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Williamspoint Photo du Jour: Obama Oranges
From the Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren Park Pool. Not only were these oranges for sale, but the proprietor told me they quit making Hillary oranges because they didn’t sell.
Miss Heather
Renegade Craft Fair
Today I braved the strange weather and downright brutal humidity to check out the Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren Park Pool. All in all, I had a great time. Follows is a short film documenting my interaction with the bio-fueled “Post Card Machine”, my inability to follow directions, affection for chickens …and more!
Anyone interested in contacting the brilliant brain behind this machine can do so via email at:
michellery (at) hotmail (dot) com
Miss Heather
P.S.: You can look for more neat things I found at the fair on my Flickr page.
Happy Father’s Day From New York Shitty!
Filed under: Williamsburg
Better late than never, I always say. This one goes out to Pa Heather. I figured he’d appreciate this photograph (from Red Pearl on Bedford Avenue) given his affection for the movie A Christmas Story.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Phoito du Joir: Hoisery
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
From Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
Studio B Rooftop Garden: What A Difference A Couple Of Months Make!
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
The above screen cap was taken April 10, 2008.
This one was taken June 14, 2008.
Hmm. I wonder what made the Department of Buildings change their mind?
Miss Heather
UPDATE, June 16, 2008: Check out the comment left by “Citizen Skein” It is very illuminating.
Great Moments In Aluminum Siding: Volume XVI
It’s been a long, long time since I have documented some quality siding action here in Greenpoint. Too long, in fact. Thankfully, I walked down Java Street and got my religion back.
Ragu I, meet Belvedere XII. I don’t know about you, but at $10 the house of Ragu is not only very affordable, but it is also more attractive.
Miss Heather
P.S.: This one goes out to my reader who learned that his childhood home was razed to build Belvedere 12.
Stoop Sale Alert: Mother Of All?
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
NO JUNK, NO JOKE.
This might be worth checking out. Speaking from personal experience, some of the best stoop sale scores I have made have come from Kent. Street, that is.
Miss Heather
Friday The 13th At Studio B
One would think after having the Department of Buildings cite them for not having their Public Assembly paperwork in order (and having this brought to the attention of the Department of Consumer Affairs) that Studio B would cease their illicit behavior.
Nope. 9:45 last night they were gearing up to party on both floors! Do they have legal right to conduct business in this rooftop garden? No. They don’t exactly have right to do so on the first floor either. To Studio B’s credit, they may be scofflaws but at least they’re consistent.
An angry neighbor writes me (at 11:55 p.m.):
311 wouldn’t take my complaint because the same thing had just been called in to the DOB.
That’s one way of making the city look like it is doing it’s job and everything is hunky dory: refuse to document complaints. Speaking as someone who has worked in management (and actually gave a damn), however, this is very ineffective policy customer service-wise. And make no mistake about it— as tax payers (READ: clients), we are to be served by this city’s agencies— not the other way around.
When one client brought something to my attention, I took notice. When 2,3,4+ more people complained to me about the same thing, I addressed it. Immediately. I suppose that is the difference: I actually cared about the clients under my care. This city, apparently, doesn’t.
Miss Heather
Did You Lose Your Chihuahua?
Filed under: Williamsburg
If so, he was found at the corner of Berry and North 9th Street yesterday, Friday 13th, at 11:00 a.m. He is safe and sound in a “dog-friendly household nearby”. You can retrieve your (incredibly cute) prodigal pup by calling the phone number on the above flier.
Miss Heather
Free Movies At The American Playground
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Bitchcakes totally beat me to the scoop on this one and I congratulate her. If I have to be out-dished by someone, I am delighted it be by someone as beautiful, witty and charming as she is. I have met Miss Cakes (she’s even more fabulous in person) and am proud to have her as a neighbor.
That said, as are most seemingly good things in this neighborhood, this entertainment has an interesting benefactor. Watch the film I shot of this evening’s festivities and you’ll get the idea.
Thanks in part to you, Mr. Guttman, Greenpoint is smokin’ with excitement!
Again.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Sincere props go out to Photoplay, the Parks Department and all the other peeps behind these movie nights. Seriously. It is a GREAT idea: not only is it a free evening’s entertainment, but it gives us Greenpointers an opportunity to hang out, have fun and get to know each other.
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