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Introducing BB Notebooks, a Brooklyn Based and Idlewild Co. collab

This season, Brooklyn Based is introducing a brand-new gift: a limited run of custom notebooks designed by Idlewild Co. Whether you like to carry around a notebook to jot down ideas, write your “Morning Pages” à la Julia Cameron or... Read More
December live music picks that aren’t all about the holidays

If you think the only live music to look forward to in December is the usual carol singing and holiday classical pieces, think again: there are plenty of other local concerts this month that don’t involve a jolly fat... Read More
Five graphic novels to add to your Brooklyn book collection

As Brooklyn’s reputation has risen in the public eye in recent years, so has the production of the graphic novel and thus, perhaps unsurprisingly, graphic novels set in Brooklyn. The following five books prominently feature the borough and range from... Read More
Brooklyn’s destination hotels

Manhattan hotels versus Brooklyn hotels? We’d choose Brooklyn every time. Since the opening of the Wythe Hotel in 2012, Brooklyn has been building up its hotel game to rival some of Manhattan’s finest. But here in our borough, these... Read More
Around the world in Brooklyn’s specialty food markets

Here we are in the final stretch of 2018, just over the election hurdle, swiftly careening into the holiday season. A time ripe with celebration and sharing, along with the looming possibilities of awkward familial discussions concerning the current... Read More