Free self-defense classes for teens
Brooklyn and grit are no strangers. We all love the street cred that comes from telling out-of-towners about our edgy…
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Tested: a $10 blow-out
You could pull your hair out looking for cheap beauty services in New York. Take, for example, the blow-out. It's…
The bedbug cure THEY don’t want you to know about
It's hard to convey the paranoia we flea-marketing, curb-side-spotting, Craigslisting folk feel about bedbugs---with good reason. Now is prime paranoia…
Brokelyn’s guide to adult education
Have you been thinking this is the year you are going to learn something new? Maybe you've always wanted to…
Tell us your budget wedding tips, part II
This is Kristen and her fiancé, Wes, the beaming winners of our wedding ticket give-away to last Saturday's Brooklyn Based…
Guide to January yoga deals in Brooklyn
You've resolved to get in better shape in mind and body. You've also resolved to spend less money. You have…
Hit me! Free lecture on how win at blackjack
Here's how you know you're truly down in the economic dumps: you start talking to your friends about the lucrative…
Help—I need an inexpensive (but great) hair colorist!
We've been asked this too many times to count, and there's no good reason why we took so long to…
Life-saving freebie: kid car-seat inspection
Icy roads mean scary driving conditions, and while pretty much everyone can adjust mirrors, buckle safety belts and flick on…
Fun dance classes for slim budgets
Recently, we received a note from a reader looking for some "dance classes (specifically ballet and/or hip hop) for beginners…