Can you believe today might hit 60°F? Celebrate the warmth (however brief) with music, classes, risotto balls, and more. Saturday, March 22 • The Lavender Blues sing along [https://www.facebook.com/LavenderBluesMusic] is at Lark [http://larkcafe.com/], 10 and 11 am. • Ready, Set, Kindergarten [/blog/kids/prepare-kids-for-school-at-ready-set-kindergarten] is
Bluegoats [http://instagram.com/p/l0PpZGHnDY/] gets a quick clip before the weekend. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like
We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting open houses happening in and around Ditmas Park this Sunday. Any thoughts on these places? CONDOS & CO-OPS 855 E 7th Street #3C [http://www.abacusproperties.com/index.cfm?page=details&id=32189] List Price: $165,000, plus $459 maintenance
coops
We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting open houses happening in and around Ditmas Park this Sunday. Any thoughts on these places? CONDOS & CO-OPS 855 E 7th Street #3C [http://www.abacusproperties.com/index.cfm?page=details&id=32189] List Price: $165,000, plus $459 maintenance
adoptable dogs
[http://www.hilarybenasphoto.com/] Love Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of locally-based bandThe National [http://americanmary.com]? Now you can bring them home! While doing some research on PetFinder [http://www.petfinder.com] last night, we stumbled across the brooding baritone [http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/28363122/] and guitarist/keyboardist
Figs
Much to our tastebuds’ content, it’s nearly fig season–and you can get the beginnings of a plant for yourself over the next little while at Stems Flower Shop [http://stemsbrooklyn.com] (1118 Cortelyou Road between Stratford and Westminster Roads). Owner Suzanna Cameron [/blog/business/meet-suzanna-cameron-owner-of-stems-flower-shop] says saplings from
The NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign [http://straphangers.org/], experts on all things depressing [/blog/transportation/subway-platforms-are-just-as-gross-as-you-suspected-says-new-study] (and okay, maybe sometimes uplifting [/blog/transportation/the-qs-1] depending on your train) about mass transit in New York City, has just released the results of its 2013 “Subway Schmutz” survey [http://straphangers.org/shmutz13/
Health
Spring is a great time to take up a new workout regimen, make the best of the plants in your garden, or even just revamp your look. Conveniently enough, health conscious Ditmas Parkers can do any of those in the coming weeks with helpful classes just around the corner. Makeup
We noticed these signs posted yesterday for filming of NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3187578/] this coming Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25. The show stars Debra Messing [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005226/?ref_=tt_cl_t2] (Will & Grace [http://www.
A few views of what nature’s up to, via ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/ditmasparkcorner]. Share your warm(ish) weather photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post
Sponsored
Anton’s Hair and Makeup [http://antonshairandmakeup.com/] is offering two for one services [http://www.antonshairandmakeup.com/services/] for new clients, including haircuts, deep sea mineral treatments, coloring and corrective hair color, makeup, waxing, and more from this Thursday, March 20 to Tuesday, April 1 at their Ocean Parkway
alcohol
You might not have to bring wine to Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] in a thermos this summer, says the NY Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/exclusive-prospect-park-serve-booze-74m-skating-mega-center-article-1.1726100] , because the Bluestone Cafe at Prospect Park’s Lakeside [/blog/kids/take-a-sneak-peek-at-lakeside-before-official-opening-friday] is hoping to soon secure a