Holy plaid pants—Canal Jeans lives on in Brooklyn!
Those who thought Canal Jeans had vanished from the city's radar in 2002 were only partially right. Since the Broadway…
Category: Neighborhoods
The Sartorialist on the prowl in Brooklyn
The Sartorialist, our favorite fashion voyeur/photo-blogger, has the best job in the world: snapping shots of nattily dressed folk on…
The Brokavore: Best meal deal in Sunset Pork
Famed for its roast pork, El Bohio Lechonera in the Bronx has been a porcine powerhouse since David Chang was…
Get your butt kicked in public for $30
We don't totally understand this Groupon thing, but we just got a blast from the new coupon site that they…
Posing nude for an art class: one man’s tale
Inspired by the following post on figure-drawing classes, we began casting about for info on how Brokelyn readers can get…
Art classes in Bushwick, $13.33 an hour
This reader tip, about Rob Zeller's art classes in Bushwick, comes from someone who also has the last name Zeller.…
Renegade Craft Fair wrap up
Making things and selling them at craft fairs—that's the stuff dreams are made of, especially layoff-fueled "Plan B" dreams. But…
Williamsburg trustafarians have to get jobs
For those who missed it yesterday, the Sunday Times had a fascinating piece on how shrinking trust funds are clobbering…
In the papers: a deal on Levi’s, 33 cent beer and $1 torches
In this week's bag of supermarket circulars: We know a cute gay hiker type who swears by the men's department…
How I spent just $8,000 last year
I never really decided to spend only $8,000 in one year—it just sort of happened. I didn’t even realize the…