Shopping, Style and Beauty

13 Nov 2009

SAVE FASHION NYC: Refinery29

So yet again I am happy (sort of) to not be in NYC this weekend, because there is yet another amazing fashion event that I am far too poor to possibly take part in.  The wonderful people over at Refinery29 have once again partnered with an amazing set of independent

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07 Nov 2009

KingCon: A Brooklyn Comic and Animation Convention

Like Comics?  Like Animation?  Live in Brooklyn?  KingCon is where you need to be this weekend!   Today and Sunday, head down to Kings County to the Brooklyn Lyceum, a century-old NYC Public Bath house turned event and performance space, and soak in the creative juices of Brooklyn’s finest.  There will

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06 Nov 2009

House of Diehl's Style Wars

You probably have an umbrella that you’re keeping out of spite. It popped backwards the first time it was in a wind gust, and you keep using it because you can’t bring yourself to buy a new one. Stop using that shitty umbrella to protect you from the elements, and

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06 Nov 2009

Two Bridge Trading NYC

If you saw my bank account balance you would laugh softly to yourself, and then immediately ask me if that was just maybe, like, my second checking account and my real money is elsewhere.  To this I would reply “No, that’s it.” Then you would probably raise your eyebrows ever-so-slightly

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03 Nov 2009

Getting Thrifty with Housing Works

When most people think of thrift stores, images of cheap treasures, old fur coats, and amazing shit from the seventies usually comes to mind. But in reality, most of the thrift stores in New York are a huge ripoff and feature bloated prices on all things “vintage”, and are picked

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22 Oct 2009

The Abracadabra Superstore

When you walk into a place that’s playing ABBA, and you overhear one clerk asking another, ‘œCan we rent out these clown shoes?’ you know that there’s a high probability that you’re in the best store ever.  Between the florescent purple, pink and green carpet (think Hammer pants from elementary

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21 Oct 2009

We Have Thrift Off: Knickerbocker Avenue

Shopping at thrift stores is like playing the lottery. It can be extremely rewarding, but more often than not is just very frustrating and disappointing. Oh, look at that awesome shirt! What size is it? Damn, missed it by one number! I could have been style-rich! The odds in the

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