Who knew that commenters on Amazon’s message boards were such layabouts? Who’s even ever read the discussions on Amazon? Thank goodness someone […]

At the top of yesterday’s Etsy email blast of “kid-friendly” vintage finds: an electric, metal-bladed fan from a time long ago, when […]

It’s good to be back. While we were off chiseling an unsuspecting resort owner in Lake George, Jennifer Connelly said she unloaded […]

Yep, you heard it. No posts here for a week. Crickets, my friends. No blog posts, Twitter feeds or Facebook updates. (Okay, […]

Here’s another positive outcome of the downturn: fashion magazines—and designers, too it seems—are finally paying attention to those of us with realistic […]

Each week or so, our Dear Penny column investigates the answers to reader questions about saving money in Brooklyn. This week’s entry […]

TONIGHT/TOMORROW: Bklyn Soul Fest = 2 days of old-school brilliance at the Bell House. Otis Clay, Maxine Brown, Sweet Divines, more. 8 […]

Fair warning to all ye cinephiles trying to save some money on snacks while savoring some sweet revenge on the Nazis: If […]

If necessity is the mother of invention, then poverty is the abusive stepfather of home repairs. And don’t we know it—you can’t […]

Here we are, at the tail-end of summer, September drawing perilously near, and maybe that European jaunt you dreamed of just didn’t […]