April 2011
12 posts
Bad Education →
The Project On Student Debt estimates that the average college senior in 2009 graduated with $24,000 in outstanding loans. Last August, student loans surpassed credit cards as the nation’s largest single largest source of debt, edging ever closer to $1 trillion. Yet for all the moralizing about American consumer debt by both parties, no one dares call higher education a bad investment. The...
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bkbrains:
On: bread, American food history, tying knots, reading short stories, Thai food, languages, the Constitution, physics, portraiture, writing for newspapers, Illustrator, playing esoteric card games, Middle East history, and finding the perfect apartment.
Watchcassiem:
Veggie Island Grows — by Veggie Island Veggie Island is the best little farmstand in the world (or, at least, in Far Rockaway). I know this because I spent last summer working there, crashing on owner/founder Shaun’s couch, taking lunch breaks to go swim in the ocean, and playing with his dog Piper. Oh yeah, and working. Veggie Island is packed with the best people, what they do is...
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Ann’s Tight-Dyeing Guide
ofakind:
D.I.Y. the coolest, homemade accessory from the designer’s fall collection.
At Ann Yee’s fall 2011 presentation—the designer’s first!—everyone was psyched about the floor-length silk skirts and natty, elastic-ankled pants, but there was also tons of buzz about the totally unique tights, which the designer whipped up in her kitchen. Start with a sheer pair that you’re tired of...
Brooklyn Brainery: April 15: Lunch at the... →
bkbrains:
Awesome people get hungry, too, right?
That’s why we’d like to invite you to the Brainery for our first brown bag lunch this Friday, April 15, at 1pm. It’s a chance for you to meet other people doing cool things in Brooklyn, and maybe learn a thing or two. Read on for details!
Over the…
Roberta's pizza + make-your-own terrariums, hosted... →
FREE! Sunday, April 10th from 2-5pm