The Good Girlfriends

It's the third week of August and you're on your couch in a linen dress you never wore. Here's how to stop watching everyone else's summer and start remembering yours — from the friend who always knows where to go.

Lincoln Center, Shakespeare in the Park, SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Bryant Park movies, and more — a girlfriend's guide to everything NYC gives you for free this summer.

The Queens Night Market, Harlem Summer Nights, Smorgasburg, and the Bronx Night Market — a girlfriend's guide to where New York eats after dark, what to order, and how to do it right.