$5 Fun: Culture Wars Trivia Night at 92nd Y Tribeca

Test your pop culture knowledge today at the 92nd Y Tribeca with Culture Wars: A Night of Trivia With Art21. Grab your friends and create a team to compete in a trivia night of current art, film, music, and online culture. Read more

Monthly Mashup: Budget Blogger Edition

We haven’t busted out a Monthly Mashup in a hot minute, and since we also haven’t been providing much new content on the site as of late (and we sincerely apologize for our slackerness), we’re going to throw up some of our favorite linkage from our favorite budget NYC bloggers.  Be on the lookout in the upcoming weeks for more heapings of original content — we promise.  And maybe a Tweetup too.

16 Strategies for Saving Money When Eating Out - The guys over at Coupon Sherpa have some pretty solid tips on how to save money when you’re eating out.  Most of us have tried these all out at some point, but you may have never done the “secret shopping” bit. I did once, and it was like being a CIA operative — only you don’t get a tranq gun and it’s not as cool.

Brooklyn Massages for Less Than $50 - Our friends over at Brokelyn have dug deep to find the cheapest massages in the BK.  Not surprisingly, they’re mostly those small Asian joints with the awesome signage that offer back and foot rubs, along with some reflexology.  But for some treatments as low as $25 for an hour — who cares?

Buy a Drink, Get a Pizza - The beer/pizza phenomon has been covered quite a few times in NYC, but if you’re a newbie here and you’re not aware of the calorie-inducing sobriety awesomeness that is free pizza with the purchase of a beer, you can read about 89th and Broke’s review of Manhattan’s seemingly favorite:  Crocodile Lounge.

Why You Can’t Stick With a Budget - WiseBread writer, Stacy Johnson, explains why you still suck at creating and sticking with a budget.  And she’s dead on.  She covers some smart ideas about being financially flexible, not depriving yourself, and why goals play an important role in the whole process.

Why You Should Sell Yourself Short - The ladies over at RecessionWire give us the lowdown on how to go about pitching yourself in today’s social media crazed climate.  They tell you how to perfect the 30-second elevator pitch for the Twittersphere — the aptly named Twesume.  (And yes, it makes me wince a little when I say that)

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5 Easy Steps to Opening up a Bank Account in NYC

Once you’ve moved in to your NYC apartment and are working your way up the corporate ladder (as someone’s assistant), you have to make sure you have a plan for all that new, hard earned cash — because Bismarck Neighborhood Bank doesn’t have a branch in NYC. Read more

Dollar Burgers, Cheap Beers, and Cheaper Shots in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen

Living in New York City, one is used to everything being massively overpriced — from rents to movie tickets. Fortunately, there are a few low-cost oases in the desert of exorbitant prices; places like Hell’s Kitchen’s 123 Burger. Read more

Affordable Fitness Options with iFit TV

Ubiquitous New Year’s resolutions reign supreme at the moment, and loads of them involve adopting a healthier lifestyle.  So, maybe you’ve decided to quit smoking, eat healthier or (cue the music) hit the gym…consistently this time. Read more

8 Money Saving Tips for Grocery Shopping in NYC

So you’ve moved into your new apartment, shelled out a few bucks for some Ikea staples, and realized that your place doesn’t come with a stocked fridge. Its time to head out into the nippy weather and hit up the local neighborhood grocery store.  Read more

Why Can’t We All Just Can’t Get Along? The Growing Divide Between Gen Y and Boomers

Grand pappy complains about what a reckless hippie your father was, your father complains about what a disrespectful ingrate you are. And you, well you are just trying to get them both to shut up so you can get back tending your animals on Farmville.  Old people complain about young people and that’s the way it’s been forever, right? Well, it certainly isn’t a relatively new phenomenon.  Why, then, does it seem to be the case that the generational gap between Gen Y and the Baby Boomers has grown exponentially?  A simple answer would be the onset of technological advances. A more complete answer involves the following four critiques on contemporary youth culture: Read more

Here’s Help with that Debt Reduction Resolution

Every New Year’s Eve we toast to a surviving another year and promise to make the next one even better. We sing away old acquaintances and drink to our health and happiness. But on the first day of the New Year the only thing we commit to is nursing away a very strong hangover. Read more

Free Event Tomorrow at NYC’s Museum of Natural History

Is Avatar’s Pandora just a place made up in James Cameron post-Titanic mind or are there really strange species that lurk around us?  Grab your friends and geek out at the American Museum of Natural History’s Mysteries of the Congo: Exploring the World’s Deepest River. Read more

4 Ways To Slash Your Cell Phone Bill

Cell phones have become invaluable tools in modern day-to-day living for job hunting, meeting up with friends for a cheap drink, or a myriad other situations that would have required you in years past to be tied to a land line. Unfortunately, they can prove pretty pricey if you aren’t taking advantage of the many options that can help you lower you monthly bill. Here are some of our favorites. Read more