Local artist and regular Brooklynian member Trainsmoke DeLeon is looking for an ‘intangible gift’ to give. Hum? Interesting. Tis the season and what better way to show you care then by giving present like a membership to a cultural institution or perhaps a subscription to a favorite magazine? Sweettea suggested a membership to Brooklyn Botanical Gardens [...]

Pescadarians take note, recommendations on where to catch the freshest fish are pouring in thanks to Gretel who lives near C-Town on 9th, but wasn’t sure if “that is an ok place to buy fish?” Veets fills us in on the C-Town fish facts:

I have bought fish at C Town on 9th street for [...]

Need a cart for shopping, moving heavy items, or just hobo’ing around? The Brooklynian.com board’s got you covered.

Poster LJND recommends http://premiercarts.com/ which seems a bit overkill, as Blonkers points out:

If you just want one of the folding carts, you can usually find them at larger hardware, and grocery stores. The big supermarkets in [...]

May be just a rumor after all.

lirio writes in the Message Boards: Sometime last summer, my stepdad purchased a ‘Healthy Back Bag.’ I could swear we got it in a shoe store on 7th Ave., but the few that I’ve called don’t know what I’m talking about. If I remember correctly, it carried shoes like Timbs, Merrill, etc. I know [...]

LISA SELIN DAVIS wrote in the New York Times: “Fonda Sara … opened Zuzu’s Petals, a flower shop and nursery, on Seventh Avenue near Berkeley Place in 1971… after a fire last summer wiped out her home of 30 years, she could not find an affordable storefront on Seventh Avenue …”

“… she moved to [...]