This morning, returning from my daily battle with Squibb Hill, I noticed workmen starting to remove panels from the bridge that has covered part of the Promenade behind 160 Columbia Heights for some time now. This afternoon, I saw the Promenade clear of all obstructions from end to end.
Archive | June, 2007
Laura Albert Speaks to Post
Laura Albert aka JT Leroy talks to the NY Post’s Andrea Peyser in today’s edition. It’s a wacky read: NY Post: I Still AM the Real Leroy…: LAURA ALBERT is not a teenager or a prostitute, and, at 41, probably not a teenage boy. But she sailed into the newsroom yesterday – a bone from […]
Yassky in Spatsky Over Credit
While Brooklyn Heights residents toil over the recent spike in robberies and parking tickets, our man in the City Council is in a skirmish over vegetable oil…sorta: New York Sun: Credit for Legislation…: A feud is emerging in the City Council, as two members compete for the authorship of legislation that would require the use […]
Oven Turns On
The much anticipated opening of the pizza restaurant Oven, the latest entry among the new eateries in the location formerly known as the Corner of Cranberry, is slated for Wednesday night (6/27). The restaurant’s management, including BitterWaitress.com founder Chris Fehlingher, are holding a special preview for “VIPs” tonight (6/26). The restaurant boasts a wine list […]
Salmon Sleeps with (Like The) Fishes
Brooklyn Heights' entry in The Next Food Network Star, Michael Salmon, was the latest contestant booted off the show on Sunday night. In the final evaluation, Salmon turned on the waterworks, claiming that he had learned to look at himself in a new way. The biggest criticism of our nabe chef by the show's judges […]
Connor Nixes Term Limits
The Republican controlled State Senate passed a term limits bill recently, but not with the help of our man in Albany, Martin Connor: Courier Life: Fierce Battle Over Term Limits: State Senators Eric Adams, Martin Connor, Velmanette Montgomery and John Sampson – all Democrats – shot down the bill. State Senator Carl Kruger was absent […]
Heights Hoaxster Loses Fraud Case
Laura Albert, nabe resident and the creator of the JT Leroy literary fraud, will have to pay a movie company damages over misrepresenting her novel Sarah as a true story a Manhattan jury decided yesterday. New York Times: Author Defrauded Movie Company…: As part of its civil verdict, the jury ordered Ms. Albert to pay […]
Heights Bride’s Dress Goes to Texas
Elisa Zuritsky, nabe resident and Sex in the City writer, has given away her wedding dress: Woe Turns to Wow for Texas Bride: A Texas reservist has won a never-worn $3,000 designer wedding gown given away by a Brooklyn Heights writer in an Internet essay sweepstakes, it was announced today. Elisa Zuritsky, 37, a screenwriter, […]
Cyclones Off to Fast Start
The Brooklyn Cyclones, the Borough's own pro baseball team, have opened their seventh season on a tear. They took their opening series, two games to one, from their across-the-Narrows archrivals, the Staten Island Yanks, and tonight beat the Hudson Valley Renegades 3-0 to make their record 3-1. This is an auspicious start for manager Edgar […]
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