Not interested in who wins at this Sunday’s Academy Awards, but feel the need to watch? Watch the awards show at the Bell House (149 7th Street) with WitStream, the comedy microblogging website. The event is free and begins at 7pm for the red carpet.
Gabe Liedman (Big Terrific) and Jenny Slate (Saturday Night Live) will [...]
WitStream Oscar Party at the Bell House
by Diana Rosenthal on 05. Mar, 2010 in Arts and Entertainment, Blog Posts, Events
Manhattan Milk delivered to Brooklyn this weekend
by Diana Rosenthal on 04. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, DUMBO, Food, Shopping
This weekend, Manhattan Milk expands their delivery area to include certain parts of Brooklyn - DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, and Cobble Hill. You can order the glass-bottled, organic milk, along with yogurt, butter, cheese, and other milk products at 917-388-2713 or online at manhattanmilk.com.
Breaking News: Gowanus Canal officially named Superfund site
by Diana Rosenthal on 02. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, Health, Maritime, News
This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would declare the Gowanus Canal a federal Superfund site. Read NY Times coverage here.
The Brooklyn Paper: The controversial designation sets into motion a half-billion-dollar, decade-long federally overseen clean-up of the polluted waterway, which cuts a sclerotic artery through the gentrifying heart of Brownstone Brooklyn. But it also [...]
CHA Happy Hour this Wednesday
by Diana Rosenthal on 01. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Events
As the first Wednesday of the month approaches, so does another monthly Cobble Hill Association Happy Hour. Stop by Watty & Meg (corner of Court and Kane Streets) this Wednesday from 6-9pm, where there will be reserved tables and drink specials, including $5 glasses of wine and $3 beers.
Get your fresh Montreal bagels on Saturday
by Diana Rosenthal on 26. Feb, 2010 in Blog Posts, Boerum Hill, Food
Mile End (97A Hoyt Street) will begin selling bagels from St-Viateur Bagel bakery in Montreal this Saturday. The bagels have been served since Mile End opened, but now they’ll be fresh out of the oven- driven down from Montreal on Friday night by two of the owner’s friends. Previously, the bagels were delivered via FedEx, and [...]
Enthusiastic showing for Jeff Garlin
by Diana Rosenthal on 25. Feb, 2010 in Arts and Entertainment, Blog Posts, Events
There was a large turnout for Jeff Garlin’s reading from his new book, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, last night at BookCourt. Local writer Jonathan Ames introduced him, recounting a story of their time at a Russian bath. There’s no greater way to appreciate Garlin’s new book than to hear him read [...]
Jeff Garlin at BookCourt tonight
by Diana Rosenthal on 24. Feb, 2010 in Arts and Entertainment, Blog Posts, Events
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin will be reading from his book, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, at BookCourt tonight (163 Court Street) at 7pm. According to Amazon.com, the book documents Jeff Garlin’s hysterical journey to lessen both his physical and carbon footprint. On yesterday’s The Daily Show with John Stewart, Garlin spoke about [...]
Il Cuntuccio brick oven pizza coming to Smith & 9th
by Diana Rosenthal on 24. Feb, 2010 in Blog Posts, Carroll Gardens, Food
PMFA reports that Il Cuntuccio brick oven pizza will be opening at 478 Smith Street, on the corner of 9th Street. The location was formerly home to an Uncle Louie G’s.
Whole Foods starts Gowanus cleanup
by Diana Rosenthal on 23. Feb, 2010 in Blog Posts, Food, Shopping
At last night’s environmental committee of Community Board 6 meeting, John Bogdaski, an environmental consultant for Whole Foods, reported that site preparation work for cleanup of the proposed two-acre Whole Foods site at Third Avenue and Third Street began earlier this month. The site should be decontaminated and ready for future development by the end of [...]
Norah Jones window update
by Diana Rosenthal on 22. Feb, 2010 in Blog Posts, Celebrity Residents, Real Estate
In case you were curious, Norah Jones now has three windows on the side of her townhouse on Amity Street. Four more to go to make the seven (reduced from her original request for ten).
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