Booze

23 Dec 2010

Half Price Happiness at Drop Off Service

Step 1: Realize this East Village spot is not a laundromat. Step 2: Enter and prepare to spend at least 15 minutes surveying the bar’s impressively varied beer selection. Step 3: Purchase said beer for half price from 4-8PM Monday-Friday and 1-8PM on weekends. Step 4: Rejoice, then repeat Step

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22 Dec 2010

Mulled Wine, Snacks, and Artisan Crafts at Real Mercantile Tonight!

The Christmas countdown is getting intense — only three more days until I get to sit nervously around a table with 20 relatives and their annoying kids, wondering if my sister will spill a full glass of red wine on my cream-colored dress again (true story) or my boyfriend will

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22 Dec 2010

Top Tipple at The Narrows

Starring on an unassuming block off the Morgan L top, The Narrows has what its ‘hood rats need: A space classy enough to not miss Manhattan with drinks served at Brooklyn prices. All smooth lines, dim lights and black and white decor inside with a choice list of premium cocktails and beers,

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21 Dec 2010

Pre-gift/Re-gift Holiday Party For Misfit Toys @ Hot Bird

If you’re Jewish you’ve already received all your presents for the year, and you know what?  A lot of them were probably garbage. Sure, you were nice at the time, but do you really want a pneumatic spatula? Thankfully the good and like-minded people at Brokelyn have he answer with

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18 Dec 2010

Public Works’ Company Holiday Party

As a general rule of life, work-related holiday parties are un-fun. Whether it is your company, or the office of your friend/lover who has decided they secretly hate you and have brought you along for punishment, no one is truly stoked to be there. The opposite is true if you

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17 Dec 2010

Celebrate the Solstice with Bushwick Farmer’s Market

In case you forgot between last December and now, let us remind you: The winter solstice is a big day. Dropping either on the 21st or 22nd of December in the Northern hemisphere, the solstice is celebrated all over the world as a day of change and rebirth. It’s also

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16 Dec 2010

Two Forties and a Ferry: A Broke-Ass Booze Cruise

The other day, my good friend from the Azores asked me if I was proud to be an American. Of course, my initial reaction was “absolutely not” but then I got to thinking and that’s when I realized what being an American is really about: Getting drunk on a boat.

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16 Dec 2010

Drink Me Recipe: The Pyrus Dream

We here at BAS Headquarters are always thinking of new awesome things to bring to you, our dear (and depraved) readers.  So with this in mind we’ve teamed up with the fine folks over at Drink Me Magazine to bring you a new drink recipe every Thursday.  That way you can

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