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Hooray for Ray’s Candy Store
Okay, guys, ready? One, Two, Three… “COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF.” So, you know how people who have lived here long enough to still call Hi-Fi the bar Brownies and remember when Tompkins Square Park was a shanty town (although it still kind of is… one homeless man once presented me
Milkshakes Made Out Of Pie at Chile Pies (& Ice Cream)
Thanks be to my coworker and her birthday girl demands; without her, I never would have heard of Chile Pies (& Ice Cream) and their milkshakes with pies blended into them. Chile Pies is the dessert store that’s in cahoots with and sits a block down from Green Chile Kitchen.
Cool Ass Building: Arby’s on Fulton Street
For fast food in a fancy atmosphere, there are two options: 1. Wait until Valentine’s Day when White Castle on Metropolitan covers their tables in with cloths and offers table service. 2. Go to Arby’s in downtown Brooklyn. It’s the exact same menu that’s been a staple of suburban high
If Etsy Were a Real Place: Renegade Craft Fair this weekend at Fort Mason
Since it’s 2010 and you seem like a reasonable person who likes to buy nicely made, unique things for a low price, you probably already know what Etsy is and have probably also spent far too much time at work looking for the cleverest Mother’s Day gift ever. Well, if
Thursday Night Plans: $5 Tequila Tasting in Noe Valley
I don’t really watch a lot of cooking shows because I like to get all improvisational in the kitchen, but if you’re a fan of PBS’s Cooking Class then I’m sure you’ll be excited about tomorrow night’s Tequila Tasting event at Omnivore Books with the show’s host: Joanne Weir. For
See the Oakland A’s for $2
Baseball was once America’s past time and a sport that the common man could get behind. The A’s are trying to bring that sentiment back to the people by having ludicrously cheap tickets for Wednesday home games. For just $2 you can score a seat at the stadium and watch
Alternate Plans: The National Tonight in Prospect Park
So tonight’s Celebrate Brooklyn concert featuring The National has been sold out for months, as every ticket was immediately seized by bearded dudes willing to pay $35 to stand upright and sway gently to Matt Berninger’s dreamy baritone. Don’t be upset it’s sold out – are you really in the
Clipping Coupons in a Digital Age: Your Guide to NYC Deals
Remember those Entertainment Books from back in the day that offered a textbook size worth of sweet deals? I was forced to peddle them to my unsuspecting neighbors for various school and sports team fundraisers, where treasures like “Buy 10 dinners at Olive Garden and get the next one free”,