New York - November 12, 2008

Ten Ten Wins

Good Stuff Under Ten Bucks

Here’s what’s happening with your morning traffic.

Expect delays to your bank account until 2010. Alternate-side parking is in effect, but you don’t have to stay home because you’re feeling broke.

Hop mass transit to Greenpoint, where old records are two bucks a pop, piled high and dusty at The Thing (1001 Manhattan Avenue; 718-349-8234). Grab five and some vintage porn. Wash your hands afterward.

Fred Flare’s new free-standing shop (131 Meserole Avenue; 718-349-1257) is on cute overload, and there’s a whole section of gifts under $10 (3-D doodle kit, Nancy Drew cookbook, lace gloves, tattoo bandages).

Buy a 22 in a paper bag and head to La Superior for lunch (295 Berry Street; 718-388-5988), where two delicious tacos, soupy black beans, and witty banter with the adorable staff cost less than ten frijoles.

Avoid bumper-to-bumper on the Williamsburg Bridge by walking over it. Detour to BabyCakes NYC to slam a $1.50 frosting shot (248 Broome Street; 212-677-5047). A few blocks down, fifteen quarter-size Hong Kong minicakes cost one smackeroo (Bowery, at Doyers Street).

Head north to the old Feather District, where you can fashion your own accessory du jour — a feather headdress — by plucking some plumes to DIY at Eskay Novelty (34 West 38th Street, third floor; 212-391-4110).

Equipped with new plumage, you’re fit for BAM Rose Cinemas’s $8 artist talks (30 Lafayette Avenue; 718-636-4100).

Stay well ahead of the music curve when you join Todd P’s underground party patrol at The Market Hotel (1142 Myrtle Avenue, Bushwick) or the even newer scene at Danbro Studios (260 Meserole Avenue, Bushwick).

Just try to avoid incidents in all directions. This is WDCNYC in downtown New York.