Whose rotisserie bird is the best?
A store-bought rotisserie chicken is the city dweller’s answer to the TV dinner. Picked up on the walk home from the subway, it’s a fast and affordable option for getting a seemingly “home cooked”...
View ArticlePrice check: Brooklyn carpet cleaners
When it came time to shampoo a few rugs, why not just call Sears? Here’s why: the last time they came, they left the carpets soaking wet, filling the joint with a musty not-so-freshness for several...
View ArticleOscar cramming: cheap BK theaters
Double features may be a thing of the past (at least official double features—we do know people who routinely do the DIY version) but the matinee is alive and well in Brooklyn. A handful of theaters...
View ArticleTV junkie’s guide to giving up cable
I canceled my cable a few months ago. It had to be done—my Cablevision bill was $124.67 a month. But you can’t expect a girl to live without TV: If you prick me, do I not bleed? Yes, I can stream many,...
View ArticleNo-insurance BK healthcare guide
Getting good health care can be tough for the uninsured. That, we don’t need to tell you. There are no statistics for Brooklyn alone (that we know of), but with all its artists, writers, freelancers...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Brokelyn!
Yup, today’s our birthday: our very first one! We’re planning a big party next month, but meanwhile, to mark the occasion, we thought we’d revisit a fitting Brokelyn classic, Are supermarket cakes...
View ArticleOur $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center
The cooling centers are open again, and this week, they’re sure to be hopping. Here’s what we found last summer, one hot August afternoon: Today’s the first day this year that the city has opened its...
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