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DIY Mania All Month Long
Screenprinting, fermenting, hot-gluing, oh my! This month is like a DIY lover’s entry to Oz, a land where everything is more colorful because of spraypaint, mosaic tiles, and vintage fabric. Did you read that NY Times article about how we can’t grow up and get “real” jobs? Well, I don’t
Bummed You’re Missing Fashion Week?
Marc Jacobs, Spring 2011 We are interrupting the third in our series of back to school looks for this special announcement — IT’S NEW YORK FASHION WEEK! For those squares who are still wearing JNCO’s and Jellies, New York Fashion week is the biggest event in the industry that helps
BYOB’n in Brooklyn: Palmyra Restaurant
BYOB is a broke-ass’s best friend. It seemed like you could find a BYOB place anywhere in the city, especially with new restaurants waiting to get their liquor license, and luring in new clientele with the promise of unlimited booze. But the city has recently cracked down, and now new

East River Bar: Getting Williamsburg Properly Drunk
While the original use for this huge bar was a paint factory, the only things currently being produced here are very drunk people. With the exception of me that is. Every time I come here I’m already too drunk. In fact, the first time I was here was when
$1 Oyster Happy Hour at Hyde Street Seafood House and Raw Bar
As a seafood lover, I should have eaten oysters many times before last week, but for some reason they had eluded my ever-expanding stomach. But when a friend told me about the awesome happy hour at Hyde Street Seafood House and Raw Bar, I finally felt the slimy goodness of
Welcome to the Johnsons: $2 PBR and Remorse
Regretful decisions I have made at Welcome to the Johnsons: there are so many! Talking to a guy in a bandana, using the bathroom, ordering a seventh vodka-soda-orange juice’ the list goes on. But I will love Welcome to the Johnsons forever for its chill atmosphere and super cheap drinks.

Cheap Flowers: The San Francisco Flower Mart
Ok, so you really fucked up this time. Not only did you forget your anniversary, which also happens to fall on her birthday (which you also forgot), but you didn’t close the front door all the way which allowed her cat to run out and get hit by a car.
Cheap Lunch Specials at Ayola
When I’m having a good day at work, I celebrate with lunch at Ayola. When I’m having a bad day, I eat my feelings at Ayola. In sum, I spend a lot of time at Ayola. Good thing it’s so delicious ‘“ and cheap! The $8.56 lunch special includes a