Workout without paying out. Photo via Flickr's arubow4
Joining premiums, monthly fees, equipment purchases, training sessions, class packages and website memberships can leave you chiseled, toned and broke as a joke. The average New Yorker spends $81 a month on personal care (namely fitness), but that doesn’t show the cost of the many New Yorkers who don’t devote any assets to fitness. Fortunately savvy Brokelynites know you don’t have to pay ANYTHING to get killer fitness results thanks to our beautiful borough before the weather turns too bad. I’m not a personal trainer or doctor, but I do love fitness and think spending a fortune on it is crazy. Join me as I take advantage of some of our borough’s most beautiful and well-appointed outdoor workout venues, won’t you? Read the rest of this entry »
For Halloween events, check the skint’s listing of 50 free/cheap creepy spooky events!
FRIDAY
6-10pm: a dozen bushwick art spaces stay open late for the sixth bi-annual ‘beat nite’ art-stroll/bar crawl, free. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
8pm: ‘be there and be square’ @ the 4rd annual nerd nite nerdtacular: three presentations, a performance by palomar and science acrobats, more. galapagos, $15. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo by Flickr's Paul Lowry
If you woke up with your brain firmly lodged in place and your bones not feeling suddenly arthritic, that can only mean one thing: you haven’t been on nearly enough Coney Island rides this summer. Jump on this deal before the fall winds blow: Luna Park is offering special Borough Pride deal days that get you half-off an all-you-can-ride wristband. That means four hours of unlimited holding-down-your-hot-dogs for $13. The deal is good for Brooklynites on Mondays, Aug. 8-Sept. 1, and you can get up to four discounts per local ID. The downside is the Cyclone and the Scream Zone rollercoasters are not included, which will at least save you some money on Aspirin. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
get free coffee or tea when you bring your reusable mug or tumbler to starbucks
6pm: pain. will you return it? learn how to make your very own flogger out of recycled bike tires at babeland park slope. free. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 photo by Jackie Roman via Siren Fest
Hope you enjoyed Brooklyn’s biggest free music festival while it lasted: The Village Voice announced last night it killed the Coney Island Siren Festival in favor of a new one called 4 Knots at the South Street Seaport in hip, young downtown Manhattansburg. Siren was a summertime tradition (albeit a hot and sweaty one, like all good music fests) but perhaps its death is symbolically parallel to the overall mucusy sickness of Coney’s attempted rebirth. The two-stage fest over the decade featured Ted Leo, Built to Spill, Frightened Rabbits, TV on the Radio, M.I.A. and the New York Dolls among many others. Says the Voice: “Siren had a fantastic 10-year run, but the 4 Knots Festival will replace it on the Voice’s summer-show docket. Embrace change!” No lineup has been announced yet, so we’ll see.
We miss you, Joe. And that coed.
Whether you love the game, or just love to get drunk with friends, it’s seems there are a lot of establishments trying to get your attention on Sunday. Going to a bar for Super Bowl can be very expensive, however, dear Brokelynite, do not be deterred by bars charging high pre fixes just for food and entry (here’s looking at you, Angry Wades and Cody’s). A lot of Brooklyn bars are offering free food and great drink specials. And for those who don’t give two (toe) licks about football, there are some non-game options, as well. Find out below. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
9pm-1am: get your new year’s eve eve drink on with four hours of all-you-can-drink liquor at public assembly’s booze buffet for just $10. Read the rest of this entry »
Workout without paying out. Photo via Flickr's arubow4
Joining premiums, monthly fees, equipment purchases, training sessions, class packages and website memberships can leave you chiseled, toned and broke as a joke. The average New Yorker spends $81 a month on personal care (namely fitness), but that doesn’t show the cost of the many New Yorkers who don’t devote any assets to fitness. Fortunately savvy Brokelynites know you don’t have to pay ANYTHING to get killer fitness results thanks to our beautiful borough before the weather turns too bad. I’m not a personal trainer or doctor, but I do love fitness and think spending a fortune on it is crazy. Join me as I take advantage of some of our borough’s most beautiful and well-appointed outdoor workout venues, won’t you? Read the rest of this entry »
For Halloween events, check the skint’s listing of 50 free/cheap creepy spooky events!
FRIDAY
6-10pm: a dozen bushwick art spaces stay open late for the sixth bi-annual ‘beat nite’ art-stroll/bar crawl, free. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
8pm: ‘be there and be square’ @ the 4rd annual nerd nite nerdtacular: three presentations, a performance by palomar and science acrobats, more. galapagos, $15. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo by Flickr's Paul Lowry
If you woke up with your brain firmly lodged in place and your bones not feeling suddenly arthritic, that can only mean one thing: you haven’t been on nearly enough Coney Island rides this summer. Jump on this deal before the fall winds blow: Luna Park is offering special Borough Pride deal days that get you half-off an all-you-can-ride wristband. That means four hours of unlimited holding-down-your-hot-dogs for $13. The deal is good for Brooklynites on Mondays, Aug. 8-Sept. 1, and you can get up to four discounts per local ID. The downside is the Cyclone and the Scream Zone rollercoasters are not included, which will at least save you some money on Aspirin. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
get free coffee or tea when you bring your reusable mug or tumbler to starbucks
6pm: pain. will you return it? learn how to make your very own flogger out of recycled bike tires at babeland park slope. free. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 photo by Jackie Roman via Siren Fest
Hope you enjoyed Brooklyn’s biggest free music festival while it lasted: The Village Voice announced last night it killed the Coney Island Siren Festival in favor of a new one called 4 Knots at the South Street Seaport in hip, young downtown Manhattansburg. Siren was a summertime tradition (albeit a hot and sweaty one, like all good music fests) but perhaps its death is symbolically parallel to the overall mucusy sickness of Coney’s attempted rebirth. The two-stage fest over the decade featured Ted Leo, Built to Spill, Frightened Rabbits, TV on the Radio, M.I.A. and the New York Dolls among many others. Says the Voice: “Siren had a fantastic 10-year run, but the 4 Knots Festival will replace it on the Voice’s summer-show docket. Embrace change!” No lineup has been announced yet, so we’ll see.
We miss you, Joe. And that coed.
Whether you love the game, or just love to get drunk with friends, it’s seems there are a lot of establishments trying to get your attention on Sunday. Going to a bar for Super Bowl can be very expensive, however, dear Brokelynite, do not be deterred by bars charging high pre fixes just for food and entry (here’s looking at you, Angry Wades and Cody’s). A lot of Brooklyn bars are offering free food and great drink specials. And for those who don’t give two (toe) licks about football, there are some non-game options, as well. Find out below. Read the rest of this entry »
