Brooklyn Heights favorite game show host, Dick Swizzle announced today that BHB publisher Homer Fink will host a monthly gamer of his own tentatively titled "Homer Fink's Family Fist of Fury". The Family Feud-ish show will debut at Magnetic Field (97 Atlantic Avenue) on September 12.
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Swizzle-roke Spreads to Park Slope
This from the BHB Inbox: Dick Swizzle will be hosting some late night karaoke action at Union Hall this saturday. We'll get things kicking right after the Mugs finish their set around 11pm. So if you're game, Dick is gamier. You'll have plenty of time though to see Steve Wynn's new band THE TEENAGE […]
NY Post Covers Swizzle
The NY Post has a feature on "adult fun" at local bars which apparently has a distinctly different meaning than it did when we were growing up. The Post was at the most recent Dick Swizzle Sudden Death Game Show at Magnetic Field (which just happend to be the BHB 1st Anniversary Party as well…ahem) […]
Qfwfq Triumphs at Swizzle Trivia
BHB's Qfwfq and Claude Scales made it to the finals in last night's Dick Swizzle Sudden Death Trivia Gameshow at Magnetic Field. In a test of will and knowledge, Qfwfq beat out Scales in the final round, despite Scales' uncanny ability to name small islands. BHB publisher Homer Fink would have made it to the […]
Scales Dazzles Swizzle
BHB publisher Homer Fink scored somewhere in the -175 range in Wednesday's Dick Swizzle's Sudden Death Game Show at Magnetic Field, while BHB contributor/nabe superblogger Claude Scales made it to the final round. Swizzle was amazed at first timer Scales' knowledge base. So much so, the fauxstachioed host bought him a yummy Mets Beer (now […]
Fink Triumphs at Swizzle Trivia
Brooklyn Heights Blog publisher/altruist/BROOKLYNITE Homer Fink took first place in Dick Swizzle's Sudden Death Game Show Wednesday night at Magnetic Field. Fink's "big brain" allowed him to take home this week's 3 figure cash booty. Fink says the prize money will go to a good cause, himself. This Saturday, starting at 3pm, Magnetic Field will […]
Heights History: 1940s’ Mammy’s Pantry, 122 Montague Street
Long before there was a Housing Works Thrift Shop or a Fish’s Eddy—or for that matter, a Brooklyn Heights Promenade—122 Montague Street was the location of beloved Southern-style restaurant Mammy’s Pantry. In the 1940s, the eatery served up a lunch and dinner menu of such goodies as Maryland Crab Cakes, Southern Fried Chicken, Shrimps Creole […]
Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper: 6/1/09
Here are some of last week’s headlines… in case you missed ’em! Only on BHB Walden Pond to Wallabout Bay: Thoreau in Brooklyn Lebanese Food Fest – Fun! Jacques Torres: Meilleure Crème Glacée Jamais! Yassky, Gioia Protest Dock Street DUMBO Park Progress: Pier 1 (Thirteenth Report) The NEW Homer Fink Show 5/29/09: Get Your Belmont […]
Is it Over Yet? 2008 in Review: January – March
If it’s the 21st century in America, the end of the year signals the chorus of “is it over yet?” and/or “next year can’t be any worse.” With that in mind (errr sumthin’) let us look back at the wacky year we like to call 2008. Here’s a rundown from Q1 08. Stay tuned to […]
Dick is Back for Trivia
From Cobble Hill Blog: Dick Swizzle, Brooklyn’s King of Trivia, will host a game show at Union Hall in Park Slope on Tuesday night. Read more.
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