All you Marshalls fans (including my son) get ready to wear out your shoe leather at the newest Marshalls in NYC, a shoes only store at 740 Broadway at Astor Place, where Soho, Noho, the East Village and the West Village intersect. According to the company website, the grand opening is August 18th, and the hours will be a 8.m. to 10 a.m., but I can't tell you if that late closing time includes … [Read more...]

There are two true things about dressing our children -- they grow out of their clothes and shoes too quickly, and those things are expensive to buy. Enter Bebarang, a new online kid's clothing company that rents, rather than sells, high fashion labels including Polo Ralph Lauren, Hanna Anderson and Burberry, and shoes from Goody Goody and Lacoste. Kind of like Netflix rents movies. Except … [Read more...]

Fashionistas and bargain hunters rejoice. Three new T.J. Maxx and Marshalls mega-stores are opening in Manhattan in the next few weeks, one each on the Upper East Side, Chelsea and Columbus Circle.
The newest T.J. Maxx opens today, Sunday Oct. 24th at 59th St. and First Ave, at the Queensboro Bridge. For opening day only, the store opens at 8 a.m.
On Thursday, Oct. 28th, Marshalls opens on … [Read more...]

It may be the best $1.99 bargain on the planet. NYC Free and Frugal is the newest app for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch, just pubished and avialable for download on the iTunes store.
NYC Free and Frugal information on more than 100 cheap eats and shopping, plus free museums, theater, street festivals and other attractions in all five boroughs -- Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten … [Read more...]

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