Tested: a $10 beauty-school haircut
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Tested: a $10 beauty-school haircut

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In Williamsburg, where I live, it’s hard to find someone to cut your hair for less than $60 who doesn’t make you […]

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Tackle those yams at Turkey Day 101
Food & Drink

Tackle those yams at Turkey Day 101

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With Halloween checked off the ’09 holiday list, our fake blood and platinum wig put away, the culinary bounty of Thanksgiving is […]

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Scenes from a Connect Four slaughter-fest
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Scenes from a Connect Four slaughter-fest

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The World Series is at 3-2. Brett Favre just beat his old teammates on their home turf. And last night, 18 people saw victory over a seven-column, six-row vertically-suspended grid. The “game” we now refer to as Connect Four is centuries old, when Captain Hook used to play it so often with his fellow mates it was coined “Captain’s Mistress.” Well, last night was surely an affair to remember.

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Free lanes & shoes happy hour at Brooklyn Bowl
Outings

Free lanes & shoes happy hour at Brooklyn Bowl

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To bowl or not to bowl… is that ever the question? Well, it should be, and the answer is “bowl, especially on […]

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Become Brooklyn’s Connect Four champ
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Become Brooklyn’s Connect Four champ

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Connect Four, the seemingly-simple, ambiguously-named pastime of dropping checker-like pieces into little yellow slots, is about to be vaulted to the competitive […]

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Martha! Martha! Martha!
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

Martha! Martha! Martha!

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Turns out she’s doing a whole hour on Brooklyn, which may also include her stops at Marlowe and Sons, Marlowe and Daughters, a rooftop garden and some of the different food factories. Her posse said the show (doubly titled Martha: The Martha Stewart Show) is supposed to air Nov. 10, though it’s subject to change.

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Martha Stewart coming to the Brooklyn Flea!
Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene

Martha Stewart coming to the Brooklyn Flea!

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Everyone loves the Brooklyn Flea—Thurston Moore, Neil Patrick Harris, that guy from Flight of the Conchords, and now… Martha Stewart! We’ve got […]

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Have a scare-trade Halloween at Brooklyn costume swaps
Park Slope/ Prospect Heights

Have a scare-trade Halloween at Brooklyn costume swaps

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Still searching for that perfect glue-on mustache and calculator-machine-gun-combo to complete your stimulus accountability czar outfit? Maybe you’re just trying to figure […]

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This weekend: Find your inner Henna artist, bootlegger, cheesemaker
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

This weekend: Find your inner Henna artist, bootlegger, cheesemaker

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Where can you learn the art of “uncooking,” how to brew kombucha and some new massage techniques? At the first annual Brooklyn Skillshare, this Saturday, […]

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A night at the Richard Meier building for $10
Outings

A night at the Richard Meier building for $10

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When we heard that Momasphere was hosting an Amy Sohn reading at the Richard Meier building tonight, our ears perked up. Inside […]

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