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  • Tell The Bartender Episode 3: For The Love Of…

    Listen to Episode 3: For The Love Of… Download from iTunes here In This Episode: I’m Your Daddy: Dean Haspiel shares the very touching story of how he helped out a friend in need. By donating his sperm. Finding Esteban: John Knefel fell hard for a girl, and took a trip to Argentina to see her. It didn’t […]
    (via Tell The Bartender)

    February 14, 2013
  • Shake Shack’s Downtown Brooklyn Success Inspires Second BK Locale

    Downtown Brooklyn’s Shake Shake inarguably changed the face & fortunes of the once-sagging Fulton Mall, convincing many Heights residents to cross Court Street for the first time in years (decades?). Since its December 2011 opening, the burger joint has led to a renaissance, bringing the likes of Starbucks, Brooklyn Industries, H&M, Century 21, Gap, Seattle’s […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    February 12, 2013
  • Beer Goggles: Park Slope Eye Doc @JustinBazan Breaks Out the Booze

    The New York Post reports on Dr. Justin Bazan, a Park Slope eye doctor, who breaks out the beer and booze for patients on occasion. That’s legal, right? It’s like Mad Men era doctors smoking with their patients, right?

    Heck, dilate our pupils and hang up a disco ball and we’ve got a party!

    February 10, 2013
  • Sparks Fly At Thursday’s LICH Public Hearing

    At Thursday’s public hearing with the SUNY board in Midtown Manhattan, sparks were flying over the closing of Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, with contentious exchanges between Councilman Brad Lander, SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and state Sen. Eric Adams. Among accusations: whether SUNY’s acquisition of Long Island College Hospital was a transaction driven […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    February 7, 2013
  • Valentine’s Love For Atlantic Avenue’s Colonie Restaurant

    In a recent round-up of romantic Valentine’s Day dinner destinations, AM New York gives some love to Colonie at 127 Atlantic Avenue. The newspaper offers: “A true neighborhood spot, Colonie is a great place for a romantic dinner date in Brooklyn. The five-course prix-fixe dinner includes oysters with blood orange, fennel and speck consommé mignonette […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    February 4, 2013
  • Tell The Bartender Episode 2: In Hindsight

    Listen to Episode 2: In Hindsight Download from iTunes here In This Episode: Just Don’t Let Go Of It This Time: Molly Knefel shares with us the time she sold balloons on rollerblades for a summer job, and in hindsight, learned the meaning of life. Thanks For The Nightmares, Jonah: Jonah Eller-Isaacs tells a spooky […]
    (via Tell The Bartender)

    February 3, 2013
  • Lena Dunham Develops New HBO Series, Covers EW

    Lena Dunham’s empire continues to blow the lid off pop culture, as she covers the February 8, 2013 Entertainment Weekly with the headline, “How (She) Became the Voice Of A Generation.” Add that to the news that the “Girls” creator and Brooklyn Heights rez will pen a new pilot for HBO based on the upcoming […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    February 1, 2013