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TOMORROW: The Return Of The Green Point Deli Market
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
After being throughly eviscerated by a fire last June the Green Point Deli Market is poised to make its triumphant return tomorrow, March 30, 2009 at 6:00 a.m. sharp!
Why not swing by, congratulate them on getting this much beloved (and missed) local institution back up and running and purchase a “good luck” cup of joe?
Green Point Deli Market
903 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
A Garden Spot Blind Item: A Little Red Light In Greenpoint?
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Friday night the Mister and I decided to patronize one of our favorite restaurants. over dinner I mused about how long said establishment had been in business and, as luck would have it, we later received an answer! 25 years give or take. It came from an old timer supping at an adjacent table who also also told us that very eating and drinking establishment was built atop a razed brothel:
My father told me “Son, one day you will go there.” But one day I walked by and bulldozers were tearing it down. It even had a red light out front.
One may or may not care this gentleman’s father’s parenting skills but we do have to him thank in part for this most intriguing blind item! Anyone care to take a stab at what (aptly named) restaurant this man is talking about?
Miss Heather
P.S.: I will post the reveal this evening. Here it is! Yes folks, as I was eating my favorite dish at this establishment, Linguini ala Puttanesca, I learned about some very real ladies of the evening who once graced Greenpoint’s own McGuinness Boulevard!
North Brooklyn Photos Du Jour: Southside Sunday
Filed under: Williamsburg
South 2nd Street
South 4th Street
Bedford Avenue
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: American Vomit
Filed under: Williamsburg
From Bedford Avenue.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Word Of The Day
Filed under: Williamsburg
Chutzpah (IPA: /ˈxÊŠtspÉ™/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Hebrew word ḥuá¹£pâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning “insolence”, “audacity”, and “impertinence.” The modern English usage of the word has taken on a wider spectrum of meaning, however, having been popularized through vernacular use, film, literature, and television.
In Hebrew, chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behavior with no shame. But in Yiddish and English, chutzpah has developed ambivalent and even positive connotations. Chutzpah can be used to express admiration for non-conformist but gutsy audacity. Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish defines chutzpah as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible ‘guts,’ presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to.” In this sense, chutzpah expresses both strong disapproval and a grudging admiration…
See: the following missive from Metropolitan Avenue between Union Avenue and Rodney Street.
—Miss Heather
So let me get this straight. This person saw fit to take the time to:
A. make and post fliers requesting that the “pretty” woman he saw leave a television on the curb* give him the remote control that accompanied it. Presumably for free.
B. set up an email address so in the event that the aforementioned woman…
- actually finds said fliers
- puts “2 + 2” together
- is not creeped out that this man knows what she looks like and
- decides to give this gent the remote control in question
…she can contact him.
Wouldn’t it have been easier simply to take down the make and model of said set and purchase an universal remote— or I am I missing something here? Thoughts anyone?
Miss Heather
*This is just plain creepy. Seriously.
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: West Street Story
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Taken March 21st & March 26th, 2009.
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: Bad Idea
Filed under: Williamsburg
From North 11 Street.
Miss Heather
TODAY: Empty Cages Collective Hits Bedford Avenue!
Filed under: Williamsburg
After the big success at last week’s adoption event (as of 4:00 p.m. they had FOUR adoptions pending!) Empty Cages Collective is hitting us up with another adoption event, this time right on Bedford Avenue! Lisacat writes:
Make your way to Williamsburg’s main drag to meet Empty Cages Collective’s wonderful cats looking for homes. The N.S.A.L adoption van will be parked on Bedford Ave at North 7th St, steps away from the Bedford Ave / L train stop. Adoptions require approved applicaton & adoption fee, all of our cats & kittens have been rescued from our Trap-Neuter-Return efforts in New York City, or rescued from AC&C’s kill list.
One such animal Empty Cages rescued from the “Euth List” is a little guy named Joshua. Follows is some footage where we get to watch him contentedly play with a catnip mouse while a volunteer tells his story!
In closing I would like to announce that Empty Cages Collective is one of four charities Robert Guskind’s friends and family have selected to receive donations in his memory. Head over to The Gowanus Lounge for more details.
Empty Cages Adoption Event
March 26, 2009 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Bedford Avenue and North 7 Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Monochromatic On India Street
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
This lovely specimen hails just west of the Smith – 9th bound entrance of the Crosstown Local at Greenpoint Avenue. Not only is this piece of street furniture very stylish but it also appears to be a sleeper model. Perfect grabbing a “power nap” while waiting for the G train!
Miss Heather
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