Aaron Brashear
Hot enough for you this December weekend? It’s supposed to be even warmer tomorrow. Photo by lostinbrooklyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostinbrooklyn/8249907455/in/pool-southslope]. Have a neighborhood photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http:
Peeking out on 17th Street. Have a neighborhood photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope/], and we’ll post it to the site.
Cat resigned to accepting love on 7th Avenue. Photo by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/8230072039/in/pool-parkslopestoop]. Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], and
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Get into the Hanukkah spirit at today’s Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [https://www.facebook.com/GrandArmyPlazaGreenmarket?fref=ts], where, rain or shine, they will be frying up latkes and enjoying them with market-made applesauce and creme fraiche. Visit the info tent starting at 11am for a taste. Also remember
help wanted
Thistle Hill Tavern [//www.thistlehillbrooklyn.com/], like its sister restaurant Talde [/blog/food/friday-brunch-at-talde-starts-today], is also serving brunch on Fridays in December [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151351041685987&set=a.418879860986.211056.185722120986&type=1] , and they’re looking for a few extra hands to help
catering
If you want Brancaccio’s Food Shop [http://brancacciosfoodshop.blogspot.com/] to handle the Christmas dinner cooking for you, you’re going to have to act fast. The menu, which feeds up to six people and costs $185, was announced last night, and they’re only taking 10 orders. So
Census
When someone moves to New York City from another state, it looks like most of them find a place to live in Manhattan, according to census survey data from 2007-2011 that was mapped by WNYC [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/dec/06/manhattan-lures-newest-new-yorkers/] . But when they move to
contests
New York City has 11,412 payphone kiosks – including this one on 5th Ave – and as we all know, they’re becoming somewhat obsolete. And since the city’s current payphone contracts expire in 2014, they decided to launch the Reinvent the Payphone [http://www.reinventpayphones.splashthat.com/] contest to
latkes
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sundown tomorrow. The eight-day holiday is observed by lighting the menorah, and, for many, by eating foods fried in oil [http://homecooking.about.com/od/jewishholidays/a/hanukkahfoods.htm]. Temple Beth Emeth [http://www.bethemeth.net/] will be holding its Hanukkah service
talde
If you need a reason to play hooky on a Friday in December, this might be it. Starting today, Talde [http://taldebrooklyn.com/] will be open for brunch [https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=2&appid=2305272732&p%5B0%5D=196962603680663&p%5B1%5D=1486469] every
lost dogs
You may have noticed some signs up around the neighborhood [https://twitter.com/TheStoopBK/status/276790997839654912] for a missing dog named Pablo. Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=13524751&l=00adb05b3c&id=53649008523] has some additional info about the pup: > This black
The new Kensington Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/kensington] is the Brooklyn Public Library’s first newly-constructed branch in nearly 20 years, and is the borough’s first “green” library. The LEED Silver-certified library, located at 4207 18th Avenue, features new technology, sustainable design, public space for children, teens