Listen to Episode 18: Tales of Engagement Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: Marriage – it’s all the rage! But how exactly does one pop the question? We hear four touching, funny and surprising stories from people who wanted to make their engagements as special as possible. PLUS a special listener shout out, the drink […]
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Listen to Episode 17: According To Plan Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: Sometimes things in life don’t always go according to plan. Like, let’s say you spend two months planning a live version of your podcast with some celebrity guests, and it goes great, but there is a technical issue and it didn’t […]
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Toby Cecchini’s reincarnation of the Long Island Restaurant on Atlantic Avenue came one step closer to reality today as the eatery’s iconic sign has returned. It had been removed back in June for cleaning.
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It’s Cobble Hill’s equivalent of the Standard Hotel; a local couple have renovated their townhouse to include a glass shower, which is visible to neighbors who aren’t even being nosy. And today they’ve gained further notoriety by becoming Gothamist’s Talk of the Block. Congrats! And keep it clean.
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The Jay Street beach with umbrellas, benches, and art is now open. The DUMBO Improvement District planned and built out the dead-end of Jay Street against the East River to create a mini ‘oasis’ where we can sit and relax. The reclaimed wo…
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Shake Shack announced on their facebook page that they are opening a location at One Old Fulton Street (corner of Water Street) in Dumbo, Brooklyn (technically it is in Fulton Ferry Landing) in mid-2014. They will be taking the space formerly occupied…
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So who is cooking at Veksler’s at 521 Hicks Street restaurant, which until last month was owner Robert Veksler’s hydroponic gardening store Brooklyn Farms? Looks like it’s Joe Bayley, who was a winner on the second season of Chopped in 2009 when he was at Cobblestone Foods. Somehow, the folks there already knew that we […]
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A Beautiful Sundance Award winner about a Dumbo-based artist couple, Cutie And The Boxer opens at Sunshine and Lincoln Plaza on Friday, August 16, 2013. Besides being filmed in and around Dumbo, painter Ushio Shinohara has been in Dumbo since the R…
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The Blue Riband? It’s an award that is not likely ever to be given again. It was for the passenger ship that made the fastest crossings, both eastward and westward, of the Atlantic, measured between the Ambrose Lightship off New York harbor and Bishop’…
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Listen to Episode 12: A Lesson in Transformation Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: Transformers (More Than Meets The Eye): Lauren Hennessy always felt that he is male in a female body, an explains why he is not transitioning. Barry White Cover Album: Jack Katz always felt that he is male in a female body, and explains […]
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