Park Slope just got a little closer.

Finally. [Brooklyn Paper via Free Williamsburg]

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More tales of woe on Olive Street…

After learning a few weeks back about the crack den that’s apparently sprung up behind my old apartment building, I read this story this morning about someone who lives on Olive Street getting stabbed while walking down Orient. [via FreeWilliamsburg]

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Orient Avenue

My second apartment in NY, with Stella and JS, was right across the street from Cooper Park on Olive Street, just around the corner from this place on Orient Avenue, which is on a block that I always found to be one of the more attractive in that part of Williamsburg. [via Gothamist] It was [...]

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I am quite sorry for partying.

So I had the pleasure last night of attending a little soiree at the well appointed Billyburg loft of one of the Salty Sisters (two of my bestest lady friends), complete with tunes by the lovely Anna Cavazos, and am feeling totally banged up today.  My late night White Castle run apparently did little to [...]

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An evening off…

I skated out of work at 6:00 last night to take a much-needed evening off and deal with errands and personal life administration-type stuff (picking up and dropping off laundry; opening mail; cleaning up the apartment; buying groceries) and finally had a chance to pop by this place both before and after meeting up with [...]

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That was perhaps a little too much party.

Wow. That was brutal. I seriously think I knocked drinks down at the rate of about two an hour all weekend long. Had a few quick beers by the office with a superhero-in-training on Thursday afternoon. Headed down to the No Age show at the South Street Seaport with JM, JS and MM on Friday [...]

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Who the hell are the Fauxcialites, and what’s with all the balloons?

This is one of the most retarded looking “media arts” “projects” — and I use the term loosely — I’ve stumbled across lately. [DBTH] Initially I’d thought about heading to the M.I.A. show last Friday, but I ended up turning down a last minute ticket. I heard it was a great show, but I’m now [...]

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Weekend Recap

It’s truly remarkable how much better you feel in the mornings and what efficient use you can make of your time if you don’t drink too much and get a decent night’s sleep. Why didn’t anyone tell me sooner? Case in point? My weekend. Which felt remarkably long, but in a good way. That the [...]

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Unacceptably drunk, even by bartending standards

So last Friday (the 11th, not the 18th), after a long, impromptu, and rather unintended afternoon of drinking, I rallied to meet up with some friends at the Bunker to catch Dan Bell. Admittedly, I didn’t end up making my appearance until a bit after 2:00am, but that will ultimately prove unimportant.  Anyway, I’d taken [...]

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“Bottle Rocket” at McCarren Pool? Um, no thanks.

“Bottle Rocket” at McCarren Pool? Um… No, thanks.   First, I’m going on record as apparently being the last person ever not to have watched “Bottle Rocket” all the way through. I’ve rented it and begun watching it on at least two occasions that I can recall, and simply never finished. Not because I didn’t [...]

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