SPIFFY.
Jamaican patties just got that much closer to Grand Army Plaza.
Live from Brooklyn Blog Fest
Here’s Erin of ABrooklynLife.com, which is based on Carroll Gardens.
Jodie Foster in Prospect Park
Reported by: BigGuy (Newbie) Joined: 07 May 2006
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There are a bunch of trucks in Grand Army Plaza, and lots of equipment in the park itself. I asked, and they are filming “The Brave One”, with Jodi Foster and Terrence Howard. There are flyers posted listing filming times over the next few days.
ALERT! "Brooklyn Blog Fest" on Thursday at the Old Stone House (Park Slope)
We have been a bit remiss in noting that THIS THURSDAY at 8 PM is “Brooklyn Blog Fest” at the Old Stone House in Park Slope. The creators of this site have been invited to spend a leisurely 2-4 minutes discussing the evolution of dailyheights.com, dailyslope.com and brooklynian.com (woohoo! 60 seconds per site!).
The Old Stone House is on Fifth Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. Check out full details of “Brooklyn Blog Fest” at the Old Stone House in Park Slope.
Wise Guys
Waiting for BBQ on Underhill Ave.
Concept from the Future: Sidewalk Cafe on Flatbush Ave.
Who would have thought it possible?
Imagine going way back in time to 1996 and trying to explain the concept “Sidewalk cafe on Flatbush” to a Brooklynian of that Bygone era … Is it possible? Can those words be used together in the same sentence and in that order??
Now imagine explaining the concept over the din of Flatbush lunch hour traffic… Sidewalk WHAT? And it’s WHERE? Speak up, sonny.
To be fair about the noise… if you close your eyes, you can almost imagine the ebb and flow of an ocean… An ocean with 300-decibel waves, a chorus of mermaids laying on the horn, and schools of teenage dolphins that amble about, communicating with each other in a complex and creative array of shouted profanities.
This pic was taken at 11:30 on a Saturday, which was probably a bit too early for the lunchtime burrito crowd.
Enjoy Espinal
One of PH’s bodegas.
It's Temporarily
Looks like it will be 2 weeks (or more?) until alcoholic beverages are allowed again outside at Soda bar on Vanderbilt. Everyone we’ve talked to say that Soda’s neighbors have become keenly interested in ensuring that the bar comply with city permitting requirements, but we haven’t yet heard the official word. Wasn’t there a similar situation in Cobble Hill last year?
If there’s any news on this, it will show up in this thread in the Prospect Heights Message Boards.
So, I Dinged This Guy's Car with the Door of the Cab…
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Joined: 21 Jul 2005
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… after a long and craptacular day at the office. Total accident.
Of course, the guy was *in* the car when the cab door went ‘thunk’, got out and bitched me out all up and down the street. Great, you’re ‘feeling’ me, it was an accident, alright?
Tiny little scratch on the side of his already busted-up SUV. I gave him my cell and while I haven’t heard from him yet (this was Monday night) if he does call, or more likely harass me on my block, how much should I offer? $40? For that matter, anyone know a decent body shop?
I’m not gonna pay to repaint this dude’s entire car… grrr.
Coming soon: 595 vanderbilt
Any ideas what’s going up?
This is right across the street from Hibiscus, RedLipstick, the bike
shop, etc. and a few doors down from HouseBroken.
How long before people start referring to this stretch as “Lower
Vanderbilt”?
UPDATE: It’s going to be a wine store, Ben says on the Prospect Heights Message Board. So, just a refresher on urban development…
Ungentrified: Nail salon and hair dresser on every other block
Gentrified: Wine store and sushi restaurant on every other block