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  • 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

  • Park Slope Baking Up New Outpost For Historic Leske’s

    The beloved Leske’s Scandinavian Bakery in Bay Ridge will be opening a second location in Park Slope, at 588 5th Avenue, a space last occupied by Sweet Treasures Bakery. Leske’s has been a Brooklyn institution since 1961, and has 5,700+ Facebook followers, reports the South Slope News. The bakery is renowned for traditional Scandinavian baking, […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    January 30, 2013

  • Tale of the Tweets: The Gowanus Dolphin #RIP

    A wayward dolphin found its way into the Gowanus Canal this afternoon. The internet went wild with anticipation and excitement around it’s potential rescue. However a happy ending was not in the cards for the sea mammal we nicknamed “Vito”.

    The Tale of the Tweets after the jump.

    January 25, 2013

  • New Art Spaces Open On Cobble Hill’s Bergen Street

    Two cultural spaces are opening at 47 Bergen Street in Cobble Hill, next door to the Invisible Dog gallery: Recession Art, an affordable art gallery and store; and the Beam Center, a non-profit learning and youth arts development organization. Both organizations have held shows and events in the Invisible Dog space before, and will collaborate […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    January 25, 2013

  • Tell The Bartender Episode 1: Spiritualized

    Listen to Episode 1: Spiritualized Download from iTunes here In This Episode: JUStEN Time: We hear from Todd who recalls his days of playing with a very popular Christian rock band. This is complicated by the fact that Todd is decidedly not Christian. A Holy Ghost: Matty Blake shares his personal tale of how he […]
    (via Tell The Bartender)

    January 22, 2013