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28 Mar 2011

6 Quick, Cheap NYC Daytrips with Your Boo

Don’t let being too cheap or broke get you down in taking a trip with your significant other! Not when spring is imminent! Here are 6 great daytrips from NYC: 1) Montauk Going on the off-season is actually kind of cool, because it gives off a totally different vibe, PLUS

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27 Mar 2011

Go Italian With Happy Hour at Zuppa

I don’t normally go out for Italian food because I kind of have a thing about spending money on dishes it’s safe to say I could make at home for a third of the price, like pizza or spaghetti and meatballs.  On the other hand, as half of the blood

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27 Mar 2011

How to Sleep on an Airplane

There’s got to be a better way! Sleeping on planes: Is it possible? If I had a dime for everyone I’ve ever heard say, “I just can’t sleep on a plane,” I would have at least $5. I used to be one of those people; I sat in that 14-square-inch

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26 Mar 2011

DIY: How to Make your own Earring Organizer

Get your earrings out of that drawer and put them on display! Spring is finally here –  and that calls for a good old dose of Spring Cleaning! Cleaning out junk drawers and jewelry boxes has been one of my favorite rainy-day past times lately. I have been trying to

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26 Mar 2011

t.b.d. Keeping Greenpoint Wallets Happy

t.b.d, you had me at $1 beers. You may call it it “Cheap Date Night,” but to me and my friends it is “Thank gawd I don’t have to choose between groceries and fun this week.” Every Tuesday starting at 7PM, t.b.d. screens a movie and offers up Yuenglings at

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26 Mar 2011

Laney College Flea Market: This and Every Sunday

Teddy Ruxpin’s cousin from Oakland. Get your very own at the Laney College Flea Market. It’s Sunday morning, and you don’t want to leave your bed until at least 11:30 (it’s out of principle).  But then you’re struck by the primal urge to forage through clumps of tangled trinkets while

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26 Mar 2011

Do it in the Dark – Earth Hour 2011

I like Earth. It’s a pretty neat planet in my opinion. Not as rad as Saturn, or as controversial as Pluto (STILL A PLANET IN MY HEART), but overall Earth is pretty cool. Unfortunately, we humans have royally fucked ourselves into a corner, environmentally speaking. We’re on an express train

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25 Mar 2011

Win Tickets to Pomplamoose Show at CELLspace Tomorrow!

The Disposable Film Festival, one of my favorite events in the city, is back!  It kicked off last night in the Castro, but don’t worry if you missed it — the rest of this year’s lineup is super awesome and features lots of cool, FREE stuff (like Sunday’s FREE brunch and

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