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25 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Kitchen: Homemade Caramel Apples

In the words of one of my favorite articles to ever grace McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, IT’S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON MOTHERFUCKERS!  That means that you’re picking last year’s food off the sweaters you stashed away without washing first, and you probably have a shit ton of apples because one of your friends

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25 Oct 2011

Admire the Fall Foliage at Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s FREE Tuesdays

Experiencing all four seasons has to be both the worst and best part of being a Californian in NYC.  Winter snow is pretty for about thirty seconds until people walk on it, and strolling around half-naked during the scorching summer is cool until you sit on a subway seat and

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
24 Oct 2011

Ayada My Soul for the Rest of Eternity… Please!

Ayada has in its recipes what’s made wise men wise, foodies addicted to flavor, and probably what will cause my first ulcer. This place is so incredible it is literally mind-blowing. The shrimp papaya salad ($7.00) ordered spicier than Thai spicy will change your opinion on what can be experienced

Bobby Rich - Affordable Aficionado 0
24 Oct 2011

“Horror Month” Screening of Psycho at Clearview Cinemas Chelsea

Start the Halloween horror-show early with a screening of the classic, scream-inducing Psycho at Clearview Cinemas on Thursday. For the “cheap-by-NYC-standards” ticket price of $7.50, you’ll get more than a simple night at the movies. The 7PM and 9:30PM showings will be hosted by ever-witty Queen about town, Hedda Lettuce, who’s

Tiara Francis - NY Know-it-all 0
21 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Mom Steps Out

Although it’s incredibly tempting to put your baby to sleep, go around the corner to the local pub for a PBR, and sneak back before your baby knows you’re gone, you never know what neighbor might be spying on you at that very moment and whether or not CPS has

Jennifer White - Mommy No Bucks 0
21 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Haunted Attraction: Darkness Rising in Long Island

If you haven’t noticed, it’s October. If you’re still a little kid at heart, you’ve already bought your Halloween costume. If you love scary movies then you have marathons on TV to keep you happy. And if you like to experience these things up close you have Darkness Rising, a

Enrique Grijalva - Mr. Minimum Wage 0
20 Oct 2011

BA of the Week: Caitlin Donohue of the SF Guardian

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.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
20 Oct 2011

DIY Pumpkin Beauty

Halloween’s around the corner and pretty soon you’ll have a mess of pumpkin goo all over your kitchen table- you know, post-carving fest, of course. But I’m thinking maybe it would be a good idea not to throw it out, because after all that drinking, late-night munchies, party sweat, and

Paulette Greenhouse - The Penny Pincher 0