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Get Your Broke-Ass Out of a Ticket
The day I took the training wheels off my lil pink Huffy, I could never imagine a world in which I would look in my helmet rear view mirror to see flashing lights, pulling me over for speeding. I still can’t imagine it because it hasn’t happened, and seriously, who

FREE Drinks, Cheap Tacos and $5 Bang Trims in the “Microhood” of Mint Slope
You might remember how I feel about completely made up neighborhoods. I’m not gonna go into my spiel again because you can just click on that link for fuck’s sake. But the sentiment remains the same. That being said, I’m all about excellent local businesses banding together to celebrate each

Karaoke Killed the Cat at Brooklyn Bowl
Most nights out in New York force some difficult decision making: dance party? karaoke? dirty bar? bowling? Why do these need to be mutually exclusive? At Brooklyn Bowl on Mondays, they don’t. Karaoke Killed the Cat is a FREE karaoke night that promises to be both karaoke for people who

Four Fail-proof Ways to Make and Save Thousands of Dollars a Year on Craigslist
When you need a new roommate to help cover half the costs of your midtown (or uptown or downtown) studio ‘“ because your previous roommate decided to skip out on the lease early to ‘œfind’ himself somewhere in Sumatra ‘“ Craigslist is likely the first place you look. But Craigslist’s

A Night at the Uptown, Minus the Prostitutes
Barfly Be Thy Name – The Uptown “Seedy, working girl bar” is the way I’ve heard the Uptown best described ever since moving to the city, but on a recent Friday night there wasn’t a lady of the evening to be found. I was meeting my friend Sabina, in for

Movies for Less at Cobble Hill Cinemas
Movies are fucking expensive. Seriously, finding a theater that will let you escape reality for less than $12 in this city is practically unheard of. It’s not just tickets: I recently paid $4.50 for a bottle of Dasani (102 degree heat wave, I was desperate okay?) at a theater in

The Great Beach Debate: East Coast vs West Coast
Having recently traveled to Hermosa Beach in California, and consecutively attempted to hit up all of New York beaches, I feel like each has something to offer. These two coastlines couldn’t be more different, and that’s mostly because of the people who flock to them rather than the physical landscape