News: December 2005 Archives

How dare NY1 taunt us with a story of the Brooklyn man who won a dreidel spinning contest and not provide us with the juicy details.  How long did it spin? How long has he been spinning the dreidel? How old were the other participants? Though I've got a couple of friends who are Jewish this is the first I've heard of the contest, but I like it!

Last night I had a dream about the transit strike. I don't remember what it was about, but when I woke up I thought "well that's about enough of that," and it's only Day 2!  I am one of the lucky Brooklynites who can work from home without too much interruption to my work schedule. So until Friday, when I have to find my way to Penn Station to catch a train out of town for the holidays, I can cozy up in my PJs, make another pot of coffee and work away in the peaceful confines of my own apartment. But what about the rest of you? ABrooklynlife's sibling has to make it from Cobble Hill to the West Village today. My friends with a car spent 2 1/2 hours  getting to work yesterday, and I was too afraid to call them last night to hear how long it'd taken them to get home. One of my Manhattan friends had a little more success, with an hour walk from downtown to midtown. Stories to share? Or maybe we're all working from home and should start a work-from-home lunch club or something?

Did Ratner pay for pro-Ratner focus groups? The Bklyn papers
Tuscon retailer moves to "new Soho" (W'burg) Tuscon Citizen
EPA ignoring WTC air quality issues in Brooklyn  NY1
Brownstone salvage NYTimes with Brownstoner props
Neckface--outsider art or brilliant Pratt student scam? NYPress
Brooklyn Museum presents William Wegman retrospective PR

Though I'd give this linkage thing a try...
New film series at Barbes in Park Slope. Gothamist
Breakfast on the Williamsburg Bridge. NYTimes
The ghosts on the G train (conductors). NYTimes
Red Hook as maritime tourist attraction. Brooklyn Papers
More to come.