DPC Happy Hour Beers [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/6900148114/], by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/] on Flickr. Thanks to everyone who joined us for a drink last night at Sycamore! It was great to see you all, new faces and familiar ones. Hope to see you,
We just set up a classifieds section [/classifieds] on the site, which you can see on its own page here [/classifieds] and also along the side of each page. If you find Craigslist too overwhelming, this is the spot for you. Buy, sell, and borrow things from neighbors, announce a
Chickens
It’s the high-season for eggs, which the New York Times explains [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/dining/hatching-your-own-batch-of-eggs.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&src=dayp] in a nice feature about what backyard chicken-keepers are doing with all the extras. “In the last month, backyard chickens
lunch
Exciting stuff: we’ve got another option for breakfast and lunch, starting today! Ben tells us that The Castello Plan [http://thecastelloplan.com/] is now serving a day menu [http://thecastelloplan.com/day-menu/] from 10am to 4pm, which includes the “Castello Lunch” of a sandwich, drink, and scoop of ice
Sunday Night Vegan Feast
Every Sunday night (if the initial demand is good) Hanna Lemieux will deliver a home-cooked vegan dinner [https://www.facebook.com/SundayNightVeganFeast] to people in Brooklyn. Vegan or not, this seems like a pretty great deal–it’s just $10 per plate, and last week there was an optional cookie
Kids ages 7-11 who are curious about nature can learn about what they’re seeing in the environment around them, and how to keep a record of it all, at a series of nature journaling workshops by neighbor Maria Newsom-Fahey. The first one is coming up on Sunday, April 15,
Camp Bulldog
Registration fills up quickly for Camp Bulldog [http://www.78pyc.org/Baseball/camp_bulldog/bdogcamp_flyer_2012.pdf], a summer baseball day camp at Prospect Park’s baseball fields operated under the umbrella of the 78th Precinct Youth Council and the Brooklyn Bulldogs. If you’re interested, don’t delay.
Tulips on Albemarle Road [http://www.flickr.com/photos/44339182@N07/6896740806/] , by mdgphoto [http://www.flickr.com/photos/44339182@N07/] on Flickr. Gorgeous! See the same tulips about a week ago here [/blog/photos/tulips-on-albemarle]. Have you taken a great photo of the neighborhood today? Send it our way
Michaela Anne
TONIGHT: Join us at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/] for an extended happy hour from 7-9pm [/blog/events/join-us-for-a-neighborhood-happy-hour-at-sycamore-on-tuesday]. Then stick around to see neighbor Michaela Anne [http://michaelaanne.com/], who’s playing a show with Small Houses [http://www.smallhousessing.com/] downstairs.
John's Bakery
What kind of deals can you get at neighborhood food joints? Time for a quick round-up: • College students can get 10% off at Salud [http://saludnyc.com/] (1308 Av H) with an ID. • John’s [http://www.yelp.com/biz/johns-bakery-and-pastry-shop-brooklyn] (1322 Cortelyou) gives a discount to staff of local
It’s not much of an update, just more of the same [/blog/transportation/the-problems-with-coney-island-avenue]. Reader alsivi sends these photos from Sunday and Monday afternoons, showing the M&M Auto Glass sign still standing in a traffic lane, and cars double parked or jutting out into traffic on either
Sustainable Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org/] and Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] will be on hand at Dirt Talk Three [http://cantaloupealone.blogspot.com/2012/04/dirt-talk-3-post-ows-grass-roots.html] to talk about founding, motivating, and evaluating grass roots organizations. Dirt Talk Three: Post-OWS Grass Roots Organizing [https://www.facebook.com/events/