair wrap up
Outings

Renegade Craft Fair wrap up

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Making things and selling them at craft fairs—that’s the stuff dreams are made of, especially layoff-fueled “Plan B” dreams. But from looks […]

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Williamsburg trustafarians have to get jobs
Williamsburg/ Greenpoint

Williamsburg trustafarians have to get jobs

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For those who missed it yesterday, the Sunday Times had a fascinating piece on how shrinking trust funds are clobbering the Williamsburg […]

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