Shopping, Style and Beauty

28 May 2010

How I feel about The Strand Bookstore

You know how in commercials the Keebler Elves always seem like they’re having a great time because their job rocks and they’re making people happy by baking delicious cookies? Next time one of those commercials comes on, look into the Elves’ eyes and you will catch fleeting glimpses of pure

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
23 May 2010

Your Ultimate Sunday: Fairs, Fests, BBQ and BUST

Normally we like to cover one must-see event and gush about how awesome it is and how your social life would plunge to great depths if you miss it, but there is just way to0 much going on today to just pick one. I hate to sound like a cliche

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
12 May 2010

Kingdom Grand Opening with FREE Booze and Food

Admittedly, I have put back a beer to calm my nerves before shopping for annoying clothes items. (Annoying because jeans and shoes are more expensive than I want them to be). So Brooklyn Royalty’s new store Kingdom is the best idea I’ve heard in a while. Instead of opening a

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
12 May 2010

Celebrate Your NYC Birthday with a Shit-ton of Freebies

Twenty-nine years ago today, an angel descended from the heavens to bestow upon this earth a boy of unequivocal wit, humor and conceit. You should’ve seen him. Big, bright eyes. Rosy cheeks flush with innocence. A smooth, pinchable ass. And while those first two characteristics have evaded that boy in

Mikey Rox - Cut-Rate Copywriter 0
10 May 2010

More Cheap Clothes in Union Square! Daria on DVD!

I’m really excited for two very different things happening tomorrow… 1. Daria comes out on DVD. If you were a fan of the show, you have also been waiting for eight years for the DVD box set. I would like to point out that you can order the Bachelor Finale

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
07 May 2010

Limelight Marketplace Opens

So this is fucking weird.  And it makes me feel really old.  The very first ‘club” I was ever “up in” in my life has become a sort of haute-bourgeois foodie mecca and it opens this weekend.  The first place I ever saw real live drag queens and heard real

BAS Writers 0
06 May 2010

Crafts in Chelsea

If you are like me, shopping online can be a real challenge.  On top of never knowing truly if you like something in person, it can be hard to judge quality.  I like to touch, feel and grope items before purchase.  Now you can have the best of both worlds

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0