Call it a la cartography (or not… up to you)
Food & Drink

Call it a la cartography (or not… up to you)

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How cool is this—an econo-chow map of Brooklyn? From Greenpoint blintzes to Flatbush cabrit (Haitian goat stew) to Mill Basin pastrami, here’s […]

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Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?
Food & Drink

Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?

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Is there any way to spruce up cheap hooch so that your guests are fooled into thinking they’re drinking top-shelf? Every Day […]

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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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Am I allowed to ask if my laid-off roommate can still pay his rent?
Services

Am I allowed to ask if my laid-off roommate can still pay his rent?

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Each week, Brokelyn.com’s in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. I had an unemployed roommate once. Good god was it […]

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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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Summer cabins, $215 a week
Outings

Summer cabins, $215 a week

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Commitment-phobes who break out in hives at the prospect of signing a lease on a Catskills retreat should periodically park themselves in […]

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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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How do I avoid buying a round at a bar without being obvious?
Food & Drink

How do I avoid buying a round at a bar without being obvious?

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Each week, Brokelyn.com’s in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. When I was little my mother went down to Tijuana […]

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