Since taking a “break from food”, to open up his own bar, Lady Jays, star chef Sam Mason still knows how to throw a mean BBQ. One a month, New York magazine has been teaming up local chefs with DJ’s and buzz bands to create one delicious spectacle with their

The easiest and most relaxing way to have brunch with eleven to 15 of close friends/random acquaintances is having a potluck brunch. Instead of waiting 45 minutes to be seated, everyone can start shoving their faces as soon as they walk in the door. It’s an incredibly cheap way to

The Holland Bar is a real dive bar where most people are regulars who aren’t worried about how cool or attractive or sober or sane they come off. They come here because there’s a decent jukebox with shit like Jim Croce, Sinatra, and the Stones, pints of Budweiser for $3,

The Seaport Music Festival has brought attuned New Yorkers an impressive array of artists these past few weeks. The series opened up a fortnight ago with the jaunty sounds of the Apples in Stereo before transitioning during its second week to the lo-fi wonders that are Beach Fossils and Woven Bones. Week number

Everyone, including native New Yorkers, looooooooove giving advice to people about living in New York.  Half the time, you’ll hear the same things over and over and over again.  But which of these oft-repeated pieces of advice or factoids are actually true? 1) Traffic! ONLY IN NEW YORK!  AMIRITE?!? If

So, it seems that summer is the time for FREE movies here in New York and on Brokeassstuart.com.  In the same vein, I am offering up yet another complementary film.  Now, this one may seem like it is for kids (it may even say that) but I assure you this

When it gets scorching, dripping and sweaty hot in New York, it’s easy to start day dreaming about opening every fire hydrant on the street or building a raft and spending the rest of the summer floating down the Hudson. Then you think about how much you’d sweat while constructing

Dating Mistake Numero Uno: Spending the better part of a paycheck when you’re not even sure  he or she is gonna put out. Seriously. If you just dropped a few hundred dollars to impress someone and they don’t so much as feel you up through your clothes, it was a