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Brooklyn’s Best Cheap Eats 2012
Posted on 10 January 2012
When it comes to cheap eats and restaurants in general, there are few places that get five stars from me. With only a week left in New York until who knows when, it’s my job to revisit my old favorites and maybe even find a new gem or two. So tonight I’m doing Brooklyn cheap [...] Continue Reading
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Contemplating Iowa in Brooklyn
Posted on 03 January 2012
Well it’s about 1200 miles away, but everyone in Brooklyn is wondering about Iowa. Who’s going to be the Mike Huckabee of 2012? Rick Santorum? Ron Paul? Or Mitt Romney? In just a few hours we’ll know, and it will seem so much easier to gauge what’s going to happen next, who’s out of it [...] Continue Reading
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Best Albums of 2011
Posted on 28 December 2011
The end of the year brings about competing degustations of art, music, and books. And so let mine be added to the compendium. Continue Reading
Neighborhoods
Norte Maar’s BUILT: Opening/Holiday Party
Posted on 16 December 2011
The DeKalb stop on the L train is getting more and more spotlight thanks to galleries such as Norte Maar, which curate independently minded artists. Tonight they’re having an opening, BUILT: Opening/Holiday Party. It’s free and it starts at 6. Among the headliners are Anthony Browne, who has created a nine foot badly built cube. [...] Continue Reading
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Dyker Heights: Dyker Lights
Posted on 15 December 2011
If the lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center whet your appetite for Christmas light displays, don’t worry there are other free events in NYC that will truly satisfy the urge. My favorite out of all the Christmas light themed free events in NYC is Brooklyn’s Dyker Lights Festival. Each year 11th Avenue to [...] Continue Reading
Bars and Restaurants
Best Cheap Eats In Central Brooklyn
Posted on 05 December 2011
I’ve got a class tonight in Park Slope I need to finish some homework for. With all of central Brooklyn at my fingertips on this cool December night, where would be the best place to eat unforgettable, really cheap grub and break out my computer for an hour? My options, considering I don’t want to [...] Continue Reading
Brooklyn News, Politics
Dreadlocks and Drum Circles Occupy
Posted on 17 November 2011
There are a lot of fantastic positive changes that could eventually spill over from the #OccupyWallStreet movement currently celebrating a “Day of action” by parading around the five boroughs and generally fouling up folks’ day with traffic jams. Yes it is inconvenient but on balance there needs to be attention paid to the stifling income inequality [...] Continue Reading
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The Story of One Occupy Wall Street Member
Posted on 15 November 2011
I recently met someone in Brooklyn who was a leading participant in the Occupy Wall Street Movement. He told me his story, which I’ve tried to remember as accurately as possible. When I was a little boy, I used to ride the subway with my mother and her boyfriend Ali. Ali was an organ-grinder and [...] Continue Reading
Brooklyn News, Neighborhoods
Evanescence Rocks Brooklyn
Posted on 15 September 2011
The music video for the first single off of the self-titled Evanescence, “What You Want” was recently filmed in Brooklyn. When you think of independent, angry youths with a lot of spunk and character, the only natural location to find them is Brooklyn. Duh. The stage sequences were filmed off Jefferson Street, but other notable [...] Continue Reading
Bars and Restaurants, Brooklyn News, Neighborhoods
Union Hall: The Most Popular Bar In Park Slope
Posted on 14 September 2011
There are a lot of great places to hang out in Park Slope, but these days very few seem to be on the forefront of both hanging out and entertaining like Union Hall. Union Hall is a sprawling space able to facilitate some ornate library like seating areas up front before opening up into a [...] Continue Reading
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