Today is 3 Kings Day or the Epiphany, when the wise men visited the baby Jesus and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and mir. During church today, John Dobranski […]
Category: Culture
Greenpoint Portrait Week 1: Mrs. Arcadia Garcia
Originally from Puerto Rico, living and raising her family in Greenpoint since 1978, Mrs. Garcia, by far one of my favorite Greenpointers, holds down Kingsland Ave. She invited us into […]
WEEKLY PORTRAIT SERIES BEGINS IN 2013
Did you all know that I am a professional freakin’ photographer? I want to feature a weekly portrait of a Greenpointer, taken either at the new space on Dobbin or […]
BEST OF GREENPOINT 2012 (PART 2)
Greenpoint is just so the best! • Best New Bakery: Ovenly “The biscuit was perfect, crumbly but moist. The cupcake, while sweet, wasn’t too sweet, a signature of Ovenly baked goods, […]
WORST OF GREENPOINT 2012
While Greenpoint is generally awesome all the time, we also have our worst moments. • Worst Political Outcome: Lincoln Vs. Olechowski “Chris Olechowski has taken Lincoln Restler’s place as State Committeeman […]
BEST OF GREENPOINT 2012 (PART 1)
There is so much BEST in Greenpoint, I have to break this up into two posts. Stay tuned for Part 2. • Best New Restaurant: Adelina’s “Toby described his cooking […]
Best Brooklyn Street Art 2012: Jellyfish Nailing It
While Brooklyn Street Art is counting down the last 12 days until New Year’s with great street art photos, we are going ahead and just picking our favorite street art […]
Greenpoint Christmas Lights (VIDEO!)
I made something else for you, Greenpoint – a video of all the Christmas and other crazy lights we see in the neighborhood, set to Sonic Youth. Enjoy and have […]
Warm Drunk Christmas: Cold Dry January
A common conversation at the many holiday parties I’ve attended either merrily or obligingly regarded how the weeks leading up until Christmas are binge session after binge session. The stress […]
Christmas Tree Drama: Sunday Snaps
Christmas trees are so dramatic and vain. Cut me down and put all these lights and ornaments on me so everyone oohs and aahs when they see me! And your […]