family dollar stores
This stray shopping cart titled “A Long Way From Home” was caught by photographer Lisanne Anderson and posted [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/3554729823/] on Flickr on May 22, 2009. The beautiful blue plastic cart found cowering under the shade of a tree must have been mistreated by its
comments response
This post is in response to a comment made by bill w. to our post [/blog1.php/Culture/sustainable-living-floats-into-sheepshea] about the Waterpod [http://1000days.net/home/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1] project, Sustainable Living Floats Into Sheepshead Bay. Here is bill w.’s comment [/blog1.php/Culture/
no sushi
In March, we told [/blog1.php?s=wheelers&sentence=AND&submit=Search] you about the No Sushi sign in the window at Wheeler’s Bar. Well, Wheeler’s recently replaced the neon pink sign with a smaller plain one. The bartender on duty told us that the old
NYC DOT
The Manhattan Beach Community Group [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/] (MBCG) has posted on its website the information about tonight’s CB 15 meeting. They are asking everyone to show up at the meeting especially to speak about the proposed NYC Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) changes to the bus
You’d better hurry, though, because just as quickly as it sailed in, it will sail out.* The Waterpod Project, based out of New York, is a self-sustaining floating home to four artists, a few chickens, and a large array of vegetables. The barge, made from recycled and reused materials
all-you-can-eat
For those of you living in a pasta-poor home — like the one our reader, Jim, grew up in [/blog1.php/bits-pieces/tell-us-your-father-s-day-fish-stories#c730] — here’s an all-you-can-eat pasta night. And if these are not the prices you would normally expect to pay for pasta, just remember that Benny’s Gourmet
free events
Kingsborough Community College invites everyone to Hot Summer Nights! The Free Concerts at Kingsborough 2009 series is listed on the website [http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcc_arts/hot_summer_nights/] as follows (with some added links): PATRIOTIC POPS BROOKLYN COMMUNITY WIND ENSEMBLE & CONCERT BAND [http://brooklyncommunitywindensemble.home.att.
children
According to the NYC Department of Education 2008-2009 School Calendar [http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1FD604BD-C000-4A4B-A1A6-44B57C387CED/38696/20082009SchoolYearCalendarAdditionalInformationrev.pdf] , today, Friday, June 26, 2009 is officially the last day of school for all New York City schoolchildren. So, this sign we saw posted on a fence on Voorhies Avenue
70s
The world, full of music fans everywhere, is mourning the death of Michael Jackson [http://www.michaeljackson.com/] — so, I don’t know why Sheepshead Bites should be exempt. He had his faults and foibles, but his songs touched our hearts in special ways and in an individual way. It’
lamp posts
These signs were seen painted onto lamp post bases in Sheepshead Bay, recently. The message, stenciled on in the bright yellow and red paint, says “23 Bolshevik Criminal Plague”. This might as well be a message in another language, because the message is completely a mystery. It’s not clear
automobiles
Late last night, at approximately 11;15 p.m., there was a car accident on Ocean Avenue. According to an eyewitness to the accident, a white Mercedes sedan that appeared to be speeding on Ocean Avenue collided with a Rite-Aid truck. The truck was double parked with its tail lights
cvs stores
Like a deer caught in the headlights, this CVS store [http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/store/storefinderresults.jsp?_requestid=109605] shopping cart running away from home (1402 Sheepshead Bay Rd) after dark, nearly crashed into the fence when the traffic came up suddenly on it. Still, it kept its wits