We’d climbed nearby mountains, lit upstate cabin-fireplaces—we were ready for our next summer getaway from boom-boxes and sweaty subways. This time, we […]

Back last summer, we did a little story on home-swapping—that unreal deal where you trade your simple Brooklyn abode for a glitzy […]

If you’re not already renting some Catskill cozinesss or staycating around town, why not take a hike? With little hassle, you can […]

Everyone needs to escape during the summer—relax, get some fresh air and recharge those NYC-grade Energizers we run on the rest of […]

So we’ll be speaking at a panel at SXSWi next month called “The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs and Twitter to Live Cheaply” […]

Last weekend, Maggie Muldoon and Naomi Solomon won our Atlantic City guest-blogger contest and went on a freebie-filled overnight trip to Jersey’s […]

Visits from parents, friends and random relatives who’ve never been to New York are great. You get to spend quality time with […]

The airline that brought us the all-you-can-fly-month for $600 has a one-day sale that makes us want to ditch this weather and head […]

We’ve never really understood the whole Gilt Groupe membership thing—it’s a designer-discount site where they say you have to be invited to […]

One of the great things about having a blog—aside from sleeplessness, the abject humiliation of Google ads and exacerbation of pre-existing ADD—is […]