In the papers (our kind of papers)
You know that annoying bag of circulars and coupons that lands your stoop every week? Don't throw it away without…
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What’s the least expensive meal I can serve at a dinner party?
Each week, Brokelyn.com's in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. Make the Roman dish “Cacio y Pepe,” a…
Free stuff swap on the Gowanus
Thanks to OnlytheBlogKnowsBrooklyn for sussing out this tip: an open-air swap on Saturday May 30, at BKLYNYard, an outdoor music…
Bargains galore in Little Pakistan
The storefronts don't exactly scream "style destination," but Blessed be Allah: there is some fine shopping along the stretch of…
Coming soon: more bargains than you’re allowed to buy!
Send scoops on sales, deals and drink specials (especially those) to tips@brokelyn.com
Free hairdos for guinea pigs
Tuesdays are training days at the tattoorific Woodley & Bunny salon in Williamsburg, which means pro bono coifs at the…
Call it a la cartography (or not… up to you)
How cool is this—an econo-chow map of Brooklyn? From Greenpoint blintzes to Flatbush cabrit (Haitian goat stew) to Mill Basin…
Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?
Is there any way to spruce up cheap hooch so that your guests are fooled into thinking they’re drinking top-shelf?…
Good, inexpensive produce (or, yet another reason to quit the Food Coop)
Move toward the light. I’ll back up slightly: Leave the N train at the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop, exit onto…
The cut-rate curl whisperer
If you have curly hair, there's a decent chance you've wound up at Devachan, the Manhattan salon with a weirdly…