Photos by Dennis Cahlo and Willy Staley.
I used to think that Army Navy surplus stores were only for paranoids who only felt safe in military fatigues, even if they were just going for coffee. Not until one of my best friends back in San Francisco started working at Kaplan’s Surplus Store on the seedy stretch [...]
Menswear finds at Army Navy stores
Frugal Traveler ‘goes deep for the cheap’
New York Times’ Frugal Traveler Matt Gross brought his globe-trotting thriftiness to NYC this week and put together a low-budget traveler’s guide to the city that he says should offer “everything you’ll need to figure out how to have a good time without a Wall Street bonus.” Sounds like our kind of guide—and [...]
Obama Fried Chicken: Too hot for MTV?
Viewers of MTV Jams in the last few days may have come across the new Clipse video “Popular Demand (Popeye’s).” In the fourth single from their upcoming release Til the Casket Drops, the Virginia Beach duo shies away from their typical cocaine talk to brag about hanging outside of Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits in [...]
Lunch under $5 in North Brooklyn’s fried-fish triangle
King Fish, photo by Eric Reichbaum.
Everyone in New York seems to like hidden secrets, even if they aren’t all that secret. This is because New Yorkers are full of shit. I’m no different. My current find is a fried fish sandwich at a certain fresh fish store in Bed-Stuy. The sandwich is a “secret” because [...]
Design group looking for next ‘big small’ food brand
Think you're the next Steve? Enter this contest and find out. Photo by Triborough.
Do you dream of going to Whole Foods and seeing your own hand-churned, grass-fed salted butter on the refrigerator shelf? Or to be featured in a New York Times trend piece? An NYC design group might help make that dream come [...]
Coupons: How to clip your way to free groceries
Have you ever been stuck in line at Walgreen’s behind the lady rifling through her purse for that 2-for-1 Purina Cat Chow coupon she clipped from the Sunday circular? And while standing there, did you think,”What a savvy consumer!” Even if you wanted to throttle that penny-pincher, you’ll probably find a Slate article on [...]
How much to fix my girlfriend’s crappy bike?
The author sets out on his girlfriend's lady bike. Photo by ST Tonio.
My girlfriend’s bike is a piece of crap. It’s heavy and slow, and the front brakes rub against the front wheel, which makes it even slower, and seemingly heavier. The gears don’t shift, and the brakes are unreliable. She really needs a new [...]
Dueling verdicts on the Richard Meier building: ‘gorgeous’ vs. ‘totally lame’
The Momasphere-hosted reading by Prospect Park West author Amy Sohn at the Richard Meier building went down last night to mixed real-estate reviews from Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn and Effed In Park Slope.
Louise from OTBKB, who didn’t like Sohn’s book, actually liked the [...]
The winner of our best cheap date contest is…
Lomzynianka, photos by Rosanna Chan.
We asked you for ideas. And you came through—with dozens of them. So many inspired cheap dates, in fact, that selecting the winner of our Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway ticket giveaway was tougher than casting a Tony vote for best sound design.
We really liked Lee’s suggestion to [...]
A sale on furniture (with pronounceable names) in Red Hook
Atlantis, Red Hook’s second-largest furniture retailer, will be closing the retail half of their business on Sunday, September 27. Before everyone gets up in arms about Red Hook’s largest furniture retailer putting Atlantis out of business, let it be known that Beatrice, Atlantis’ owner, is only closing her retail outlet to focus on the [...]
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