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Excellent New Years Resolutions
With the arrival of the New Year I find my thoughts turning contemplative. These coldest and darkest months of self-reflection often mark a critical juncture in my own personal growth. Over the years I have been fond of creating New Years Resolutions that form a benchmark, helping me to grow
Upgrade Your Comfort Foods Part 3: Gourmet Mac and Cheese
Mac & Cheese will forever be a Broke-Ass staple food. Unlike the Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, you can kind of pretend a big bowl of mac & cheese is a real, grownup dinner instead of a lunch item all the other kids at your lunch table would make fun
Broke-Ass of the Week – merkley???
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.
5 Promising Spring Trends
Well! Spring is only about 72 days or something like that away, and for those of us mired in the freezing misery of the East Coast, looking forward to springtime and the clothes and accessories that come with it-are one of the few things that make wintertime bearable at all.
FREE Vintage Paper Fair This Weekend
The San Francisco Vintage Paper Fair comes around every few months, but I’m going to go ahead and say I still had no idea what it was. Vintage Paper? Like old posters? Or like Grandpa’s old letters to Grandma? Or maybe just the soggy brown bags from malt liquors passed?
Free Indoor Activites For When It’s Freezing Outside
Since I’ve moved to New York in 2005, this winter has by far been the coldest, windiest, and most blizzard-y one. Now more than ever I feel myself much less inclined to step outside, especially when the wind sounds like something in Misselthwaite Manor, a la The Secret Garden. Though,
Put Your Date On Ice — FREE Ice Skating in Bryant Park
Dear Sparing Stringer, I am trying to impress a lady friend by taking her on a date. Unfortunately, I am broke and have no prospects of making any money in the near future. How can I show her a good time on the cheap? Any ideas? -Desperate to Impress Dear
