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Archive | April, 2009
CNN Covers the Mysteries of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel
CNN covers Atlantic Avenue tunnel tourguide/maven Bob Diamond and his quest to find out “what’s behind that wall”.
Even more info is available in this clip: Continue Reading →
Ringling Bros. Coney Island tickets go on sale today
Tickets are on sale today for The Coney Island Boom A Ring, the Ringling Bros. show set for the Brooklyn Boardwalk this summer. Continue Reading →
Nursery University premieres in Cobble Hill
Nursery University, a movie that gives a slightly comical look into the competitive world of nursery school admissions, premieres tomorrow at Cobble Hill Cinemas. The film follows five families of varying backgrounds as they attempt to get their kids into nursery school programs with limited seats and sky-high tuition prices in New York City. View the trailer here.
Meet the artists tonight at Shop Art
Shop Art will have extended hours tonight, giving visitors the opportunity to meet featured artists and learn more about the world of art. Shop Art’s Meet the Artist Night will take place from 6:30-8:00 pm tonight at 51 Bergen Street, and wine will be served.
Meeting the McCord-Van Kempens
Sarah Portlock/CHB
We weren’t sure if we were being Punk’d today when an email from Cobble Hillbilly/The Real Housewives of New York City star Simon Van Kempen arrived in the CHB Inbox. The dispatch from Van Kempen not only turned out to be real but it led to a neighborly invite to their recently renovated townhouse to check out their recent improvements and to take in tonight’s episode of RHNYC.
As you’ll see in the show, the color scheme chosen for their home may not suit everyone. However, we found it to be welcoming and chic. Read more about reno on Simon’s blog.
In the episode we also caught a glimpse of Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz at the couple’s house warming party. Alex told us that there was much more footage shot of him at the party but it ended up on the cutting room floor. Note to Bravo: send it our way, we’d love to post it! Our pals from Brownstoner were there as well check out their report.
As for Alex and Simon, they’re regular Cobble Hillbillies, they don’t come across in person as the dramarama twins the heavily edited-for-television reality show suggests. (No, we’re not having an Angie Tempura meets Zac Ephron moment.)
Check out photos of the reno after the jump. Continue Reading →
Weekly crime blotters
There were some crimes along the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill borders this week, which are recapped at Brooklyn Heights Blog. Included are a bank robbery and two subway thefts.
Raise the perfect baby!
Local author Dale Hrabi will be reading from his new book, The Perfect Baby Handbook: A Guide for Excessively Motivated Parents, at BookCourt tomorrow night, April 29, at 7pm.
New parents are hipper, more educated, and more sophisticated than ever, but they’re also highly competitive–a lethal combination when turbocharged by the anxieties of raising a baby. And for many couples, it’s not just any baby, but the perfect baby. These “excessively motivated” parents will not sabotage Junior’s future by denying him Mandarin lessons, a nursery chandelier (just like the one Gwyneth’s kids enjoy), or advanced infant yoga. A hilarious, highly visual satire of childrearing manuals, The Perfect Baby Handbook provides much-needed comic relief from the pressures of modern parenting, and gives comfort to moms and dads who can say with a sigh of relief, “At least, we’re not this bad.”
Atlantic Avenue Shell station is open
Photo from Brownstoner.
Brownstoner reports that the Atlantic Avenue Shell gas station opened last week for business. We reported in February that it would close for two months while it replaced its gas tanks. A reader of Brooklyn Heights Blog gives his take on the situation.
Cobble Hill Tree Fund Plant Sale
The Annual Cobble Hill Tree Fund Plant Sale will take place this Saturday, May 2. There will be annuals, herbs, geraniums, and perennials on sale at Cobble Hill Park (Clinton and Congress Streets) from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm (rain date is Sunday, May 3).
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