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Author: Karina Briski

Bar of the Week: Rustik Tavern!

This is the 27th in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we’re going…

Farm out your yard, rake in the free veggies

Here's a real solution to rescuing that poor abandoned, debris-ridden lot next to your home (or maybe in your backyard) that…

Bar of the Week: A Strong Place for hearty drinkers

STRONG PLACE 270 Court St., between Butler and Douglass streets, Cobble Hill What It Is: Cobble Hill’s newest soccer/gastro pub and…

Don’t vacuum cat hair, turn it into a necklace

Flora Davis of San Francisco is selling a surprisingly beautiful line of necklaces on Etsy – all made of a…

Getting hitched? Changing your name could cost you $500K

A study by an economics research institute in the Netherlands found that women who adopted their married names, even hyphenated…

The internet’s surprising source for cheap vibrators

Did you know that Overstock.com, the site where you get faux-Tiffany lamps and semi-designer shoes, happens to be a pleasure…

Free and barely legal: Naked Bike Ride returns

The heat is on, but come the weekend, at least your clothes won’t have to be. This Saturday, Brooklynites can…

What would Aloe Blacc fans do with a dollar?

Our shtick is straight-up Brooklyn here, but we took a field trip to Manhattan on Friday to watch Aloe Blacc's…

Great beach weekends, no car needed

Memorial Day weekend marks the commercial start to summer, and if you were too confused about the difference between this…

Coming attraction: free bike-in movie this month

In another defiant bird flip to the automobile, the fun-loving foodies at Forking Tasty are taking a modern spin on…