Looking for a new free wifi hotspot in the city? Well, look no further, because Barnes and Noble is about to hook. you. up. Not content to just allow their patrons to chill out on the floor while devouring the entire series of Fables (which I did), now they’re gonna let you surf the web for free too.

Come celebrate what is possibly the worst movie ever released to the public this Thursday and Friday at the Automotive High School in Williamsburg. Rooftop Films is having an outdoor screening of Troll 2 on Thursday (doors open at 8PM), and then The Best Worst Movie on Friday (doors also open at 8PM), the documentary about the behind the scenes shenanigans that birthed the flustercuck of a flick. Both nights will have Q and A sessions with the films’ directors.

If you are a young professional with a Facebook or Myspace, a member of a professional networking organization, or just happened to sign up for email updates from your favorite Career website, chances are your inbox has been flooded with numerous invitations to professional networking parties and events. Most of these events promise you the chance to meet successful professionals and form meaningful networks.

“You Asked” is a recurring series that answers readers’ questions about living on a budget in NYC. We’ll answer everything from how to find your first apartment, to what NYC unemployment laws state, to where to take a first date for dinner on $20. Feel free to send your own questions to lauren@lifestylermag.com

This is the followup to our interview with Thrive CEO and Founder, Avi Karnani and Lead Scientist, Matt Wallaert. In our first installment, which you can read here, we talked to them about their work in financial literacy, competition with popular money management site, Mint and how they differ from other financial service companies. In this installment, we’ll find out more on behavioral budgeting and how it works, and how Thrive is working to make banking a better service industry.

Only a 25 percent claimed that Manhattan had the best pizza, with Queens and the Bronx trailing behind. Unfortunately, Staten Island didn’t have much of a showing.

Now that we’ve narrowed it down by borough, here are the top three pizza shops you better not fuhgeddabout, and how they rate in price:

Looking at New York’s media and blogs, it’s as if Brooklyn were Williamsburg, DUMBO, Park Slope, Red Hook and maybe – maybe – Bay Ridge. And then there’s, well, the rest. This is one of the most infuriating things about living in and writing about Sheepshead Bay. People simply don’t hear about us until some 13-year-old gets stabbed to death with a screwdriver or some other awful crime – which doesn’t exactly help our image. In reality, Sheepshead Bay is a pretty safe place full of character and history. It’s one of the east coast’s oldest fishing communities, has a large number of remarkable restaurants, well-performing schools, and is walking distance from three beaches: Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach and Coney Island.

Being broke is no fun — especially if the circumstances were totally under your control. We’ve all been there at some point in our lives. Spending too much money on a new outfit to wear out and consequently blowing the grocery budget for the month, or eating and drinking out five days a week and having to forgo cell phone access for three weeks. In those subsequent days of eating Ramen and downing tap water, there’s ample time to reflect on poorly made financial decisions.

We suspect that’s what some celebrities are rehashing now, thanks to good old fashioned financial negligence. And since everyone loves a good Riches to Rags story, we’re going to use these celebrities as an example of how NOT to spend your cash.

Managing your finances is of the utmost importance, and can sometimes be overly time consuming. That’s why the emergence of personal finance web applications has been such a great addition to the internet. It’s also putting a younger generation, not known for their money management savvy, in the driver’s seat when it comes managing their money in a place which feels only natural for them — the world wide webs.

So we’ve already told you about all of the other free concerts series the city is hosting this summer, but there’s more! The City Parks Foundation is presenting their free concert series at parks across the city.