No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

Free Wi-Fi at All Barnes and Noble Stores

Once again Barnes and Noble has upped the ante and added another reason why people should go there rather than indie bookstores.

Complimentary free Wi-Fi.

According to a B&N press release, with complimentary Wi-Fi, the local bookstore is your home away from home. Check your email, have a cup of coffee, and most importantly browse ebooks in their new online bookstore.

Oh I get it.

Questions: Do Community Bookstore, Bookcourt and the upcoming Greenlight Bookstore in Ft. Greene want to be free Wi-Fi destinations? Is that what a bookstore should be?

It can mean people hanging out using their computers. But are they actually buying books? Do the indie booksellers need to copycat what the big giant is doing or can they just keep on keeping on. Maybe people will be happy that there are still traditional bookstores that aren't Wi-Fi media centers.

What Do We Do About Post Office Closings?

The US Postal Services is set to close post offices all over the country. On the local level it's the Seventh Avenue PO plus others in Brooklyn that are facing their demise.

Anyone who has ever walked by the Seventh Avenue PO knows how crowded it always is. It's not the most efficient place in the world but it's obviously a heavily used resource in this community. What are people supposed to do without a post office? Sure you can buy stamps online but what about packages.

People are wondering what they can do to fight this. Who should they call or write to make their opposition known?

Some thoughts:

Let's get our local elected officials on the case. Obviously we need to send word to our Borough President Marty Markowitz (who likes to think of himself as everyone's closest link to big government).

Next: Councilmembers David Yassky and Bill deBlasio, who both represent parts of Seventh Avenue, should be on the case explaining what's going on. 

And then: Craig Hammerman, District Manager of Community Board 6, could also be of help.

From there: The Mayor.

Maybe some of the City Council candidates have some BIG IDEAS about how to stop this from happening.

And then there's Bill C. Thompson and Tony Avella, candidates for Mayor.

Hellooooooooo out there. Anyone know how to stop this???? Anyone want to explain what's going on?

National Watermelon Day at Ringling Brothers in Coney

Apparently elephants like watermelon. Does everyone know that? So on Monday, August 3rd: "the
planet's premiere watermelon artist will lend his talents to Coney Island
icons, and the precious pachyderms of The Greatest Show On Earth!"

Okay.

I'm not really sure what they're talking about here. Just trying to drum up some interest in the circus I guess:

WHAT: An elephant brunch featuring one of their
favorite treats: watermelon — of course! … a fascinating foursome of
truly unique carved watermelons — you'll be amazed and awestruck by
the melony magnificence of the Wonder Wheel and the Parachute Jump! …
and free watermelon for all attending — bring a napkin!

WHEN: Monday, August 3 — 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: At the corner of 21st Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island.

WHY: Because it's National Watermelon Day and
watermelon is the ultimate summer fruit — because Coney Island is the
ultimate summer destination for New Yorkers — and because The Coney Island BOOM A RING is the ultimate seaside circus celebration!

New Shop for Scaredy Kat: Free Moon Pies Until August 16th

One of the Park Slope 100 and an OTBKB fave shop, Scaredy Kat , is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a new location for their store.

Their new, bigger digs is located at 232 5th Avenue in Brooklyn right across the street from their previous location. The new store has almost twice the square footage, which means they have even
more fun cards and gifts. Plus that
new roominess comes with the added bonus of more space to move around
in –

How fab is that?

Best of all they are giving away FREE Moon Pies to all who come in to celebrate the opening until August 16th:

Here's the note from the owners Damond and Nora:

Closing of Park Slope P.O. Part of Larger US Plan

Its seems that the proposed plan to close Park Slope's Post Office on Seventh Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets is part of a much larger plan by the US Postal service to close many post offices around the country. Thanks to Eliot Wagner, OTBKB's music columnist, I have this article from Linn's Stamp News dated July 27, 2009:

Tom Martinez, Witness: Bob Marley at Vox Pop

Let's get together and feel alright; check out the just finished Bob Marley mural at the Vox Pop Coffee Shop on Cortelyou Road.

Brooklyn-based
artist Juan Carlos Pinto created it with support and
assistance from Michelle Capolongo, James Hartnett, Holley Anderson, Jo
(Anna) Mitchell and Big Sean. 

According to Vox Pop owner/manager Debi Ryan, offering up
space for the mural is part of Vox Pop's larger mission to, "give
everyone a voice, no matter what the medium."

Photo: Tom Martinez

OTBKB Music: Tuesday Night Music Club

The name of the band listed on The Rockwood Music Hall calendar for
Tuesday night was "Shit Storm."  Unlike almost every other band on that
calendar, it didn't have a link to a website.  OK, it's really a band
who doesn't want its name out there, I thought.  A bit of asking around
and I was told that it's Sasha Dobson, who has a big (that is, paying)
gig next week and can't play under her name this week.  Since I like
the new material Sasha's been playing, I decided to go see her.

I got to The Rockwood early Tuesday night and had 20 minutes to kill. 
I ended up in Sugar, the dinner up the block, eating a Black and White
and watching the people pass by on the sidewalk.  I looked up in time
to see three women with guitar cases strapped to their backs walk by. 
And although I only see their backs, I recognize them.  "It's Sasha,
Catherine and Norah; OK, this is going to be a Puss N Boots show," I
thought.  So I finish my snack and get back to The Rockwood, where the
8 o'clock band is finishing up.

I'm actually able to find a seat at one of The Rockwood's three tables
(the one against the wall).  That seat ends up putting me right in
front of Norah, which means I can finally read the name of the candy
apple red guitar she plays.  In the past, I've been able to see that
it's a Fender and that it's neither a Telecaster nor a Stratocaster. 
This time I'm finally able to read the model, which I now know is a
Mustang.

I've seen Puss N Boots (formerly Dixie Fried and the successor band to
The Sloppy Joannes) before and this show fits right into the band's
usual M.O.: Sasha on amplified acoustic, Norah on lead and Catherine on
bass; the lead vocals are maybe 60% Sasha and 40% Norah, with Catherine
getting one lead as well.  This show is all covers and there are covers
from folks like Wanda Jackson, George Jones, Johnny Cash and Buddy
Holly, as well as funny and self deprecating remarks from Sasha and
Norah and funny and outrageous remarks from Catherine.

But the standout song of the night for me is, as it has been for a
while, the cover of Wilco's Jesus, Etc. with Norah front and center (I
previously posted it here).  It's so good that she should think about
putting it on her next record (which she's now recording).

One hour is what a band gets at The Rockwood and when the hour was up,
the band and much of the audience scattered.  Norah was probably on her
way to The Living Room where members of her now disbanded Handsome Band
were playing.  I needed some sleep so I just went back to Brooklyn.

 –Eliot Wagner

No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

Sufjan Stevens’ Film BQE to Play at 92YTribeca

The 92YTribeca is celebrating its
first anniversary with a host of special events. A highlight will be a showing of BQE, a a film version of Sufjan Steven’s 40-minute symphonic and cinematic exploration
of New York
’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway,

Of
course, at 92YTribeca, it’s not just about one element; we’re
making the whole night a Sufjan Stevens-experience. Osso, the string quartet with a modernist
pulse, performs interpretations of
Stevens’ eccentric electronica album, Enjoy
Your Rabbit (which is based on the animals of the Chinese Zodiac).
The group appeared on Stevens’ 2005 Come
On! Feel the Illinoise! and Songs
for Christmas albums, and has collaborated and performed with an array
of artists, including Jay-Z, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, The
New Pornographers, Antony and the Johnsons, The Polyphonic
Spree , The National, Devotchka and Kanye West.

For
more information about the event, visit www.92YTribeca.org

Seventh Avenue Post Office Closing?

I just heard from my neighbor artist Bernette Rudolph that the Seventh Avenue Post Office is closing.

Questions.
Is it being renovated, relocated or what?

Hey it's not the most efficient P.O. in the world but it's still a P.O.

Speaking of Bernette, her wonderful graphic prints are on display at the new La Bagel Delight on Seventh Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.

Brooklyn to Gov’s Island Ferry Service Expanded

This just in from The Governors
Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC)

This summer, Governors Island is also becoming a
popular place for a wide array of Brooklyn based food and products, artists, and cultural groups. Earlier this
season, Added Value, a non-profit organization based in Red Hook, planted a
three acre sustainable organic farm at Picnic Point. The farm is open to the
public and offers free educational programming for visitors.

Later this summer, Brooklyn’s own Blue Marble Ice Cream will
begin scooping its homemade ice cream out of its eco-friendly trike. In
addition, Water Taxi Beach at Governors Island sells several
products made in the borough, including Park Slope sausages and Six Point Beer.

 “It was great to
get ferry service from Brooklyn going again,” said State Senator Daniel Squadron. “Expanding
service is even better, with more ferries on more days, making Governors Island more accessible for
millions of Brooklynites.  Governors Island has the potential to be the center of a new 21st century harbor park–a Central Park for the center of our
city.  Now even more community members will be able to keep cool in the
harbor this summer and enjoy an afternoon on this spectacular island.”

City Council Approves Bloomberg’s Coney Island Plan

The Brooklyn Paper reports:

The City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved Mayor
Bloomberg’s plan to redevelop Coney Island, a controversial plan that
the mayor hopes will create a major tourist destination and livable
neighborhood for permanent residents.

Just before the vote, Bloomberg and Joe Sitt, the major landowner in
Coney Island and a longtime opponent of the mayor’s plans, made a
breakthrough in their sometimes-bitter negotiations over a price for
some of Sitt’s large holdings, though a deal was not yet finalized.

The breakthough involves Sitt selling a portion of his valuable
territory to the city, yet retain some for lucrative development of his
own, the New York Times reported.

The Council voted 44–2 on a rezoning package that seeks to transform
Coney Island’s derelict lots into a gleaming city-owned amusement park
surrounded by enclosed attractions like movie theaters, shopping or a
water park for year-round visitors and 4,500 units of housing.

The plan will rezone 19 blocks of Coney Island, much of it currently
limited solely for amusements, though only a few blocks actually have
seasonal amusements on site while vast portions are empty or used for
other purposes due to lax enforcement.

Noticing New York: Testimony at Atlantic Yards Hearing

Here is an excerpt from Noticing New York.Testimony to the Empire State Development Corporation:

Frustrations Flare at July 29th Atlantic Yards Hearing

The Brooklyn Paper had this report:

"Supporters and opponents of the embattled Atlantic Yards project
clashed at two public hearings this Wednesday and an information
session last Wednesday, rehashing familiar arguments over the
controversial mega-project in the wake of a new proposal that would
give developer Bruce Ratner sweeter terms.

"The July 29 hearing at the New York Technical College on Jay Street wasn’t as uproarious as the June 22 session,
where years of built-up frustration erupted from project boosters and
foes who long ago made up their minds on the merits of the basketball
arena and the 16-skyscraper development planned for Prospect Heights.

But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t without excitement.

More than 50 project opponents as well as a who’s who of politicians
and City Council candidates rallied outside the hearing, demanding the
project be halted in the wake of changes approved last month
that would allow Forest City to build the project at a slower pace, pay
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority less money up front to build
for development rights to a smaller portion of the railyards at the
intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, and to make less-costly
railyard renovations than initially promised.

Loads more at  Atlantic Yards Report and No Land Grab, of course.

My friend Gilly Youner, Develop Don't Destroy board member, does not look happy in the above photo by Ben Muessig.

Gilly Youner: Pictures from the Atlantic Yards Hearing

 

 

No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

Tom Martinez, Witness: Endgame at the Highline

Large windows make for an interesting viewing area on the Highline, the elevated
walkway and public space running along 10th Avenue.  

The main walkway
proceeds to the left of the space pictured above and looks out over the
Hudson to the west.

Photo by Tom Martinez

Reminder: Open House this Sunday in Kingston

OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, August 2, 2009
1 pm – 3 pm
For this beautiful house in Kingston that I posted about the other day.

Special: Only the Blog Knows Block Island

There's so much to love about Block Island and it's the kind of place that deepens with time spent there. Here are some of my recommendations:

WHERE TO STAY:

The Sea Breeze Inn: Quietly considered one of the best Inns on the island, it is idyllically situated overlooking a wildflower meadow, perennial gardens and a swan pond. It is at the crest of Spring Street Hill with  great views of ocean and coastline and is a five-minute walk from the Old Harbor, the ferry, shops and restaurants.

My favorite room is #5, which is in a cute cottage with 5 rooms and two bathrooms (in other words you share the bathrooms with others) #5, a huge room with  ocean views, is great for a writer or anyone who wants to spend a lot of time in the room.

 Room #4, where I stayed this year is somewhat smaller but also very lovely. On the first floor there are three smaller room that are also quite nice.

The Sea Breeze also has quite a few large private rooms with  their own bathrooms.  #10 is the very deluxe cottage and it gets reserved months if not years in advance. Gaby, who runs the Inn for the owners, is absolutely a pro at what she does. Marlene, who is the housekeeper and breakfast maker, is a wonderful person, too. Mary Newhouse, who owns the Inn with her husband, is an abstract painter of some repute. Her paintings grace the walls of the Inn and add beautiful color and gesture to the rooms.

The Rose Farm Inn and The Atlantic Inn also come highly recommended. There are also B&Bs on High Street that people like. My mother once stayed at the Narragansett Inn at New Harbor. 

WHERE TO EAT

My favorite place to eat on this trip was a good old family seafood restaurant called Fin's. They serve fantastic steamers and a really good broiled fish sandwich that is very simple and to the point. They also have Blue Moon beer on tap and it comes with a slice of orange.

On this trip, I also fell in love with Ernie's Restaurant, a breakfast place that is only open from 6am until around 11. They make a great egg and cheese sandwich.

Rebecca's was Alice's favorite  place to get caesar salad, onion rings, fried fish sandwiches, wraps, burgers, french fries and milkshakes.

Eli's is a place for foodies who like a friendly, casual atmosphere with fresh and flavorful dishes. Their bread with garlic and sun-dried tomato spread is a great starter as are the Tuna Nachos, with sushi grade tuna,  creme fraiche, scallions and Asian chips.  The lobster and scallop lasagna, also a mixed metaphor, works big time. The service is great and prices are on par with everywhere else on the island, which is to say pricey but not insane. And you can just have the Arugula and Goat Cheese salad at the bar if you're not that hungry.

Harry's Cafe is also wonderful. They serve a wide selection of flavorful food including seafood dishes, sandwiches and Pad Thai, which seems to be their specialty. What's great is that you can sit outside and take in the harbour view.BYOB.

Three Sisters is the go-to sandwich place that is actually run by three sisters who work hard in their tiny kitchen making sandwiches and wraps with funny names like the Twisted Sister (a turkey sandwich with a bunch of other stuff) the Hippie Sister (a veggie wrap with hummus) and others. You can eat in their great yard with a hammock and picnic tables.

Froozie's is another good sandwich place with a tofu and portobello mushroom vibe. They also serve breakfast and it all tastes very fresh and homemade and is on the porch of the National Hotel.

Juice 'N Java is an Internet Cafe that also serves the best coffee in town. I spent a lot of time there on this trip and they play great music and are open from 6am until 6 p.m.

WHERE TO DRINK

On this trip I tried the Veranda Bar of The Spring House Hotel, the classic old hotel at the top of Spring Street Hill. I always avoided it like the plaque because it gets crowded and noisy on Thursday's, which is Martini Night complete with a live band and hundreds of people crammed onto the porch.   It rained on the one Thursday night I was there so Martini Night was a washout. That said, I did try the Espresso Martini that someone told me about and it's a crazy contradiction in terms but tasty like a White Russian on steroids. Most weeknights it's pretty quiet at the Veranda Bar and you can sit on the porch or on the lawn in a white Adirondack chair and admire the breathtaking view.

ENTERTAINMENT

Friday nights belong to Adrian Hibbs, who performs his original funk jazz at the bar inside The Spring House. His voice is a cross between Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway and he improvises blissfully on a jazzy Wurlitzer organ. Catch this guy before he becomes too famous. He lived in Brooklyn for years and played at the just closed Black Betty, but has since moved to New Orleans, where they really get what he's up to.

Nick's is the bar where everyone goes for two dollar Naragansett beers and to mix, mingle and dance. It's not really my cup of tea but a Rolling Stones cover band, The Blushing Brides, was pretty convincing, raucous and fun last Friday and Saturday nights. 

WHERE TO BUY

The Glass Onion on Water Street carries tasteful vintage meets India meets John Derian meets quasi-Victorian items, featuring interesting jewelry, bags, shoes, books, home items, clothing and more.

Lazy Fish is another fun place that has vintage and new items, books, jewelry, collectibles, lamps made out of kitchen strainers and toasters, antique postcards, small, beautiful beach paintings and Claireware, the wonderful pottery by one of Brooklyn's own.

Island Bound Bookstore: And yes, there is a good bookstore on Block Island. Between the Post Office and Harry’s Café, this full-service
bookstore offers lots of room to relax and browse. Island Bound stocks
the island's widest variety of fine literature for all ages. Readers
will find New York Times best sellers, current pulp and hard-bound
fiction and a generous offering of nonfiction, including titles on
Block Island, boating, cooking, gardening and more. An inviting
children's section offers fun activiites for rainy days. Special orders
welcome.

RENT A BIKE

You can rent a bike just about anywhere on Block Island but we liked the bikes from Rose Beach Bicycle at the Rose Farm Inn. 

POINTS OF INTEREST

The Mohegan Bluffs: Going down to the beach via extremely steep steps is fun; going up is great exercise. The view is energizing and breathtaking.

North Lighthouse: The bike ride to this lighthouse is one of the island's great rides.

Southeast Lighthouse: A really special place with a view.

Monument Beach: Great beach, great swimming

The Farmer's Market: On Saturday morning from 9 am until 11:30 there's local produce, gorgeous flower arrangements, hand- made items like sweaters and quilts, jewelry, abstract paintings and homemade goodies. All while bluegrass duo serenades the crowd.

The Block Island Free Library: Great for a rainy day and Internet access. 

The Zoo:  Near the Atlantic Inn; they've got a llama and a camel.

GETTING THERE

It's easy to get to Block Island from NYC. You just take the Amtrak train to New London, where you can get the ferry to the Island. The ferry dock is just across the tracks from the station. Voila: You don't need a car and can walk to the Sea Breeze and other B&Bs from the ferry on the Block Island side. 

There is almost constant ferry service to Block Island from Pt. Judith, Rhode Island.

You can also get a ferry in Montauk, Long Island but they run less frequently.

THE DOWNSIDE

The island is full of day and overnight tourists in the summer. People rent mopeds and and that can be annoying. That said, tourism is the lifeblood of the Island. For a quieter stay try September or the Spring, both said to be great times to visit and take in the natural beauty of the Island.

OTBKB Music: Sometimes You Don’t Have to Look for Music, It Just Finds You

Monday, I was at a table at The Living Room with my friend John, waiting
for Jonatha Brooke and her band to take the stage.  The place was
pretty crowded and a woman comes over to the table, looks at the
remaining empty chair and asks if we mind if she sits there.  "Not at
all," I said.

John and I continue to talk and at one point I mentioned my column here
in Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.  A very short time after that, the
woman at our table asks me if I'm a music writer.  I say that I am, and
then she hands me CD; her CD.  We talk a bit.  I learn her name is
Eleanor and that she uses just her first name professionally.  It turns
out that she knows one of John's relatives.  I tell Eleanor that I'll
listen to her CD.  Then Jonatha Brooke comes to the stage and starts
her excellent and rocking show.  When the show ends, John, Eleanor
and I all go our separate ways.

When I got home Monday night, I put Eleanor's CD, which is titled Us,
into my computer and listened to it.  It's just an EP with four tracks.  But
there's a lot to like on Us.  Eleanor's voice is smooth and quite
melodic.  Her songs are jazz based and remind me just a bit of Sasha
Dobson's earlier songs.  The mood on Us is mellow, but an interesting
form of mellow.

Eleanor will be playing a few dates in Brooklyn and Manhattan starting
towards the end of August, and I plan on following up on
her.

(Photo by Todd Chalfant)

 –Eliot Wagner

No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

Call for Submissions: 9/11 Memorial Sing Project

Brooklyn Arts Council invites musicians and songwriters to submit an original song about September 11th, the event itself, its aftermath or its effects to the September 11th Memorial Sing Project. A selection of songs will be performed live on September 11th, 2009 at 5pm at a location in DUMBO to be announced in mid-August. All songs submitted will be archived on disc/tape in the Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts Archive.

 

Every year since 2005, BAC Folk Arts has presented an annual September 11th memorial project. Past projects include film screenings, symposia and photo exhibitions all demonstrating the way New York artists, and especially Brooklyn artists, respond to and memorialize September 11th.

 

The invitation to submit a song is open to musicians anywhere. The invitation is aimed at singer/songwriters, but other kinds of composers should certainly send material. Primary consideration for the performance on September 11th will be given to Brooklyn artists, then to others in the New York Metro area, and beyond. Approximately 30 songs will be chosen for live performance on September 11th, 2009. Deadline for submissions: August 20th, 2009

 

Visit www.brooklynartscouncil.org for more information, including submission guidelines and the application form.

Greetings From Scott Turner: Apex of Weirdness

Even when I'm on Block Island, Scott Turner, the Pub Quiz man of Rocky Sullivan's I've never met comes through with his weekly missive. This one travels far and wide and promises to be quite zany. Brought to you as always by Miss Wit, the great t-shirt designer of Red Hook. CHeck out her site why doncha. The tees are wonderful. 

In Extra Innings on Block Island

I'm in extra innings here on Block Island. Adding a night and two days to my stay was an inspired idea and I am getting close to the home stretch of a decent second draft of my novel.

Yesterday was a good day of writing. The weather was gorgeous and I took a long ride on the Mohegan Trail swelling with joy at the many gorgeous views.

It was with great sadness that I returned my 24-speed bicycle to Rose Beach Bicycle Rental. I'd had it out for a week and that bike was becoming a very good friend and perfect means of transportation. 

The one thing that's not great about Block Island is the less than stellar Internet service. For me that's been a blessing AND I always have my iPhone. But it's also been a source of some anxiety.

Yesterday I had much aggravation connected with trying to email my Smartmom column to Gersh and an article I'm doing for the Associated Press to my editor there.

When I finally gave up, I treated myself to an Espresso Martini on the veranda of the Spring House at sunset. No, I'm not becoming one of those Hemingway-eque alcoholic writers. It was an Espresso Martini for christ's sake—a dessert drink that is sort of relaxing but also enervating. But boy did I have a tough time falling asleep last night.

How many shots of espresso were in that thing?

But glory be what a special island this; I have so enjoyed my time here.

Stay tuned for an Only the Blog Knows Block Island style list of all the go-to spots on the island that I've discovered in my three summers here.

iPhone pix of my writing desk at the Sea Breeze on Block Island

No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

OTBKB Music: Monday Night Twofer

Nice double bill over at The Living Room tonight.  First up at 8pm is
Israel Gripka.  You may remember I included Israel's album, New York
Town in my faves for the first half of 2009.  He's a talented
songwriter who despite his youth, has taken in the best that the 70s
has to offer.  Although great with a band, he may be in solo or duo
formation tonight. Whatever formation he's playing in, he's really
worth your while to catch.

Jonatha Brooke follows at 9pm.  Although I've only seen Jonatha once
(in Chicago at that), I found her music to be enjoyable and her to be
an engaging performer.  Jonatha's currrent album, The Works, contains
songs she crafted from Woody Guthrie's unpublished lyrics.  I suspect
that she'll be playing stuff from that record as well as other material.

Israel Gripka (8), Jonatha Brooke (9), The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street (F
Train to Second Avenue; use the First Avenue exit).

 –Eliot Wagner

This Week on Breakfast of Candidates: Tony Avella

I had breakfast with Tony Avella, NYC Councilman and mayoral candidate, at Donuts in Park Slope. and will be running my profile of him on Thursday.

I also got a press release from him saying he has accepted Bill Thompson’s call for a debate on education issues. I'll keep you posted on that.

In the meantime, read my Breakfast-of-Candidates with City Comptroller and mayoral candidate, Bill Thompson.

Also check out the Public Advocates Candidates Forum toight. There's post about it today on OTBKB.

Tonight: Public Advocate’s Candidates Forum at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church

I wish I could be at this forum. The race for public advocate is an interesting one. If anyone wants to report on this please do.

Leon Freilich, Verse Responder: Kosher Corner

NYC officials have taken to salting their
comments with Yiddish words. –news item

      KOSHER CORNER

Meshuga here and yenta there

–New Yorkers using Yiddish–

Although the heartland's apt to plotz

Wondering if that's Briddish.

                               

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