school
School started today, which means two things: 1. We are on the cusp of so much learning! (Also, so much angst, so many sandwiches.) 2. The average age of the lunchtime consumer on 5th Ave outside MS 51 is down to about 12 and a half. But seriously: if today’
dining
photo viaHPS [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2012/8/17/brooklyn-central-pizza-coming-to-petes-pizzeria-space.html] The Times just released their fall restaurant preview [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/dining/a-preview-of-new-restaurants-for-fall.html?_r=1] , and of the eight Brooklyn picks, two are in Park Slope — a pretty good showing for the neighborhood,
auditions
photo via Spoke the Hub [http://www.spokethehub.org/perform/young-artists-concert/] Community arts center Spoke the Hub is holding general scholarship auditions [http://www.spokethehub.org/2012/08/spoke-the-hubs-scholarship-auditions/] for their dance program this Friday, September 7th, from 4:30 to 6:30. They’re looking for young dancers with
salons
photo via HPS [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2012/9/4/open-for-business-silky-hair-nail-salon-152-fifth-avenue.html] Here’s Park Slope reports that the salon that replaced Oko Frozen Yogurt on Fifth Ave between Douglass and Degraw — a space once-slated to house the ill-fated Chez Bibis Burger Bar — is now open for business [http:
Gaffs
The Colbert Report [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/418674/september-04-2012/better-know-a-district---new-york-s-9th---yvette-clarke] Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes [http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/],Political Humor & Satire Blog [http://www.indecisionforever.com/],Video Archive [http://www.colbertnation.com/video] Congresswoman Yvette Clarke [http://clarke.house.gov/] was on The Colbert Show
New York Times
photo credit: Todd Heisler/NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/08/13/sports/basketball/SPTSNETS0813.html?ref=basketball#5] The Brooklyn Nets don’t actually live or practice in Brooklyn, but YOU GUYS, what if they did?! The Times uses the build up to Barclays Center’s opening to
bugs
The very hungry caterpillar sat outside the Coop, and no one brought him any Hepworth produce at all.
love
Amy Keyishian has an article on the womens-y finance site LearnVest called “Why Broke is the New Single.” [http://www.learnvest.com/2012/09/money-mic-my-money-shame-or-why-broke-is-the-new-single/#ixzz25Wfldd8g] The piece is actually about how both states cause misplaced shame (you are more than your relationship status/bank statement, you foxy lady, you!
Finally Finished!!
photo via Patch [http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/photo-of-the-day-park-slope-library-to-reopen-sept-13#photo-11190341] The Park Slope Public Library (6th Ave and 9th Street) is reopening September 13th. For real. As in, not tentatively, vaguely, or ambiguously. September 13th. Thursday. Let’s all take a moment to breath that in, because it seemed like
Center for Anti-Violance Education
photo via CAE [http://www.caeny.org/index.html] File “self-defense” next to “piano lessons,” “soccer practice,” and “the school play,” because Park Slope’s Center for Anti-Violence Education [http://www.caeny.org/index.html] is offering what may be the most important extracurricular of the year. As part of
photo via Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/biz/dizzys-brooklyn] A 41-year-old Dizzy’s employee was stabbed outside the 8th Avenue diner early Saturday morning, reports DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120901/park-slope/man-stabbed-outside-park-slope-diner#ixzz25JxDwFNV] . > The victim, who was not identified immediately by police, was found unconscious outside Dizzy’
GAP Greenmarket
photo via Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.285984611413458.79629.132101736801747&type=3] Summer is tragically winding to a close (or not so tragically, depending on your feelings on extreme heat and/or back to school), which means now’s the time to soak up the