Advice
Focaccia Class at Brooklyn Kitchen Labs
Have you ever gotten someone a birthday present that you soon realize they will hate? That happened to me recently for my hubby’s birthday. I was trying to be creative and so I got him’a cooking class. Apparently, I had been trying to get him to go to a cooking
Awesome Ways to Kill Time at Work
NOTE: While the whole de-motivational poster thing has gotten a little lame, in honor of their more sincere/less funny ancestors, I will share some of my favorites with you here. Also, it should be known that I don’t like Dilbert comics. Working in an office sucks. Of course there are
Eat Once Stay Full For 6 Months
What I am about to suggest may seem wrong for a website for and about broke people. I think the restaurant I am writing about is considered ‘˜upscale’ and maybe even ‘˜expensive’. But here is the twist. If you eat here once, you will never have to eat again. That
DIY: The $15 Monitor Fix
Oh, my poor suffering laptop. In the five years I’ve owned it I’ve drown it in Oolong, infected it with viruses, used it, abused it and neglected it like a guy who followed me home from a bar. However, unlike that guy, I still need to use my laptop. When
Broke-Ass Financial Coaching: Broke-Ass Wellness
“How much should I spend on massages each month?” – DW
Wow that is a super specific question AND you don’t sound like a broke ass! Ok, I’ll go easy on you. It is a fantastic question and one that is similar to questions that many people ask themselves. If you have read any of my articles you will know by now that I can’t directly answer most questions like this. Well, I could just say “$100,” but I would be way short of my article length expectation.
Dear Anna G, Help Me Pick Up BK Dudes
I swear to god, people, I’m not making these up. Here’s the latest from my inbox: Dear Anna, As a single gal in NYC, I’m done dealing with the pretentious shallow cakeboys of Manhattan. I love hearing about your dips in the dating pool of Brooklyn and think you can
How To Make New Friends
So you want some new friends. Maybe you don’t have any yet because you just moved to the city. Maybe you recently broke up with your girlfriend, who turned everyone you know against you (whore). Or maybe you’re just kind of sick of the friends you’ve already got. I mean,
Five Things You Could’ve Done This Weekend With That Extra Hour
Daylight Savings Time is an annoying, outdated piece of shit. I mean, I know we all love the week after it starts when the days are longer, because drinking is so much less depressing when you get to do it outside in the sun all afternoon instead of heading inside