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The Silver Crest is the Diner that Time Forgot
It was a late Friday on the eve of the Folsom Street Fair, and I was sitting at the Hole In the Wall sandwiched between the well and two guys aggressively licking each other’s armpits. My roommate had flaked on me per usual, so I decided to throw in the
The Broke-Ass Girl’s Guide to Fall Thrifting
Happy Fall! The days of fighting humidity, basking in the sun, and ignoring obligations to hit the beach are behind us. Fall, and a new job, arrived just in time for me to occupy my sunless free time and finally be able to afford more than ramen noodles. That being
Best of Broke Ass Greenpoint: Transmitter Park
Homeslices, there’s a new park in Greenpoint. Completed in August and inaugurated with little fanfare by Mayor Bloomberg, Transmitter Park (named after the space’s previous tenant, the radio station WNYC) is the latest multi-million dollar renovation on the northern Brooklyn waterfront. The park is located at the end of Greenpoint
No Sex In The Champagne Room: 6 Worst Places To Have Sex
Having impromptu sex or sex in an unexpected location: what’s not to like? It gets your adrenaline going and your oxytocin levels are flying every which way! Well, guys, it’s all fun and games until someone gets cum in their eye. IT BURNS! Just kidding, blowjobs are for suckers. LITERALLY!
Brooklyn Book Festival – FREE This Sunday (9/23)
Alright Broke-Ass Bookworm Brooklynites* you’ve been waiting all year for it, the Brooklyn Book Festival. And if you haven’t been yet, what took you so long? It’s an all day completely FREE celebration of all things literary. Noted authors come from all over to participate in talks and readings. Among
BA of the Week: Writer Dana Sitar
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.
FREE Steamroller Printing Festival
Ever seen art made by steamroller? Now you can. Welcome to the 9th annual Roadworks festival, where, in short, talented woodcutters and print makers create large linoleum blocks, lay them out on Rhode Island street in Potrero Hill, and drive a 3 ton steamroller over them. And it isn’t just
Broke-Ass Show Review: The Juliets Played Pianos Last Saturday (9/15)
The Juliets are all about quiet innovation. It seeps from the bows and strings of their mini-orchestra; it shows its face in lyrics that declare: “If it’s less what you do and it’s more what you know / I can’t wait on fashion because I’m ready to go.”