North Brooklyn Boat Club has come a long way since the first meeting last Fall and the last time we spoke to board member Jens. They have a brand spanking […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 18
I was looking forward to yesterday’s storm, as my plants (and I), needed a little reprieve from the heat. It started rolling into Greenpoint around 3pm, and I moved some […]
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More Nassau Ave Insanity – New Traffic Pattern
Via Greenpoint Gazette, traffic on Nassau will be running eastbound beginning Monday July 23rd. If my brain compass is working that means the opposite direction of how it is running […]
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McCarren Park Pool: A 12 Step Guide
1- The night before the big day, freeze a large bottle of water in your freezer. 2- Go to bed. 3- Wake up and get some breakfast and coffee. Â There […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 16
So, um, do you guys have a favorite herb? In my post-college life, my favorite leafy green substance has to be basil. I seriously cannot get enough of it. I […]
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Mayor Mike “Dufus” Boomberg: “The McClarren Park Pool … to make Waves in Williamsburg.”
Yep, the pool is open! There was a line around the block after the ribbon cutting when according to Gothamist, the mayor mispronounced it as “McClarren” and then said: “Today […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 15
If I’ve learned anything about small scale gardening in the last 15 weeks, its that you really do get what you give. This past weekend I attacked my garden for […]
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Is Greenpoint Safe? 10 Things To Do
Do you find it ironic that Greenpoint features the environmentally friendly Rooftop Farms, the new McGolrick Park Farmers Market, a Clean Green Dry Cleaners on Nassau Ave, among many other […]
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I asked for a t-shirt and all I got were these (AWESOME!) bike lights
While walking up Franklin I stopped in to say hi to our friends at Silk Road Cyles. The boys were wearing these awesome logo t-shirts, which my cat seems to […]
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Entrepreneurship at Northside – All Business (But Never Boring)
If an inventor could create a device that converts sheer brain power into energy, said device should be brought to the Northside Entrepreneurship Festival next year. That inventor would take […]