If you’ve ever been at a loss for where to stash weekend guests and wondered about those hotels you pass on the way to JFK and elsewhere around the borough… consider investing in an air mattress instead. For no good reasons other than amusement and morbid curiosity, we perused the Trip [...]
Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?
Is there any way to spruce up cheap hooch so that your guests are fooled into thinking they’re drinking top-shelf? Every Day with Rachael Ray suggests adding a dash of salt to improve the flavor of cheap brew and serving it in glasses. (Maybe you should start by [...]
Car rentals: who’s the cheapest?
If you’re still trying to figure out your plans, here’s a quick run-down of Brooklyn car rentals, from most to least expensive. All rates quoted are for Friday-to-Monday rental of compact cars, and the guys from the sketchier-sounding companies assured us that none were more than six to seven years old. Unless indicated, there’s no [...]
Dear Toilet, I miss you. Luv, Camper
Brooklyn is a place of many diversions, but who knew loo-less camping was one of them?
It happens that our borough is home to the only place to (legally) pitch a tent within city limits, and it’s not Prospect Park. Floyd Bennett Field, at the very end of Flatbush Avenue, has three camp sites that accommodate [...]
