Archive | March, 2008

Brooklyn Eagle Tours Boerum Hill

While we haven’t seen Brooklyn Eagle mascot Eddie for a while (hopefully that rascally bird will turn up for Bastille Day this July), the paper does take a walking tour of Boerum Hill in today’s edition:
Brooklyn Eagle: Last Sunday, Joe Svehlak, a longtime neighborhood preservationist who leads many walking tours for the Brooklyn Center for [...]

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Nabe Says Goodbye to the Ohs

New York Times: A Fabric of Life…: After nearly a quarter-century of removing stains, pressing suits and altering dresses in a storefront on Court Street in Cobble Hill, the dry cleaners known around the neighborhood as Mr. and Mrs. Oh closed the doors of their shop, Trusting Cleaners, for the last time on March 15. [...]

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Real Housewives of NYC: Week 4 Open Thread

This week’s show promises to be “fascinating” as Alex talks private school for her kids:

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Cobble Cornices

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Cobble Hillbilly Hosts Brooklyn Show

Gothamist reports on a new TV show hosted by Cobble Hillbilly Terry Corraro:
Gothamist: A new PBS show called A Little Bit of Brooklyn, that presents the borough’s cultural nuggets, premieres today on WLIW. Hosted by Cobble Hill foodie Terry Corraro, the first episode features the Gubernats, a Polish family from Greenpoint, who keep their cultural [...]

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Jake Walk Register

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P.S. 29 Parents Rally Against Budget Cuts

Any P.S. 29 parents want to shed more light on this item from the Brooklyn Eagle:
Brooklyn Eagle: Parents Protest…: The District 15 CEC (Community Education Council) says that budget cuts in their district alone add up to $1.7 million. Parents and teachers at P.S. 29 in Cobble Hill, worried about the loss of after school [...]

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5 Questions with Sweet Melissa

Cobble Hillbilly “Sweet Melissa” Murphy not only runs one of the best bakeries in Brooklyn, but she’s also an author. Her new cookbook, The Sweet Melissa Baking Book is out now. We’re thrilled/shocked that she took time out of her busy schedule to answer 5 questions for us:

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Real Housewives of New York Week 3 Open Thread

Oh no! We took the “Which Housewife Are You” challenge at bravotv.com and it says that we are NOT like Cobble Hillbilly Alex, but we are just like that JILL woman! Take the test yourself. Watch tonight’s episode and comment below.

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Quality of Life Patrol Comes to Cobble Hill

Warning! Don’t be drinkin’ in the hard streets of Cobble Hill or you’ll get a summons! This just in from a local tipster:

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