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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 14, 2008 at 9:18 am ET
Speaking of cities and relocating, here's an interview on Planetizen: The Sorted Nation: A Discussion with Authors Bill Bishop and Richard Florida - Part OnePlanetizen talks with authors Bill Bishop and Richard Florida about how ... (more)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 13, 2008 at 4:51 pm ET
I had an interesting conversation with a reporter about this blog and I can't stop thinking about it. She's interested in the money struggles people in their 20s and 30s face in New York ... (more)

From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 13, 2008 at 9:23 am ET
How much cash do you carry? The June issue of The Atlantic (not available online just yet) asks "What's in Your Wallet?" Here's the official recommendation:Economists have long argued that a rational person should walk ... (more)

Monday, May 12, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 12, 2008 at 2:06 pm ET
This blog reached 100,000 hits over the weekend! Thanks to everyone for reading (and commenting on) the boring details of my financial life, family drama, ongoing rants, etc. It wouldn't be as much fun ... (more)

From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 12, 2008 at 2:00 pm ET
I like this advice on MSN about how to build a simple, all-Vanguard portfolio. Obviously, I'm already plotting what I'd like to do with any extra money -- like when we cash out of ... (more)

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May 12, 2008 at 9:40 am ET
I finally figured out one advantage to DH having three (now four, as of Friday) part-time jobs: he never has any free time to spend money! Here's what I spent this weekend:$57 Groceries $3 Bagels ... (more)

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Weekend articles (4 clicks)
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 10, 2008 at 6:15 pm ET
Here's what I'm reading in this weekend's New York Times:Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass TransitAs Stimulus Rebates Go Out, Stores Want All of ItMortgage Holders Find It Hard to Walk Away From ... (more)

Friday, May 9, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 9, 2008 at 1:43 pm ET
I like MP Dunleavey's latest MSN column about spending less on groceries: Slash your grocery billI pulled out the list we had made -- chicken tenders, pork chops, green beans, etc. -- and pointed out ... (more)

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May 9, 2008 at 12:23 pm ET
This week's Time Out New York issue asks, "What turns you on?" Cheap apartments and paying off the mortgage, apparently! In their How about a quickie? feature, they asked local erotica writers to ... (more)

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May 9, 2008 at 9:16 am ET
Jackpot! My $1,200 economic stimulus payment finally hit my checking account this morning, right on schedule. I'm going to [eventually] transfer it over to savings as part of our Pacific Northwest vacation fund.I ... (more)

Thursday, May 8, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 8, 2008 at 4:06 pm ET
On the rare occasion that I actually mail something, like this month where I have to send snail mail cards for two birthdays and Mother's Day, my conversation with DH usually goes something like this:Escape ... (more)

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May 8, 2008 at 12:49 pm ET
Here's some strange and annoying news. I just revisited that website, SimpleTuition, to compare consolidation rates for federal student loans, but instead of giving me the best rate options (which I described a couple of ... (more)

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May 8, 2008 at 9:46 am ET
I just finished reading Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, which I've seen mentioned as one of the best Wall Street books around. It wasn't as salacious as The Wolf of Wall Street and some of ... (more)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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May 7, 2008 at 4:46 pm ET
DH and I probably need a new mattress. We've had ours for nearly 10 years, but after just four nights in a better bed in Minneapolis, I realize that a new mattress would probably help ... (more)

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May 7, 2008 at 11:30 am ET
I enjoyed this Los Angeles Times article about biking in NYC. It seemed especially relevant considering DH just got doored by someone exiting a taxi who failed to look first. (DH was knocked off his ... (more)

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May 7, 2008 at 9:21 am ET
I'm disappointed to see that my parents didn't win this $180 million Powerball. Actually, Minnesota isn't even the right state, but I thought of my parents because my mom mentioned she and my dad were ... (more)

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 6, 2008 at 5:06 pm ET
Dang it! Remember the hem of my right pant leg on my pinstripe pants? Well, it's falling down again, even though I clearly paid $5 to have it fixed back in November. ... (more)

Sell your car (4 clicks)
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 6, 2008 at 11:46 am ET
MSN challenges readers to rethink their car needs: Could you get by with just one car?Several currents are at work here. For one, young adults are moving from the suburbs of their childhoods to cities ... (more)

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May 6, 2008 at 9:23 am ET
I might have been strong enough to resist buying dinners out and fancy T-shirts this weekend, but even I was no match for a $1 make-up sale. e.l.f. is having a close-out sale here and ... (more)

Monday, May 5, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 5, 2008 at 3:02 pm ET
Talk about some good news! After hours of listening to my mother stress about her family and worry that she's not going to get her inheritance, it turns out everything is going to work out ... (more)

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May 5, 2008 at 1:46 pm ET
Here's a fun New York Magazine feature about Sarah Jessica Parker: How 'Sex and the City' Made Sarah Jessica Parker the Poster Girl for the New ManhattanStill, she says, her New York, like that of ... (more)

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May 5, 2008 at 9:39 am ET
Amazingly, I hardly spent any money this weekend:$15.50 Burritos Wednesday night $3.85 Mocha Saturday $7 Two croissants and two coffees Sunday$42 GroceriesTotal: $68.35DH did even better:$8 Coffee and cake Tuesday night$17 Groceries$4 Coffee Wednesday night$2 ... (more)

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Weekend articles (5 clicks)
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 3, 2008 at 7:34 pm ET
Here are my favorites from this weekend's New York Times:Mortgage-Free, but Not Free From the Temptation to BorrowIt's Newer Homes That Stand Empty as Vacancies RiseListen to Your StatementBoardroom TypesCoveting Thy Neighbor's CondoEntitled to What?Santa ... (more)

Friday, May 2, 2008
From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 2, 2008 at 3:00 pm ET
It's amazing how quickly I've begun to feel entitled to that $1,200 DH and I are expecting from the government. I called my bank first thing this morning but still no deposit. I originally expected ... (more)

From Escape Brooklyn - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 2, 2008 at 9:14 am ET
The other night I saw Barbara Corcoran speak about her new book, Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life. Here's an except from the first chapter:Landing the perfect place isn't easy. It's ... (more)

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