Is this a seasonal Halloween decoration, or is it a creepy piece of art? Probably the former, but its subtlety sets it apart from most of Park Slope’s Halloween ornamentation [/blog/holiday/a-plea-for-better-halloween-decor]. Whatever it is, it’s pretty scary when you catch it staring at you. What’s
Today we meet Dixie, a slightly-neurotic Southerner with a talent for singing. What would Dixie do if she actually caught that squirrel? Um, she’d probably ask it its name. Do you think it’s a love thing? I think it’s an animalistic hunting thing. What kind of dog
cafe dada
Four months after opening, Cafe Dada [/blog/news/cafe-dada-vs-kos-kaffe-a-formerly-ozzies-face-off] has come into its own. There’s a five-star consensus on Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-dada-brooklyn?sort_by=date_desc], and the joint was jumping on a recent weekday afternoon. The coffee is great and the pastries tempting (especially
Berlin
Ah, Park Slope’s beautiful gas lamps. They harken back to a bygone era, though perhaps not the era [/blog/real-estate/the-gas-lamps-of-park-slope-a-surprisingly-short-history] one might suspect. Curious how much it costs to keep the (gas)lights on? Continuously running open flame lamps run up your gas bill about $200-$400 a
Fall Civic Sweep
It is a busy week for the Park Slope Civic Council. On top of this Wednesday’s Food for Thought [/blog/food-drink/the-park-slope-civic-council-hosts-first-annual-fundraiser] fundraiser at the Prospect Park Picnic House [http://www.prospectpark.org/about/history/historic_places/h_picnic_house], there’s the Fall Civic Sweep [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/
Kids & Family
What scares [http://michelebachmannforpresidentin2012.blogspot.com/] you? Let’s face it. Store bought Halloween decorations often come off as cookie cutter. The R.I.P. graves, the skeletons, the cartoon witch poster on the door… they serve a purpose, to be sure, letting kids planning a trick-or-treat route know that’
buildings
Some buildings go through life anonymously. They go up, they provide shelter, and eventually they come down – all without a christening. Not so the Selben Arms on 6th Avenue. Or 8th Avenue’s Ramona. Or the Brazilian-sounding Alessandro next door. Building names [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2009/06/walkabout-with-9/
DAVIDsTEA
Attention out-of-work baristas: a new coffee tea house is coming to Park Slope. After sitting empty for more than three years, there has been noticeable progress on the former Grecian Corner [http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/grecian-corner/] at 4th Street and 7th Avenue, as noted by Here’s Park Slope
park slope food coop
Love it or hate it, the Park Slope Food Coop [http://foodcoop.com/] has great produce. The kale is always beautiful, the beets are multicolored, and the melons fresh and delicious. Sometimes, that produce [http://foodcoop.com/go.php?page=produce] can be procured at a significant discount. For instance,
Beauty Bar
Tonight’s presidential debate [http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/] might determine who runs the good ol’ free world for the next four years (or it might not [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/29/presidential-debates-rarely-have-much-effect-on-election-outcomes.html] ). These quadrennial, highly orchestrated political clashes are chances for the candidates to
Animals
There are so many dogs [/blog/tag/dogs] in Park Slope, but what do we know about them? What are their hopes, their dreams, their favorite places to lift their leg? We aim to find out, one dog at a time. Today, meet Mack, a 7-year-old Rottweiler mix whose owner
Newspaper Bins
The decline of the American newspaper is hardly news – the industry’s ongoing death spiral [http://newspaperdeathwatch.com/] has been well documented by journalists (and it was the theme of The Wire’s [http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/index.html] worst season) (RIP, DeAndre [http://davidsimon.com/deandre-mccullough-1977-2012/]). Yet New