.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Committee To Improve Carroll Park is meeting on Thursday, May 1st7:30 PM in the Park HouseHope you can attend!There are lots of fun events coming up and lots of ways to volunteer in one of Brooklyn's oldest Parks.And Don't Forget:Tom Sawyer Fence Painting: May 3rd From 10...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Need a cab here in Brooklyn?You may try to call PResident 3-7200And one will appear in 5 minutes...Of course, that was back in the 1950'sWhen cabs still had Aero-lite glass topsAnd had special rates for summer trips.Now, that was style! ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

From Pardon Me For Asking's mailboxDEVELOP DON’T DESTROY BROOKLYN CONCERT SERIES: BROOKLYN SONGWRITERS AGAINST ATLANTIC YARDS Brooklyn-based songwriters joining together to raise funds for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's legal fight against the “Atlantic Yards” project BROOKLYN, NY, April 2: Some of Brooklyn's finest singer-songwriters are coming together in concert on May 15th at Southpaw to benefit Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB)....
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } By the time I reached Cadman Plaza yesterday,on my way to the post office,I was soaked.My umbrella? Let me just say that I am in need of a new one.As little droplets were flowing down my cheeks, what did I do?I pressed the button on my camera.Click!Just like that.A moment in...

Have you ever noticed, dear reader, that there are slivers of Carroll Gardens that remain undeveloped in the middle of some of the most desirable blocks? One really has to wonder why such potential has been left untapped by developers when footage is at a premium.What lack of vision! If these alleyways aren't quite big enough for a twelve story condo tower, may I suggest something that could be the next must-have in Brownstone Brooklyn? I am...

From 1956, may I present: "Tough Kid From Brooklyn ( Spit And The Stars)" by author Robert Mende? Surely, a book with such an attractive title just begs to be read! How could anyone resist the intense Brooklyn drama of tough guy Gregg and his dame Dinah? "No One On Banner Street Could Break the Stranglehold That Bound Them To Poverty And Vice. Gregg Watched The Guy drop then turned. Another mug was beating a gal who had no face, just blood-...
As the International Longshoremen's Association building at 340 Court Street is almost completely demolished, the backs of the adjoining buildings are now clearly visible behind the construction fence. The neighbors are probably enjoying all the extra light that is finding its way into their brownstones...if only for a very short while. Once the Clarett's Group condo complex goes up, it will surely cast more shadows than the Longshoreman's building...
Monday, April 28, 2008

(photo credit: Anne Baltz) Back in Brooklyn, at last. After a week of absence, I walked into my house and had to admit that yes, this feels like home... Tomorrow morning, maybe not quite at dawn, I will unpack, brew some strong coffee and get back into reporting from Carroll Gardens.Have I have missed something important? Please, do let me know, dear reader!For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Weather at Surfside Beach? Perfect.The main activity of the day? A walk on the beach. What else? Tagging behind my father, my husband and my son, camera in hand, I try to capture this moment. Three men, three different stages of life. The eldest giving advice to the younger. What are they discussing? Does it matter? Really? What counts is that they are walking here, together. And me holding on to this moment in time....For Home Page, click...
Maybe Surfside Beach, South Carolina is a wee bit far to drive for the week-end, but if you are in the market for a beach house, this place has quite a few for sale. The houses above are just a small sampling of the many that have hit the market in the last few months. And there are many more. All up and down the beach, those "for sale" signs have popped up since I was here last.No wonder! These are mostly secondary homes. Many homeowners...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I tend toforget how beautiful the wide open sky is when I am in Brooklyn. It is so amazing to see the sun rise and setting on the horizon, storms rolling in and the clouds clearing up. And then this, a rainbow. Do you see it? It was beautiful but only visible for a few minutes. I tried to capture it for you so that you may enjoy it back in Carroll Gardens.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Please forgive me, but I just had to post more beach pictures. Another fantastic day here in Surfside Beach. But please, someone tell me, am I missing something terribly important in Brooklyn? It seems so very far away. Is the Longshoreman's building on Court all gone, now? Has Mr. Stein sent out a crew to paint over those lovely hearts along his fence?Please, someone tell me!For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

Carroll Gardeners, forget about Met Food, Fairway and Pathmark. And don't hold out hope that the Whole Food on 3rd Street will ever get built, I say. And that Trader Joe's? By the time that opens its doors, I'll be an old lady. So you know what Carroll Gardens needs? A great Piggly Wiggly. See, while I am down South, that is where I shop. I admit, it is because of the name. How could I resist. It is the perfect place for a vegetarian...

I am really looking forward to the Brooklyn Blogfest. This is the cool meet-up of all those great neighborhood bloggers who tirelessly report from their corner of the borough. I have met many of them and am excited to meet more. The Blogfest is open to all, even non-bloggers. The event is on May 8th at 8 PM at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Avenue in Park Slope. Admission is $10, for students, $5Hope to see you there.For Home Page, click ...
Sunday, April 20, 2008
I hope the weather is nice in Brooklyn, because otherwise, dear reader, I would feel terribly guilty. Surely, you would not want me to feel bad for having left you in the rain, while I am enjoying the sun at Surfside Beach, South Carolina.And today is a glorious day. I can see the sky as far as I can see and the ocean is stretching in front of me ad infinitum. And the air? It smells clean and I happily take deep breath.Can you tell I am having...
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