Weekend Freebies

If you're feeling uneasy because you don't have any grand plans for Valentine's Day or President's Day, fear not. I subscribe to FreeNYC, "an online guide to free and cheap events in New York City." They have a great weekend newsletter in which users help compile all the free events going on for the coming weekend in the city. Today's email had a few food-related events that caught my eye, so I thought I'd share:

First up are free tours going on at two different breweries: Chelsea Brewery, Manhattan's only active brewery, and Brooklyn Brewery. Tours at both locations are held every hour on the hour. Chelsea Brewery is giving away free samples as well as $4 discount beer tickets, and Brooklyn Brewery has a tap room offering $4 drafts (or 6 for $20). If your friends are visiting from out of town or you're just looking for something different to do, you may want to check them out. Details provided below (as provided by the website).
Chelsea Brewery Tour
Date: Saturday, February 14th - 15th
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Chelsea Brewery (Pier 59 at 18th st. on the West Side Highway)
Cost: Free

Brooklyn Brewery Tour

Date: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm (last tour at 4pm)
Location: Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th Street, W'burg)
Cost: Free

For those of you who don't have Valentine's Day plans, you may want to check out the "Oh Snap" Valentine's Day dance party in Williamsburg on Saturday night. Among other things, they're giving away free Raspberry Beret vodka drinks from 10-11, and gifts bags from a "secret Soho boutique" for ladies.

Also, on Sunday, the Park Slope Co-op is holding a free workshop on the health benefits of ancient food. It seems pretty interesting (although I'd be slightly skeptical of any advice coming from a "flower essence therapist").

Here's a description from the site:

"In this free workshop, Claudia Keel, herbalist and flower essence therapist and Angela Davis, holistic health counselor, will discuss what traditional foods are and why they are so essential to our health and well-being...They will cover the pioneering work of Dr. Weston A. Price, his study of healthy traditional communities, and the underlying factors in a variety of traditional diets that conferred beauty, strength and freedom from disease."