Cheap, last-minute tax advice for procrastinators
Let's see... elaborate April Fool's day prank involving fake job offer for roommate: check. Annual passive-aggressive spring cleaning e-mail to…
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One skin-flint’s search for a cheap tattoo
I have two adorable (in my eyes, at least) rats tattooed across my shoulder blades, and I've been feeling a…
Another $15 haircut/blowout for a good cause
Beauty school student Cristina R.---called "amazing" by one Brokelyn reader, "incredibly talented" by another---writes in about two more days of…
Car-service price check: Bed-Stuy
This week, our roving car-service eye honed in on Bedford-Stuyvesant. The rates here are pretty steady for the different companies,…
Who’s your favorite BK auto mechanic?
We're always looking for ways to help out, even when no one actually asks us for it. Posting recently on…
Veggie-growing guide, part 2: seeds
So, you still plan to grow your own food. Now that we've convinced you it's possible and provided the quick…
How to grow your windowsill salad
Read the rest of the installments in our four-part series on urban vegetable gardening: seeds, soil and putting it all together. We know,…
Cheaper ways to learn digi-design
If being able to type 90WPM is the most impressive computer skill you have, it may be difficult (i.e. impossible) to stay competitive…
Free and cheap ways to try Zumba tonight
By now you've probably heard of Zumba, the Latin-fusion, easier-and-sweatier-than-a-rhumba fitness style of dance that's supposed to be this decade's…
Car-service price check: Cobble Hill
This week we turned our car-service lens on Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The area as a whole is pricey,…