Find out how Emily Farris got a huge room in Windsor Terrace for $200.
We’re down in Austin for SXSWi interactive this week, on a panel called The Broke Diaries. (Thanks for inviting us, Nichelle!) One of our fellow misers is Emily Farris, the lifestyle editor of the Kansas [...]
How to find a $200-a-month room through Craigslist
Wednesday linkage
What went down at Diddy’s party last night in Bed-Stuy [MTV.com]
Liberty of London might be Target’s best collabo yet [Racked.com]
More bagels for Park Slope [Brownstoner]
Blacktop Beauty show at Brooklyn Public Library [NYDailyNews]
All your Gowanus Canal questions answered [CityRoom]
Monster carrots at the Cortelyou greenmarket [...]
Clothing swap in Bed-Stuy this weekend
Our standard clothing-swap photo, by Jenene Chesbrough. It has no connection to this event.
Kioka, organizer of the Brooklyn Clothing Exchange, writes in to tell us about a clothing swap in Bed-Stuy this weekend. The details:
Saturday March 13, noon – 4 p.m. at Brooklyn Public Library, Macon Branch
361 Lewis Ave. at Macon [...]
Aromatherapy for dogs, only $5!
The aromatherapy for pets (!) workshop has been rescheduled:
Aromatherapy 101: Essentials Oils for You and Your Pets workshop, at It’s A Dog’s World, 593 Coney Island Ave. (near Beverly), Brooklyn, NY has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 PM. There is a $5.00 fee for this workshop.
It is important to reserve [...]
Rock a Biggie sweater for less at P. Diddy’s first-ever Brooklyn party next week
No wonder he's counting money—that sweater cost $390.
Depending on your perspective, you’re either chafing at the news that P. Diddy is throwing his first-ever Brooklyn party next Tuesday night—or you’re planning on crashing. MTV.com reports that a Diddy-hosted tribute party for the Notorious B.I.G. will take place at The Lab, a Bed-Stuy club best known [...]
Broke Brooklyn hottie is star of new Hulu reality show
Meet Ben, a genetically gifted yet financially bereft actor from Brooklyn—Williamsburg or Greenpoint?—who’s one of the five stars of the new web-only reality show from American Idol creator Simon Fuller.
Brooklyn desperate for census workers—how to apply
Photo courtesy of MyTwoCensus.com.
So we’ve been meaning to post about these census-taking gigs that pay around $20 an hour, and just today a thoughtful and generous tipster writes in to tell us that Brooklyn is currently facing a shortage of census takers. He also tells us how to apply. Kind tipster, please take [...]
Tell us what you really think (and win a Brokelyn t-shirt)
Photo by Eric Reichbaum.
So, chances are you’re sitting inside today frittering your time away on time-sucking meme blogs (hello, are you back on Brokelyn yet?) and becoming fans of poodles with tin foil hats. So why not put your pent-up energy to productive use by telling your friends here at Brokelyn what you [...]
Special-occasion gift idea: custom cartoon portrait
Elsewares—one of those quirky-gifty online shops—has something that would make a really memorable offering for all kinds of big occasions: a custom cartoon portrait by Texas artist Ryan Feerer.
Look at the room deal we got for SXSW!
So we’ll be speaking at a panel at SXSWi next month called “The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs and Twitter to Live Cheaply” but have been seriously lollygagging on booking a room. As a result, all the hotels within walking distance of the conference were sold out, and way too expensive anyway. The [...]
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