For a while, the two centers of the cultural world have been Brooklyn and Berlin. The latter was called by the New York Times the cultural center of Europe just a few years ago, and after traveling to the city just after the article appeared, I couldn’t argue. And so as Brooklyn became the artistic [...]
Brooklyn is great, don’t get me wrong, but when you’re trying to get around it without the aid of a bike or Bushwick car service, things can get tricky. If you’re thinking about taking the G train to get from one point to another, forget about it. This train rocks up “if and when it [...]
Forget Mimosas and Bloody Marys in Williamsburg – brunch at J.K. & Sons, which I affectionately call “J.K. Rowling,” on Broadway in Bushwick, is where it’s at. J.K. & Sons is warm and unpretentious, run by a couple that’s been married for 40 years. No haughty waiters here, just good ol’ fashioned service, just the [...]
The College Music Journal 2010 is hitting the city by storm. With over 1200 bands, it’s hard not to find some good music to listen to. Why just last night I went to Phoebe’s off Graham and Devoe to see Soundhouse, a killer bluesy, jazzy, souly band. They rocked. Where else will CMJ take me? [...]
I knew today was going to be different, colder. Luckily I had my new bicycle gloves to keep me warm. But there was still a lot to discover. On Flushing Avenue, far east of the new bike lanes, the Bushwick Loom has built a veritable menagerie of shops. There’s a jewelry boutique, a jam co-op, [...]
I’m a proud Bushwick resident and live just off Broadway between the Flushing Avenue JMZ and Myrtle-Broadway JMZ stops. Every day, I pace up and down and around my little patch of Broadway, of Bushwick, of Brooklyn, and it has everything I need to sustain me during the week. For example, there’s the wonderful Mr [...]
Get ready, Brooklyn: We’ve got our very own Jersey Shore coming our way. Lifetime has picked up 12 episodes of Brighton Beach, a Jersey Shore-ish, about the Russian-American community in South Brooklyn, to be aired next year…
It’s out with The Archive and in with Momo Sushi Shack, a fantastic new edition to the community of cool grocery stores, cafes and bars by the Morgan Ave L. If you’re a Bushwick resident and you’re natural viagra into amazing and beautiful looking Japanese food served up in an unpretentious space with a great [...]
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