How to get (& survive) an NYC restaurant job
You’ve just finished college. Yay! Maybe you’ve just moved to NYC with big dreams and your diploma in your hand.…
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"Welcome margaritas upon arrival." Win. [The Luxury Spot] Bike follies now New York's funniest home videos [NYT] Smoking in the…
Bar of the week: Refill at DUMBO’s reBar
This is the 22nd in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week the spotlight…
How to be young, broke and beautiful
For years, budget-bouncing impresario Broke-Ass Stuart has shared scores of secret power-ups and tips for stretching gold in the two…
This weekend: Reggie Watts, Mos Def, MJ singalong
FRIDAY 7pm: comedian/musician reggie watts plays red hook park, free 8pm: syl johnson (his 1967 ‘different strokes’ has been sampled…
Mmmm! The Brooklyn pr-ice cream index
In the sweltering heat, I imagine myself doing one of two things: 1) taking an entire watermelon to the face,…
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…
Sweat it outdoors with epic summer fitness guide
Gyms, they try so hard to get you in the door, what with their discounts and freebies and entreaties to karma.…
Today: Free lobster sandwiches in Mill Basin
You know that lobster joint you pass, all the way down on Flatbush Avenue, when you're riding your bike to…