
Williamsburg in one of the trendiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and Bedford Ave. is the heart of the enclave. Bedford Avenue has amazing places to eat, especially between N.5th and N.7th. One such spot is Fabiane’s Cafe and Pastry Shop. Even if you are not really into the Williamsburg scene, you will be into the delicious [...]
It has been a long time since there was a clear victory for unionized workers in New York. It seems that over the last few decades politicians have vilified labor unions more and more, making workers less and less likely to vote for unionization even as their wages have done a poor job of covering [...]
Brooklyn will forever survive. That is just the nature of the beast. A loss is never truly a loss because it will be reinvented not long after. That is definitely the case with a soon-to-be tap room. This bar, called Shady’s Tap Room, is opening its doors this Spring in an old condemned building. Yup, [...]
With a wealth of non-native New Yorkers forever influxing to the five boroughs and especially Brooklyn etiquette that should have long ago been established as consistent and never wavering sometimes gets mucked up. Staying to the right on the sidewalk for example to allow the faster and crazier New Yorkers to jut around you is a pretty [...]
To protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wikipedia, Reddit, and a host of other sites will conduct a blackout of their sites today. Bored you won’t be able to find funny articles on Reddit? Worried you won’t have anything interesting to read or edit on Wikipedia. Fear not! There are lots to do in [...]
Posted on 03 February 2012
February is Black History Month and the Brooklyn Art Museum (BAM as the lovely locals call it for short) is going to be holding a lot of great events and exhibits to celebrate. From musical events to book discussions and signings, there are a few things already set up fort the beginning of the month [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 February 2012
A few weeks ago, I heard about a restaurant in Brooklyn who was beginning a “Pay What You Want” campaign. This was the Santorini Grill on Grand Street. At first I thought, oh wow, how cool is that! Then I thought that this poor woman who runs this great Greek restaurant is going to be [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 January 2012
Only in Williamburg can you find a children’s playground with a theme of rock ‘n’ roll. And to this writer’s delight, I mean old school, real rock ‘n’ roll and not the obscure indie rock flooding the music scene today. Founders Julia Dawson and Carey Balogh created Frolic! hoping to merge their past lives with [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 January 2012
While Brooklyn’s shipyards have been closed for years, that doesn’t mean that the history has been forgotten. In March of 1862, the USS Monitor was pitted against the CSS Virginia (which was formerly named the USS Merrimack) in the very first battle against two ironclad ships in the history of the United States. History geeks [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 January 2012
Last Friday, Duane Browne was fatally shot by NYPD Officer Kevin Murtha. It was during an incredibly chaotic and jumbled series of events. As far as anyone can tell, the sequence of events was that Browne’s half brother, Dale Ogarro, was being robbed by two armed thugs outside of their Brooklyn, NY brownstone apartment. After [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 January 2012
The best place to find love these days isn’t at a bar. Apparently it’s not even online on websites like Match.com or OKCupid. It’s at Brooklyn Bowl on Wednesday nights. Brooklynites who are tired of the bar scene might want to try their hand at a singles bowling league. Jake Reuben, founder of Singles Social [...] Continue Reading