Free hairdos for guinea pigs
Services

Free hairdos for guinea pigs

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Tuesdays are training days at the tattoorific Woodley & Bunny salon in Williamsburg, which means pro bono coifs at the hands of […]

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Good, inexpensive produce (or, yet another reason to quit the Food Coop)
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Good, inexpensive produce (or, yet another reason to quit the Food Coop)

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Move toward the light. I’ll back up slightly: Leave the N train at the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop, exit onto the parkway, […]

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The cut-rate curl whisperer
Services

The cut-rate curl whisperer

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If you have curly hair, there’s a decent chance you’ve wound up at Devachan, the Manhattan salon with a weirdly effective method […]

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Car rentals: who’s the cheapest?
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

Car rentals: who’s the cheapest?

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If you’re still trying to figure out your plans, here’s a quick run-down of Brooklyn car rentals, from most to least expensive. […]

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Are supermarket cakes any good?
Food & Drink

Are supermarket cakes any good?

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Nothing honors a birthday quite like a layer cake, decorated with flair and glowing with the requisite number of candles. But at […]

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The fish secret they don’t want you to know about (they=brunch places)
Food & Drink

The fish secret they don’t want you to know about (they=brunch places)

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Walking the short length of Gem Street, in an industrial stretch by the Williamsburg/Greenpoint border, you’d never guess you were homing in […]

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Addictive home finds at Amazing Savings
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

Addictive home finds at Amazing Savings

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One of the satisfactions of living in rural Brooklyn (Midwood, Ditmas, etc.) is the proximity of Amazing Savings, the bastard child of a 99-cent store and a Bed Bath & Beyond. We recruited local kidswear designer Eliza Gran (above) to help us find the best stuff.

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Price check: cheap teeth whitening
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Price check: cheap teeth whitening

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Eventually, one must accept that six cups of coffee per day will turn pearly whites into canary yellows. What to do when […]

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Don’t fear the neon: how to shop Fulton Mall
Downtown

Don’t fear the neon: how to shop Fulton Mall

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When it came time to do some recon at the Fulton Mall, we turned to our fashiony friend Subira, who has an […]

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