J.J. Byrne: as much fun to look at as to play on? DNAinfo breaks down the Park Slope playground options [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120705/park-slope/park-slope-playgrounds-look-at-highs-lows-for-swing-set] , and concludes…well, that Park Slope has some playgrounds. Of the big local three, J.J. Byrne Playground at Washington Park
Friday Stoop Stoop
Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to parkslopestoop@gmail.com [ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com] or add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] and we’ll post it on the blog.
Xanadu
It’s happening: The Piper Theatre’s production of Xanadu [http://pipertheatre.org/performances/xanadu/] opens tonight. It’s campy, it’s based on a movie originally starring Olivia Newton-John, it’s on roller skates, and it’s free. If there is any reason to sit outside in this heat,
Matt Timms
> Devour 30 different ice creams, all prepared by geniuses, and laugh and laugh in a big room filled with fellow ice cream experts! Which sounds, frankly, like a pretty ideal Sunday. And for $15, it can be your Sunday, this Sunday, because The Bell House [http://www.thebellhouseny.com/
photo via Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/] Brownstoner reports [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/07/23-park-place-is-officially-a-passive-house/] that 23 Park Place, a.k.a. The Park Slope Passive House [http://nypassivehouse.org/], just received its Passive House Institute certification, which means it’s officially the least aggressive house in all
photo credit: Thom Widmann [http://theresacityinmymind.blogspot.com/] Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it toparkslopestoop@gmail.com [ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com]or add it to thePark Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/]and we’ll post it on the blog.
North Western Brooklyn
Park Slope’s dancing in the streets [http://www.parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/dancing2012] — or at least, dancing in one street (5th Ave and 4th)– every Tuesday evening through August, and the summer swinging starts tonight. From 6 to 7, Rolie Polie Guacamole [http://www.myspace.com/roliepolieguacamole], kings of neighborhood kid
The Macy’s fireworks may not be ripe for prime Brooklyn viewing this year (they’re over the Hudson once again, and Bill de Blasio is not happy about it [/blog/news/bill-de-blasio-wants-to-help-you-see-the-fireworks]), but there are still tons of patriotic activities in and around the neighborhood to celebrate our not-British-ness
Food & Drink
The new Pinkberry on 7th [/blog/food-drink/7th-avenue-pinkberry-to-open-in-june] is scheduled to worm its way into the yogurt-loving hearts [http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/pinkberry-to-open-in-park-slope-on-june-20th.html] of Park Slope on July 20 says FiPS. And if you’re dedicated and/or lucky, you may not even have to wait that long:
alternate-side parking
Remember: no alternate side parking [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/scrintro.shtml] tomorrow. Celebrate freedom from the tyranny of remember-to-move-your car!
Calexico
Here’s Park Slope noticed [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2012/7/2/calexico-construction-underway.html] that the windows at Calexico have been covered with brown paper, which can mean only one thing: construction has started. The tacos are coming.
Con Edison
It’s a bad time to be a Con Ed employee. It’s also a bad time to need a Con Ed employee. The times are bad for basically everyone, presumably including Con Ed management, because in the middle of this heatwave, it would be ideal if the energy company