From the monthly archives: August 2006

Street Walkers and Curb Crawlers in Gowanus

By On August 31, 2006 · 6 Comments

gowanus midnight

Originally uploaded by Incandenza.

……….Precious Williams writes on the Park Slope Message Board:

“A few nights ago I was walking my dog at somewhere between 10 and 11 at night. I headed down to Gowanus just for a change of [...]

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A Tree Falls in Park Slope

By On August 28, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Whoa… Diane writes on the Park Slope Message Board:

“Wow! At 3 AM, my son looked out the window – 6th Ave bet.10-11th St. and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down…totally destroying a Honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking [...]

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Is $270K a Deal in Windsor Terrace?

By On August 25, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Photo_04

Originally uploaded by neps.

agg writes on the Park Slope Message Board: “I’m thinking about buying a studio in Windsor Terrace. It’s a nice place, just next to the park, but it’s also small, about 500 sq. feet. I put a [...]

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Late Night Eats in Park Slope – The Short List

By On August 24, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Smiling Pizza 2

Originally uploaded by donabediawesome.

1. Albaz, on Flatbush by the 7th Ave subway station. Great late-night cheeseburger!
2. If you’re feeling like spending some money, the kitchen at Blue Ribbon is open really late every night.
3. If [...]

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Hit the Bitch

By On August 23, 2006 · 2 Comments

WANdA U R A BitcH. doN’T COME HOME. Frankie

Originally uploaded by Slice.

smylegrrl writes on Daily Slope: Speaking of gangs in Prospect Park — I was running this evening (7pm, it was not even dusk yet) and a gang of teenagers [...]

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Mail Delivery Problems in South Slope

By On August 17, 2006 · 10 Comments

37 cents a rock

Originally uploaded by elevatedprimate.

…………Missing Netflix DVDs… Lunch breaks in the mysterious green lockboxes… lines out the door on 9th Street… surly clerks who would rather ring your neck than sell stamps… Could it get any worse?

Shinybeast [...]

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Olive Needs a Home

By On August 16, 2006 · 1 Comment

Laura B writes on the Park Slope Message Board:

Please help me find Olive a home.

She’s an adorable 8-week-old tuxedo kitten we found in a parking lot on Bergen street. She’s everything you want a kitten to be: playful, charming, wide-eyed. She does goofy kitten things like chase a little [...]

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Seriously. What are you doing in Park Slope??

By On August 11, 2006 · 2 Comments

A Bomb In Nation

Originally uploaded by drp.

kensingtonmom writes on the Park Slope Message Board:

Does this latest terrorist plot make anyone wonder if living here is such a hot idea?

I can’t help but think when we [...]

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West Nile Hysteria: Let’s Put it in Perspective

By On August 9, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Close-up of the spraying device

Originally uploaded by Kyrion.

quijibo writes:

oh feck. how much duct tape are we gonna need for this?

the media along with the medical community feed the hysteria
people wish to have a sense of control
[...]

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Expat Report: Why Brooklyn is not Minnesota

By On August 8, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Gedney Pickle during the parade

Originally uploaded by Paul Prins!.

So, the Associated Press may have dubbed Brooklyn “the place to be”… Is Minnesota “the place to be from”?

There seems to be a disproportionately high number of Minnesota expats in [...]

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Best of Park Slope

By On August 7, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Red Horse Cafe, Brooklyn

Originally uploaded by 536.

Yavel’s list:

Best Loaf – Lopez Bakery – 5th ave bet 18 th and 19th St. The bread is very good and cheap. I always get the 7 grain. They make a nice loaf, but [...]

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DumbWhore: “A new column of interest to Park Slopers”

By On August 3, 2006 · Leave a Comment

We just received this Onion-esque parody of “SmartMom”, the Park Slope blogger-turned-Brooklyn Papers columnist:

“SmartMom” tells some interesting stories, and she’s done some great things for the blogging community in Park Slope… but she has a writing style that some people cannot read without physically cringing, judging from opinions on the

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