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Author: Lauren Cannon

Bar of the Week: It’s Quarter Bar!

This is the 26th in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we're going…

Coffee training class to help get that post-post-grad job

The broke and sporadically employed are all too aware of the age old employer Catch-22 slogan: "Only the experienced need…

Virtual help for real-world job stress

You, overworked and underpaid, dream incessantly of a clone to handle your annoying online tasks and past-due assignments. Silly mortal: Don't…

Cheap ways to brush up on office skills

Whether you're a future banker or book publisher, your career ladder is bound to start with an assistant-level position. That's…

8 tips for turning tweets into free eats

In the current economy, many businesses are using the carrot and stick method to lure potential customers. This is great…

Closing sale: half-off fabric at Baltic Bazaar

Certain do-gooders of businesses out there should just get a pass when it comes to the harsh realities of economics.…

Cost-cutting with your natural hair

As a Southern black woman in Brooklyn, I've noticed that far more black women around here wear their hair natural…

The freshest raffle prize yet: $60 at Green Kitchen

So we've taken care of decadent, meaty, succulent... anyone for some greens on their raffle-won menu? It's easy to pledge…

Rejuvenate with a Slope Suds massage & style

In the world of multiple-roommate-living, returning home after a long day to soak in the tub just isn't what it…

New RAFFLE OF THE CENTURY prize: $50 at Guvnor’s Vintage Thrift

Granted, you hear the word 'thrift,' and 'luxury item' isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But what if…