Up to 75% off at Gilt City

89th And Broke

I'm a young professional living in Astoria (formerly of Williamsburg, the UES and Murray Hill - I move a lot!). I'm always looking for something fun to do or the best place to grab a drink and dinner at an affordable price around the city. Have a suggestion? Email me at Laura AT 89thandbroke DOT com.

Latest Subway Reading

Need a book to keep you company on the subway? This is what you can catch me reading!

Ebates Coupons and Cash Back

My title page contents

Try This Trick! The Get Real Craft Beer Passport!

One of my favorite things about the summer is back – the Craft Beer Passport.  Last year, my friends and I bought a similar beer pass through Thrillist Rewards, and this beer pass is quite similar to the one we bought last year. For $30, you can go to 38 different bars, and when [...]

Like Pizza? Try Scott’s Pizza Tours

A few weeks back, my friends and I headed on Scott’s Pizza Tours for my friend’s birthday. Pizza is one of her favorite foods, so it was the perfect way to celebrate. For $40, you get driven around on a school bus, and stop at 4 different pizza spots for a slice. Here’s why [...]

Try This Trick! How About We for Couples!

When our blog designer McKenna started her new job at How About We for Couples, I decided I had to try it. For $22 a month, my boyfriend and I would get access to different discounted dates we could buy, free dates we could go on, and a ton of rewards.

Our ping [...]

Try This Trick! $10 Towards Your Cab Ride with Hailo!

Let’s face it – sometimes it can be difficult to find a cab, especially when it’s late at a night and you are at a bar in a random part of town and all of a sudden, some drunk guy cuts in front of you and snags the one cab you’ve seen in the [...]

Try This Trick! See Shows at Lincoln Center Theater for $30!

Want to see a show at a discount? I’ve told you all about Hiptix before – which anyone under 35 can get $20 tickets to Roundabout Theater Company’s shows – but I recently learned that Lincoln Center Theater has a similar program as well, called LincTix. Simply sign up online, and you can get [...]

Try This Trick! Financial Tips from DailyWorth!

We offer deals and free things to do here in NYC, but if you need actually financial tips, consider subscribing to DailyWorth, a free email newsletter. DailyWorth delivers practical tips and empowering ideas, that cover self worth, net worth, saving, spending, earning, investing, taxes, entrepreneurship, financial feminism, and much more. Now I will say [...]

Try This Trick! Receive Packages Easily with UPS My Choice!

Just like last year, almost all of my holiday shopping was done online. And since I live in a little walk-up apartment in Queens, nine times out of ten, I ship packages to my office.

But what about those packages that MUST be shipped to the billing address or you accidentally sent to your [...]

Try This Trick! Free Financial Bootcamp!

We offer deals and free things to do here in NYC, but if you need actually finance tips, consider trying out LearnVest’s Take Control Bootcamp – it’s FREE! LearnVest is a money-saving tips and financial how-to website,  that I will admit is a little bit geared towards women (here’s our original review). This Bootcamp [...]

Shopping Cyber Monday? Get CASH Back!

Are you planning to shop online today for Cyber Monday? If so, make sure to sign up first for Ebates.  With Ebates, you earn a percentage of what you spend online back as a check or via paypal.  So for example, when you want to make a purchase at say a store like Loft, you log [...]

Try This Trick! Dine Out, Earn Airline Miles!

I’ve been able to take advantage of a free airline ticket once from having frequent flyer miles – and that saved me $300.  If you want to increase your frequent flyer miles, you can enroll credit cards into dining airline mile programs and earn miles in addition to usual credit card rewards.

A few [...]

Food For A Fraction Of The Cost