The wildly, wonderfully entertaining episode of HGTV’s “Dear Genevieve,” in which the decorator delivers a fabu bedroom redo for Brooklyn Heights’ residents Chuck & Ayhan will encore Thursday, December 28 at 3:30 p.m. on Channel 64/764. Continue Reading →
Panic! At Montague Street Key Food (Okay, Not So Much)
Brooklyn Bugle contributor/Brooklyn Heights resident/Homer’s pal/ Celine Dion fan Chuck Taylor reports on his adventure today at the Montague Street Key Food.
Baby Fink and I were there earlier today, stocked up on our favorite Ella’s Kitchen baby food (hey, great for grownups too if the Endtimes come) and bought two loaves of bread. We may have also tried to dissuade folks from buying candles in lieu flashlights as a backup for blackout. You know, so first responders aren’t rushing to a fire some Glade candle caused. Just sayin’. And Chuck, sorry about the bread… Continue Reading →
Dear Genevieve – Big Brooklyn Heights Reveal Saturday (3/5)
BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident/#1 Celine Dion Fan/author Chuck Taylor notfies us that the episode of HGTV’s Dear Genevieve shot in his Montague Street apartment will air tomorrow (3/5) at 8pm.
HGTV: Brooklyn denizens, Chuck and Ihan, are passionate about renovating their Queen Anne condo. But their tiny and irregular shaped master bedroom has these two savvy renovators stumped! The tiny room is irregularly shaped, has a bed that is oversized, and reflects none of the charm of the era of the house. Designer Genevieve Gorder tackles the space with design solutions combining old world style with modern functionality, and creates a stylish and relaxing urban retreat.
Brooklyn Heights Apartment to Get HGTV Makeover
BHB pal Chuck Taylor’s Montague Street pad will get the full-on makeover treatment this week courtesy of HGTV. While he’s totally not allowed to blog the cat out of the bag regarding the Dear Genevieve bedroom makeover while it’s in progress he shares a little of the pre-redesign excitement: Continue Reading →
Dimples Kid Spa Closes, Love Lane Wants You
Funny, we walked past Dimples recently and pondered how the heck they were still in business. Then this dispatch came in from nabe blogger/Homer’s pal/ Celine Dion fan Chuck Taylor:
Dimples Kid Spa at 91 montague street closed its doors last week — just as the space next door which used to be the UPS store is preparing to open as the sales office for Love Lane Mews.
Looks like Love Lane Mews is ready for you to plunk down some cash and move in:
A Stroll Down Fulton Street

Photo: Chuck Taylor/SmokingNun
Homer’s pal/Brooklyn Heights resident/ Celine Dion expert / journalist/ biographer/ census worker Chuck “the Smoking Nun” Taylor takes a walk down Fulton Street and contemplates. He also Photoshops a few pictures (above) to look like Superfly-era snapshots:
Smoking Nun: Its gentrification is an ongoing work in progress, but for now it is still inundated with electronics vendors, 99-cent stores, wig & weave stores, bargain emporiums and pawn shops. It is truly a snapshot of what Manhattan resembled in the 1970s—which I look back upon with fondness. The opportunity to surround myself with a strip of retail that has not be overrun by chain stores and Mayor Bloomberg’s clean sweep of the middle class is a daily fascination. I simply cannot pass by without camera in hand.
What’s Up at the Bossert?
This just in from BHB pal Chuck Taylor (Brooklyn Heights’ resident Celine Dion expert… watch him this week on the Biography Channel talking about Shaun Cassidy….):
Took this pic today at the bossert… within the past couple days, they’ve installed hideous industrial tape across the entrance step… because some idiot must have tripped and now they’re afraid of a lawsuit… so now this beautiful historic destination looks like home depot… or worse, the scene of a gruesome crime…
Nabe Blogger Chuck Taylor Gives Big Thumbs Up to New Armando’s
BHB pal/ Celine Dion maven/ Brooklyn Heights resident Chuck Taylor and his better half/composer Ayhan Sahin checked out the new Armando’s Restaurant last night. The verdict:
Smoking Nun: Ayhan and I celebrated my birthday a day late, since he was working all weekend while I was in the Hamptons. Had a grand dinner at Italian restaurant Armando’s just two blocks from home on Montague Street. The joint was originally founded in 1936, shuttered in 2008, and following the hasty retreat of pitiful replacement sammich chain Spicy Pickle, Armando’s modernized its space and reopened Monday, Sept. 28, with a glorious, upscale menu and a bar that is open until midnight—something sorely lacking in this ultra-conservative nabe of Brooklyn Heights. Truly felt like being somewhere brand new in a locale only steps from home. Grade-A experience.
Area Man is Vanilla Ice Expert
BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident Chuck Taylor is going to be on the Biography Channel discussing a great icon of history — Vanilla Ice:
Chuck Taylor Blog: In February, I blah blah blahed about Vanilla Ice for A&E’s “Biography.” It’s confirmed that I’m appearing as a media talking head in the episode, which is at last airing on the Biography Channel Thursday, Aug. 27 at 9 p.m., with an encore four hours later, Friday, Aug. 28 at 1 a.m. Hope you can tune in, cool cats.
Nabe Journo Hearts Celine Dion

Brooklyn Heights resident/BHB pal/contributor Chuck Taylor is the biggest Celine Dion fan we know. As a matter of fact, he’s the only Celine Dion fan we know. Chuck’s real job is at Billboard Magazine which has landed him on TV a few times talking about his favorite diva. He writes on his blog about being part of a new E! True Hollywood Story about Dion airing soon: Continue Reading →
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