A holiday party without good wine is like… well… enough said. With the sheer number of get-togethers on most folks’ calendars this […]

We’re gonna catch all kinds of crap for posting a gift from Target, since it isn’t exactly a homespun mom-and-pop enterprise, but […]

Back in our day, just about every sexually confused undergrad had at least one Georgia O’Keeffe poster on her wall, but who […]

Before all you practical types start grousing that junk-mail envelopes and magazines make perfectly good coasters, remember that the whole point of […]

There’s nothing a miser hates more than travel-size anything, ie., getting gauged for convenience’s sake. That’s why we dig GoToob, the endlessly […]

Maybe you know a Brooklynite in absentia (they’ll be back, don’t worry) or maybe you’re a recent arrival yourself and want to […]

If you have a design-y friend who’s been big into those mod, one-dimensional takes on fussy classics (chandelier decals on walls, picture […]

Considering that LEGOs have spawned a whole sculptural movement, with some masterpieces to rival just about anything the ancient Greeks put forth, […]

Craigslist contains some items (okay, most) that we wouldn’t even want for free (bedsheets? um, no thanks.), and some that are interesting, […]

So You Think You Can DIY?  When it comes to handmade holiday gifts, here’s the deal: I don’t want a popsicle-stick gingerbread […]