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01 Jan 2011

FREE Cartoons, Culture and Cereal: This is How We Do 2011

We cried, we laughed, maybe we even puked a little bit, but we survived another year. If you’re not to busy drowning yourself in Bloody Mary’s, there is plenty of awesome free stuff in our fair city this weekend. After all, do you really want the first face you see

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23 Dec 2010

Skate and Sip at the Standard Hotel's New Ice Skating Rink

Ice skating in New York is certainly a winter rite of passage, but it also can be a total nightmare.  While it’s been immortalized in many a rom-com, most rinks in the city are crowded and pricey to boot.  If the thought of Bryant Park and Rockefeller makes you claustrophobic,

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20 Dec 2010

The Deal-iest Deal Book of All: 2011 NYC Big Deal Book

Here at BrokeAssStuart, we’ve made it our spiritual quest to save you money. Whether it’s cheap burritos or free concerts, we’ve pretty much cornered the market on never having to pay the full price for things. So while a PBR and Whiskey shot for $3 is nice, it’s not something

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18 Dec 2010

Get Your Holiday Awkward Family Photo

Tis the season for humiliation. Only once a year do you get to break out the matching sweaters, glow-bulb earrings and other family props for the annual Christmas card. Luckily my family wasn’t one for Sears-style portrait sessions, but now I’m a little sad I don’t have any to look

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11 Dec 2010

Annual Running of the Santas: Santacon

Santa’s always had a reputation as a bit of a drunkard. Blame the harsh climate of the North Pole, or the VFW hall where mall’s do their Santa recruiting, but beneath those jolly layers of red velvet lives a man who just likes to have a good time. If you

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09 Dec 2010

Your Guide to Pop-Up Holiday Markets

Tis the season, yeah yeah, I’m sure you’ve noticed the Holidays are upon us. While I love to throwback eggnog and get sloshed at the holiday office party as much as the next guy, there is the whole issue of actual gift buying that needs to be tackled.  If you

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04 Dec 2010

FREE Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival

Hard-core collectors and curious amateurs like myself are flocking this weekend to the second installment of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. Curation is key at this compact show, with organizers Gabriel Fowler (Desert Island), publisher (PictureBox), and scholar (Bill Kartalopoulos) handpicking every exhibitor. As someone who’s personally been to

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