NYC guide to getting rid of all your old crap
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NYC guide to getting rid of all your old crap

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Sunday is America Recycles Day, and here at Brokelyn, we’re celebrating 1) with a guilt trip and 2) a list of all the places to dump your stuff, other than a landfill.

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Why I would not walk a mile in Christian Siriano’s shoes
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Why I would not walk a mile in Christian Siriano’s shoes

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When we heard that Christian Siriano’s new line for Payless was out, we had to check it out. We love when designers […]

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The cheapest way to get home from Ikea
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The cheapest way to get home from Ikea

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Ikea is practically its own sovereign Swedish colony on the banks of the Gowanus Bay. So it only makes sense that the […]

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Connect Four Tourney, Round 2: This isn’t funny anymore
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Connect Four Tourney, Round 2: This isn’t funny anymore

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Word has spread, competition has gotten fierce, and tonight I got my ass kicked. I already admitted I didn’t practice. But while […]

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Haircut deal: you pay $50, kids are free
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Haircut deal: you pay $50, kids are free

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Considering the high cost of grownup haircuts these days, this seems like quite a bargain. There’s a touted hairdresser in Park Slope […]

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Hair’s Martha! What you missed on Stewart’s Brooklyn episode today
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Hair’s Martha! What you missed on Stewart’s Brooklyn episode today

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Martha eats a tomato fertilized with human hair—that’s just one highlight of the Brooklyn-centric episode of The Martha Stewart show, which aired […]

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Tonight: Connect Four Tournament Round 2
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Tonight: Connect Four Tournament Round 2

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For me, last week was just practice.  Tonight, it’s on.* Last Tuesday, 40 people gathered to compete in the world’s biggest Connect […]

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Rodarte for Target: yipes
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Rodarte for Target: yipes

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We know the entire fashion world worships Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, but does anyone else think their Target collaboration—coming in […]

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Are you a master debater? ‘Obsolete’ author up for a challenge
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Are you a master debater? ‘Obsolete’ author up for a challenge

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Do you A) smoke cigarettes, C) hand-write letters in cursive or C) wear a wristwatch? If so, Anna Jane Grossman wants a […]

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How to smell like Kate Moss for less
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How to smell like Kate Moss for less

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When it comes to being thrifty, we’re like naughty parochial school girls—we’re mostly good, but when we’re bad… blah blah, you know […]

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