Bulbs
Here’s a chance to support a local school while you get your spring garden ready. The Green Committee of MS 51 [http://www.ms51.org/], with the support of the Old Stone House, is having a fall bulb sale by the Park Slope Farmers Market [http://communitymarkets.biz/calendar?
Apple Pie Bake-Off
It is peak apple season, and our local farmers markets are celebrating this weekend. Head over to the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/grandarmygreenmarket] at about 11am today to taste the sweet creations of your neighbors in the annual apple pie bake-off [/blog/greenmarket/last-chance-to-enter-the-gap-greenmarket-apple-pie-bake-off], and then
R&A Hardware
In the window of R&A Hardware on 5th Ave. 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 we’ll post it on the blog.
Cafe Madeline on Cortelyou near E 16th Street is closed temporarily due to electrical issues. We’ll update when we learn more, and we’ll let you know when they’re back open.
tickets
Finding on-street parking in the neighborhood can often be one of the biggest punchlines [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/07/park-slope-vigilante-calling-out-drivers-leaving-extra-space-when-parking/] about living here. But one block is just rubbing salt in the No-Park Slope wound these days. There are still “no parking” signs that ban parking from 7am-5pm
Pants
With the weather cooling down and all the summer skirts and shorts going to the back of the closet, it might be time to find some new-to-you pants. Here’s a good option: All men’s and women’s pants are all half-off (hee) from today through next Friday, October
Brooklyn by the Book
Community Bookstore [http://communitybookstore.net/] and Congregation Beth Elohim [http://congregationbethelohim.org/brooklynbythebook] are teaming up for a reading and lecture series called Brooklyn by the Book: > Topics will vary, but the programming will focus primarily on current events, literary fiction and other topics of interest to our audience.
Poison
But it could be good inspiration for anyone who’s still looking to decorate. Photo by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/8101153331/in/pool-1921820@N25/]. Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.comor add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http:
Dumpster diving gets a bad rap, but Food Rescue Brooklyn wants to show you why it’s not so crazy to prepare a meal with someone else’s trash. You can join a group tonight, and David Cohen and Kathleen Stansell will lead you through the garbage at “one market
Think you’ve got what it takes to bake a prize-winning apple pie? Find out this Saturday, October 20 by entering the annual apple pie bake-off [/blog/greenmarket/the-greenmarket-report-start-baking-practice-pies] at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/grandarmygreenmarket]. The winner will receive a big prize bag of market
Complaints
Neighbors are saying it literally stinks to live near the new Barclays Center, because patrons have been using the surrounding area as a make-shift toilet. At a quality of life meeting with residents, local officials and Barclays reps, residents complained of public urination (and one instance of defecation) that is
Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture
With so much to do in Park Slope each weekend, we’ve made it easy to schedule your calendar. These are the best bets for fun in the neighborhood this weekend: Thursday, October 18 • Stop by Community Bookstore [http://communitybookstore.net/] at 7pm to hear psychotherapist Griffin Hansbury [http://www.