Steal vs. splurge

You don’t need a magazine to tell you it’s cheaper to buy jeans at Walmart than at Nieman Marcus. But if you’re angling for quality, expensive-looking jeans without going broke, well, that we can help you with. In this issue, we compare splurge-worthy expenses such as massages, mobile devices and tropical vacations with their similar, less-pricey counterparts. A poor man’s take, if you will. Because while this economy may prevent us from buying $500 Proenza Schouler jeans, we’ll be damned if we’re going to trot out of the house wearing Wranglers.

Massage	Designer jeans	Men’s haircut	Parmesan cheese
Mobile devices	Museum day with your kid	Wine bottles at Ria	Clubs
Kaiseki	Booze-friendly movie theaters	Weeklong tropical vacation	Gyms
Loop lunch	Staycation	Online funding platforms	Fund these local projects

Mani/Pedis

Acupuncture
Steppenwolf