All Hail Restaurant Week!!!

My favorite week of the year is here.  You have to understand, I’m the kind of person who would rather run over sharp glass than buy a $100+ pair of jeans, but I’ve put down several times that for dinner.  Too many times. However, in the spirit of frugality that has whipped across Manhattan, I try to pull back.  (I also have a secret love for Grey’s Papaya and low brow food but I live in the UES where cheap good food is limited).  So restaurant week, here I come!

As soon as the announcement went out, I whipped open my laptop and was scouring the pages of Open Table like they were baseball stats.  The pickings are not as good as last year, I have to say.  Nobu is no where to be seen.  Many great spots are only offering lunch.  Hey, I thought restauranteurs were suffering too!  

I’ve decided to be a good person and stick with Donatella and Burke (for the food)  and Centovini (not for the food, just for a good place to munch before running amok). Limit. my. excessive. appetite.

There’s still some pickins to be had so check it out: NYC Restaurant Week

Today’s tip for making some extra dough in NYC: Rent out your apt to a film crew

Ok, this only works if you have an apt with rooms and bathrooms that fit a small film crew plus the actors (3 people minimum).  This of course rules out most apartments in Manhattan.  But hey, you never know, they may want to remake Sex and the City or Friends with real New York apartments.

NYT

Tip #45 to surviving in NYC: Get a free new iPhone with your old iPhone

 

I love you iPhone

Squeeze a penny today: if you have an old iPhone that’s banged up but still works, you can sell it for $200-$300 depending on which reseller you contact (or contacts you) so you can upgrade to the 3G iPhone for free.

 

The NYT has a cranky article on the practice, which bemoans the fact that most of these phones may not be ‘recycled’ as the resellers claimed initially.  They’re resold in other countries where iPhones aren’t available.  As I suspected, every section outside of National and Local politics in the NYT is directed towards NOT saving money.  I mean–who cares? Get your spanking new hundred bills here: 

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