What to wear on your summer paycation
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What to wear on your summer paycation

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It doesn’t quite seem quite right that someone as talented as art director Irina Blok is actually looking for work, but the […]

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Best Obama job ever: beach planner, nearly $100K
News

Best Obama job ever: beach planner, nearly $100K

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Reason number 32,643 to love Barack Obama—one of his Recovery Act-funded jobs is a “community planner” for the Gateway National Recreation Area. […]

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What’s on your laptop? Bushwick edition
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

What’s on your laptop? Bushwick edition

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The day: Tuesday, June 16, at 4 p.m. The mission: find out what the laptop nomads are working on at two Bushwick […]

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In the papers: $240 off an Ikea sofa
Red Hook

In the papers: $240 off an Ikea sofa

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A Brokelyn favorite hobby is scanning those wet circular bags that wind up on your stoop once a week because they contain […]

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Budget traveler’s guide to home-swapping
Outings

Budget traveler’s guide to home-swapping

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Camping out or staying with relatives don’t have to be the only affordable ways to escape the city this summer. If you […]

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Best places to find beer-n-shot deals
Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene

Best places to find beer-n-shot deals

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You walk in a bar some nights with more gainfully-employed friends, and the first thing you do is open your wallet to […]

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Six cheap-date spots worth a try
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

Six cheap-date spots worth a try

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As the financial equivalent of swine flu ails the economy, the awkward line, “So, uh, you want to go to dinner sometime?” […]

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Afternoon quickie: rock-o-rama sale tonight in Greenpoint
Sales & Deals

Afternoon quickie: rock-o-rama sale tonight in Greenpoint

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Today from 5 to 8, the Brooklyn-based online music store Insound will be having a keg-fueled warehouse sale of heavily discounted vinyl, […]

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The decorator’s guide to dumpster diving
Outings

The decorator’s guide to dumpster diving

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One man’s trash is another one’s… temporary shanty fully constructed from salvaged materials. At left is artist Lisa Kirk’s Maison des Cartes, […]

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Weekend to-not-do list: walk to Staten Island, via New Jersey
Outings

Weekend to-not-do list: walk to Staten Island, via New Jersey

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Effed in Park Slope reports that this Sunday a group called Flashwalk is organizing a walk from Brooklyn to Staten Island. (Shouldn’t […]

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