Walking down Manhattan Avenue the other night I noticed five open storefronts just in the two blocks from Noble to Greenpoint. First up the hardware store on Noble and Manhattan […]
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Back in the New York Groove
I am officially back from my vacation! It was a great time visiting my Greenpoint ex-pats in North Carolina and Virginia and spending Thanksgiving with my long time friends and […]
McCarren Heights
Bowling for BARC last night with The Heathers was a blast. We drank, we bowled, we saw Bernadette Peters and Jim Carroll. Also met a woman who schooled me on […]
Bowling For BARC Tonight
Bowling for BARC is tonight at The Gutter. See you there!
Greenpoint Battlefield
Check out this Greenpoint video sent to me from Stephanie Fraiman from intothebox.tv *And update: Thanks to D. Billy for the screenshot below of the “hipsters”. More like hoodlums.
Is The G an F?
On this morning’s commute I was greeted by two MTA workers hawking rider report cards for the G train. I usually don’t bother with things like this but lately, but […]
Hit The Floor Like It’s 1984!
Do you want a pair of seats for the VAN HALEN show at MSG, Tuesday 11/13? Then stop by The Diamond to find out about their raffle. Proceeds go to […]
Christmas Countdown Begins
It’s the day after Halloween and already Manhattan Ave is getting ready for the holidays! *Thanks to Jay Lombard for emailing me the pic he took on his way to […]
A Humboldt Halloween
Happy Halloween! Here’s a video I spied on YouTube and it turns out to be the house of a family I knew growing up on my old block. This cool […]