How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs
News

How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs

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Earlier this week, when we wrote about couch surfing, a wary reader—the Flatbush Gardener, as it happens—commented with one word: ‘bedbugs.” And that’s […]

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Via Racked, first Look at Barneys Warehouse sale
Sales & Deals

Via Racked, first Look at Barneys Warehouse sale

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The folks over at Racked are a little more dedicated to bargain hunting today at the Barneys Warehouse sale, and by “dedicated” […]

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Reader question: Where to watch Mad Men in Brooklyn?
Food & Drink

Reader question: Where to watch Mad Men in Brooklyn?

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Y’all had brilliant suggestions for curly haircuts, so here’s another query, from cable-less reader Andrew, for the collective Brokelyn brain trust: Do […]

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How to survive tomorrow’s Barneys Warehouse Sale
Sales & Deals

How to survive tomorrow’s Barneys Warehouse Sale

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Warning: this post isn’t for everyone. But if you’re a designer-label obsessive and you still have disposable income (congrats!), get to bed […]

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This weekend: take the penny-pincher’s pilgrimage
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

This weekend: take the penny-pincher’s pilgrimage

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If you’re reading this blog, you like a bargain. So you won’t want to miss the deals at the first ever Brooklyn […]

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You’ll never Lack for style with this $7.99 table
Red Hook

You’ll never Lack for style with this $7.99 table

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Like us, our frugal friends over at the design blog Bromeliad must have gotten the Ikea flyer last week detailing a few […]

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Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center
Food & Drink

Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center

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Today’s the first day this year that the city has opened its cooling centers, the specially designated air-conditioned havens where heat-addled New […]

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Your Cash for Clunkers questions answered
Sales & Deals

Your Cash for Clunkers questions answered

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If you have an old car and want to get some Obama change to trade it in for a Prius, The New […]

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A couch-surfing tour of Brooklyn
travel

A couch-surfing tour of Brooklyn

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Squirrel is jittery and lean, with a look of confusion on his face. “Do you know the Rainbow Family?” he asks. “I’m […]

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What a radio and other random stuff cost in 1969
Shopping

What a radio and other random stuff cost in 1969

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Monumental anniversaries of one kind or another are a dime a dozen. But the 40th anniversary of Woodstock tomorrow is a dime […]

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