This morning, I took Hermia, Pickering and Daisy down to Hillside Park. My dog, Daisy, is as passionate about fetch as Maria Callas was about Verdi – and twice as vocal. If, above the noise of the BQE, you hear a screeching steady tattoo of barks, that’s Daisy demanding that I throw-the-ball-throw-the-ball-throw-the-ball. Hermia’s M.O. is […]
Archive | April, 2008
Real Housewives Stir It Up
From Cobble Hill Blog: Commenter J-9 says about this week's episode of Real Housewives of New York City which features Cobble Hill resident Alex McCord, "If that’s the salon that Ramona frequents, she needs to change it up ! Her color / style suck. Period. If she’d only keep her mouth shut & tone down […]
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Arnold Lehman, Brooklyn Museum Director
The NY Times T Magazine has a great video profile of Brooklyn Museum director/Brooklyn Heights resident Arnold Lehman. This Saturday, the museum will debut a new show featuring the works of Takash Murakami. Watch the video at T Magazine
Gristedes Pharmacy May Open Friday
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the fire damaged Brooklyn Heights Gristedes pharmacy may reopen as early as Friday at noon. The chain tells the paper that their goal is to have prescriptions available at the store, other Gristedes locations or for delivery. The Eagle adds that the union representing store workers ordered them out of […]
Brooklyn Heights Pooches Have a Voice
Frequent BHB Photo Club contributor Frances Kuffel is also an author AND dog walker. Her column Confessions of a Lab Lady debuts today. Read more
Dog Ballet
I wear my dogs’ house keys on a lanyard around my neck, meager in comparison to other dog walkers’ bundles. I am strictly small time: I have no place in the March 19th Brooklyn Heights blog discussion of who the best dog walker in the Heights is. Because I grew up with Labrador retrievers and […]
Anna Montemarano, Cranberry’s “Mom”, Dies at 93
All of us at BHB were saddened by the news (brought to our attention by statestreeter) that Anna Montemarano, the Matriarch of Cranberry's, died on March 14 at the age of 93. We always felt that each bagel and baked good purchased at the store had just a little more love in it when we'd […]
Brooklyn Heights Gristedes: The Day After
Clean up work began this morning at the Henry Street Gristedes store, which was damaged by yesterday's late afternoon fire. Union reps confirm with Brownstoner BHB's report that the fire started with an electrical malfunction in the store's deli section. More photos of the aftermath after the jump.
Flash: Scales to be Interviewed on Sirius
BHB contributor and nabe super-blogger Claude Scales has some breaking news: Self-Absorbed Boomer: I will be interviewed live tomorrow (Thursday, April 3) from 5:30 to 6:00 P.M. on Sirius Satellite Radio, Indie Channel 110, the "Blog Bunker" show. Luckily we have Sirius in the BHB Bunker and we'll be checking it out. Don't forget […]
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