Next Wednesday morning you may wake up with a hangover from an election victory celebration or from drowning your sorrows in Scotch, but by the evening you may be ready to party again, and to learn something in the process. Perhaps something important about the environment, which, depending on the outcome of the election, [...]
Archive | October, 2008
French Navy Ship Visits Brooklyn.
The French missile tracking ship Monge, named for the 18th-19th century mathematician Gaspard Monge, is docked at Pier 7 near Columbia Street just south of Atlantic Avenue. Need to brush up on conversational French? Drop in to Montero’s or other Atlantic Avenue watering holes this weekend.
Carrol Gardens Howl-o-Ween
From the CHB Inbox:
Miro’s Run Annual Howl-o-ween Fundraiser
Sunday, November 2nd from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
Join us at the dog run for cider and donuts, a dog costume contest, dog games, photo booth and raffle. Costumes are optional but if you dress up your doggie you may win a prize for Best Costume, Best Handmade [...]
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CHA fall general meeting, Nov 13
For those of you not on the CHA mailing list…
CHA fall general meeting
The Cobble Hill Association invites the entire community to our annual fall general meeting. We will provide updates on all our various projects and neighbourhood concerns, including Brooklyn Bridge Park, 182-194 Atlantic Avenue, and our upcoming fifttieth-anniversary dinner. The main theme of the [...]
Cobble Hill Pizza
As you may have heard, Lucali’s was recently named the BEST pizza in New York by Zagat’s. While congratulations are in order for this achievement, their lines are now bordering on outrageous and it’s time to consider the other area options…
Eat In Pizza
I’m a huge fan of the pizza at Sam’s on Court Street. [...]
NY Times on Char No. 4
New nabe hotspot Char No. 4 [196 Smith Street] is profiled in today’s New York Times:
NY Times: Boite…Boite…: The first thing you notice about Char No. 4, the new bourbon-obsessed bar in Cobble Hill, is the intimidating wall of whiskey sitting directly behind the bartender and stretching up to the ceiling. More than a hundred [...]
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Eagle Reports on The Remarkable Mrs. Lipschitz
Olga Lipschitz, CEO of the Cobble Hill Health Center and Holocaust survivor will be honored on November 11 by the Jewish Faculty and Staff Association at City Tech CUNY on the 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht. The Brooklyn Eagle profiles her and tells her amazing story:
Brooklyn Eagle: The Remarkable…: Olga Spitzer Lipschitz, the CEO of the Cobble [...]
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“Floating Brothel” Lands at Galapagos
Cobble Hill’s a bit “edgier” than Brooklyn Heights these days (Smith Street even had it’s own burlesque bar), so while this landed in the BHB inbox, we’ve decided to post it here.
From the inbox, an invitation from Galapagos that speaks for itself:
Join Galapagos Art Space in welcoming The Floating Brothel to our 1600 square [...]
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Spooky Stuff at Moxie Spot
From the CHB Inbox comes word of fun at Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Avenue]:
Halloween Bag Decorating and Monster Mash!
Starting tonight we will be decorating re-usable trick-or-treat bags!
We’ll have trick-or-treat bag decorating all-week in the afternoons during this next week leading up to Halloween (while supplies last). Decorate reusable bags to fit your devilish mood.
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Eat to Blog Takes in Jill’s Cafe
Eat to Blog stops at Jill’s Cafe [231 Court Street] and lives to write about it:
Eat to Blog: My first stop was at Jill’s Cafe in Cobble Hill, just a short train ride away from my apartment. In honor of the Brooklyn Goes Veg! week they are offering a $25 prix pixe menu; they actually [...]
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