Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Carry the One” by Carol Anshaw
What’s done cannot be undone, and this is the lesson the three young protagonists of Carol Anshaw’s novel “Carry…
September 21, 2012-
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Celebs Just Like Us! Time Warner Cable Baffles New Park Sloper Patrick Stewart Too
Legendary actor Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) may have travelled the galaxy as Star Trek’s Captain Picard but while he may…
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City Modern Brooklyn Home Tour Sweeps Through Boerum Hill Sunday, 10/7
New York magazine and design periodical Dwell are co-sponsoring the City Modern Brooklyn Home Tour, with five renovated homes in Boerum Hill and Brooklyn Heights, on Sunday, October 7. The starting point is modular design retailer Module R, 141 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry). For more information, see the Brooklyn Heights Blog here. (Photo: […]
September 18, 2012
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Atlantic Avenue’s Sahadi’s Preps For Wall-To-Wall (To Wall) Expansion
It was more than a year ago that neighborhood institution Sahadi’s petitioned to expand the gourmet & Middle Eastern food market at 187 Atlantic Avenue. Good things come to those who wait: Sahadi’s will close from September 17-23, as it begins an extensive expansion that will tie in three storefronts. Read more on the Brooklyn […]
September 15, 2012
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Radical Survivor” by Nancy Saltzman
By the time she was in her early forties, Nancy Saltzman had a thriving career as an elementary school…
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Mixed Bag at Heights Chateau
After a perfunctory weekend Trader Joe’s jaunt – and a walk down a the visibly revitilzed north end of…
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick’s” by Mark Kreidler
Maverick’s is a big wave formation off the Santa Cruz, California Coast, and there’s a surfing contest there every…
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2012 Montague Street ‘Summer Space’ Launches Sunday, 9/09
Reminder: This Sunday, September 9th, the Montague Street BID launches its annual Summer Space, with a fun-filled day of freebies. Brooklyn Heights’ main thoroughfare will be closed to traffic and re-imagined as a pedestrian oasis from noon to 5 p.m., as restaurants expand outdoor seating, retailers offer special promotions and services, and hundreds of tables […]
September 6, 2012
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Italian Eatery Red Gravy (Finally) Coming To Atlantic Avenue This Fall
In The New York Times’ extensive Tuesday preview of new restaurants opening throughout New York City this fall, Italian eatery Red Gravy—coming to 151 Atlantic Avenue at Clinton (after what appears to be a year’s delay)—gets a thumbs up from writer “Florence Fabricant.” Regarding the menu: “Saul Bolton’s take on Italian gives a serious nod […]
September 5, 2012
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Park Plaza Diner Reopens Thursday After August Blaze
Following a fire August 4 that decimated the kitchen and HVAC system at Park Plaza Diner, the long-lived eatery at 220 Cadman Plaza West is scheduled to reopen for business Thursday, September 6. Dimitri Likourentzos, a member of the family-owned diner and its chef, tells BHB that the blaze caused extensive damage, requiring gutting of […]
September 5, 2012
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