debates
Things are looking pretty grim for Congressman Michael Grimm’s opponent on Election Day tomorrow. According to the most recent poll, [http://www.ny1.com/content/news/218223/grimm-leads-recchia-by-19-points-in-ny1-exclusive-poll/] conducted by Siena Research Institute, NY1, and Capital NY, the embattled congressman has a whopping 19-point lead over Democratic challenger Domenic
harold stein
The NYPD is searching for a 75-year-old man, last seen leaving his Surf Avenue home, near Nautilus Avenue, in Sea Gate on Thursday, October 30 at noon. Harold Stein is described as 5’6″ tall, weighing 175 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a
library
When she’s not pouring over British mysteries, hanging out with her family (a seventh-grade son, two second-grade daughters, and a fellow-librarian husband), or clutching a cup of Connecticut Muffin coffee, Stephanie Brueckel keeps the Park Slope Library bookish as the head librarian (or in BPL parlance, “Neighborhood Library Supervisor
Barb Brillantes
South Slope’s Max Gabath and Barb Brillantes founded GrubKit [http://www.grubkit.com/] in March as a way to help would-be chefs make complicated meals easily. Today over on South Slope News [/blog/business/cook-more-at-home-with-help-from-our-neighbors-at-grubkit], they discuss how the business came to be, how they develop recipes, and where
As everyone with a barely-touched bottle of grapeseed oil, a still-full jar of asafoetida, and a package of ground mango powder bought on a pilgrimage to Kalustyan’s and immediately abandoned in the cabinet knows, ambitious at-home cooking can be daunting for the occasional chef. Which is where neighbors Max
We toured the wonderland [/blog/shopping/4101] of Save On Fifth. LA-based graffiti artist SABER took to the Park Slope skies [/blog/photos/skywriting-over-7th]. We talked to a few of the furrier neighbors [/blog/neighbors/brief-interviews-with-park-slope-dogs]. 4th Avenue is getting its very own fancy burger joint [/blog/food-drink/root-hill-burger-to-open-late-next-week-they-hope]! (Property
mommy's yummies
@bkgreenmarkets via Instagram [http://instagram.com/p/QKVe55Ay0Y/] This morning at GAP Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/grandarmygreenmarket], Chef Mona Talbott will be hanging out in the info tent, selling and signing copies of her cookbook, “Zuppe: Soups from the kitchen of the American Academy in Rome.” [http://www.amazon.
Seen from the Stoop
photo credit: Adam Pantozzi/Brooklyn Nets Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=459653334065870&set=a.459651610732709.113074.420508347980369&type=3&theater] Nanny protection laws were passed two years ago, but according to the WSJ, a lot of parents haven’t gotten the memo yet [http:
Barclays
photo credit: Victor J. Blue/NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/nyregion/with-barclays-center-arena-set-to-open-brooklyn-braces-for-the-storm.html] They’ll come by bus, by car, by train (hopefully mostly by train). But once they’re here, then what? Will the Barclays crowd shop? Will they eat? And perhaps most importantly — and to
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Sweet Melissa
But how far is it from the subway? The New York Times takes a look at the “new generation of mom and pops [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/fashion/mom-and-pop-stores-the-brooklyn-generation.html?pagewanted=1&ref=style] that has thrived in regentrified Brooklyn.” Not that co-ownership is all vegan
beygl
Beygl, the forthcoming bagel spot [/blog/food-drink/beygl-to-take-over-the-el-pollo-space] on 5th Ave between 1st and 2nd, is looking for professional schemerers. Apparently, they cannot pay you in delicious bagels, which is probably okay, because my impression is that most Brooklyn landlords prefer cash, check, or money order.