Open Thread Wednesday 7/27/11

By on July 27, 2011 12:41 am in Brooklyn Heights

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  • Willow St. neighbor

    Cathy,
    You say you heard that a neighbor has Beebop?
    That would make me crazy if I knew someone had my lost cat.
    Try to find out which neighbor and send a friend over to collect the cat. You did say that you have friends in the neighborhood.

  • Willow St. neighbor

    Re: Boy Luv Girl,
    Anna is the owner and she does a fabulous job.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @PierrepontSkin

    It’s not grafitti per se that irritates me, but the owner’s obvious contempt for the neighborhood in which he makes his living. Painting the shutter would require less than a gallon of paint and take at most half an hour. That the owner couldn’t be bothered in many many years to do something about the unsightliness of his ugly shutter tells me that he’s not the sort of person I want to enrich further by my custom.

    @GHB

    So far as I’m aware, Heights Deli is owned by the other Semites.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @GHB

    Like most people who see anti-Semitism in any criticism of Jewish practice, your goal is to shut down discussion and dissent. You may have succeeded in browbeating others, but, you may depend upon it, you won’t browbeat me.

  • Heightsman

    @MontyPotter: One word: Pepper. Dogs hate it. Spread it everywhere on the sidewalk and they will run past. They also sell an industrialized version at HomeDepot that will have them running for the other side of the street fast. Check it out.

  • Big Dave

    Brooklyn Heights Deli:
    Outside means sandwiches bad?
    I “shutter” to think…

  • Bongo

    @Tony
    I was also delighted to see sandwiches on sale at Vineapple. I was also disappointed by the price and the sandwich served. Vineapple’s going to have to raise their game to compete with the other cafes. The space is great and staff is friendly, which is more than can be said for the big competition a block away. C’mon guys pull your socks up and get it together!

  • PierrepontSkin
  • Hicks St Guy

    I was in Vineapple at 4p.m. last week, asked for iced tea, they had no lemon, and the dork barista thought I was a pain for asking. wanted something to eat to hold me for a late dinner, all they had were that morning’s bagels & muffins. sign said the sandwiches were from Lassen & Hennigs, which is nothing to brag about. give this place three months if they don’t improve asap.

  • GHB

    @Topham: I don’t want to browbeat you. After all, you amuse me!

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @GHB

    I’m delighted that I should amuse you. Of course, that’s the other tactic employed by those who see anti-Semitism everywhere: either hurl brickbats or smile condescendingly.

    Here’s my favorite Jewish joke: It’s the Day of Atonement and the rabbi addresses his god thus: Oh hear me, Lord, I am nothing in thy sight. The cantor, impressed by this display of humility, addresses his god thus: Oh hear me, Lord, I too am nothing in thy sight. Then suddenly a man known to be a shoemaker who is sitting in the cheap seats in the back rises to his feet and shouts out: Oh hear me, Lord. I am nothing as well.

    On hearing that the cantor turns to the rabbi and says: So look who thinks he’s nothing.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    There is no statute regarding dog urination, only defecation and that does nor require the dog to do so in the street only that the human walking it must clean up the mess (I always do).

    The “curb your dog” signs are indeed from the 70’s when there was no law requiring people to clean up after their dogs, only that the dog must defecate curbside.

    I have never seen or heard of anyone cleaning up dog urine.

  • Cathy

    @Willow Street Neighbor: I’m working on it. I don’t understand why anybody would take in a pet cat for an extended period without inquiring about shots, FIV, and other diseases. People are stupid. If somebody on Willow Place, particularly the Heights Players area, knows something, please call me at 917-837-6899. REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR BEE BOP. His cat brothers miss him terribly and so do I,

  • MM

    @Cathy it is horrible that someone would take Beebop and not make the effort to find his rightful owner. Any leads on who this neighbor is that has taken him in? I would be devastated to have to go this long without my cat. I hope that you are reunited with him soon and that whoever currently has him is properly caring for him and does the right thing and returns him to you quickly.

  • Cathy

    @MM, especially in this special community of Willowtown where I have lived for so long. So many helpful friends and kind neighbors are assisting in this. If you see anything or hear of an “extra” cat, please call me at 917-837-6899. I’m sure he’s not a happy camper…he had a special bond with one of his brothers. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. I just want him back.

  • Cathy

    PS: If anybody wants to email me privately, please ask Homer for my email. THANKS!

  • eg

    Your joke can be apply to any religious group. However there are no cheap seats in a synagogue: as in a church, people sit where they want – for free.

  • Willow St. neighbor

    Cathy,
    You should take a look at petfinders.com
    I was just on the website and there are many many lost cats.
    If I were you, I’d post a description of Beebop on petfinders anyway. Also, take a look at their postings of lost cats.
    It’s worth a try.

  • Tony

    One final quip about Vineapple. Once again, the music was too loud. When I was there, a barista was training a new employee, and I overheard her tell her that she should play whatever she likes on her iPod. That’s what these employees do: play the music that entertains THEM. They have little concern for the customers, most of whom are reading and working and could well do without loud pop music.

  • RF

    As for dog urine, which can smell very nasty in hot weather, people should do what many dog owners in Tokyo do; carry a water bottle and pour it over the pee to rinse the sidewalk. Not too troublesome and very considerate.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @eg

    Darling, not only are you humorless but woefully misinformed. One buys tickets for seats for the services on the so-called High Holy Days of which the Day of Atonement is one, a perfectly harmless way, in my view, to raise money. Better that method than the unseemly practice of passing around a plate at the conclusion of every service.

  • David on Middagh

    @Tony: I’ve not been to Vineapple, but I’m with you in hating meals of disappointing sustenance. It’s a problem in Park Slope, too, where brunch is a minefield of dainty, undercaloried dishes.

    Employee-chosen music? *Shudder.* Starbucks is successful for many reasons, one of which being they do not make that mistake. You’ll sometimes find me in Starbucks despite the lousy coffee because they give their music a lot of thought.

  • hicks-ter

    YES, agreed on disappointing Vineapple sandwiches. Manager might not have had previous complaints, but they were overpriced and not tasty, and I won’t plan on a lunch date there again. And indeed, the music … oy! An entire Rod Stewart album? Clearly they don’t want people to linger.

  • David on Middagh

    Yes, hicks-ter! If you’re going to play pop tunes at all, you’ve gotta mix’em up. I’m sure the owner of Siggy’s, which I wish all the best, doesn’t know that her kitchen employees ticked off my friend by playing song after song by Clapton. We registered a complaint, and the music was changed, but it was awkward, and we haven’t gone back since.

  • Bongo

    Opening a book on how many weeks it’ll be before the shed is back around the St. George Tower. I say 7 weeks. Anyone?

  • AL

    Harumph, Wrennie, Willow St Nabe

    Thanks for your comments about Boy Luv Girl.

  • God

    Shout out to the jerk biker on the Brooklyn Bridge today who was riding as fast as he could, all the while swearing at the pedestrians.
    he was wearing an orange and white bike jersey..around 6pm.
    This is my proposal. speed bumps in the bike lane. They HAVE to slow down. Speed bumps every 20 feet should do the trick. That or arrest them.

  • David on Middagh

    I thought tourists were the speed bumps.

    Ba-dum tsh!

  • Mickey

    God: Build them an off-ramp where there shouldn’t be one. ka-plunk!

  • GHB

    God: Bless You

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