On a freezing cold Sunday morning, a group of sixteen Brooklyn Bloggers gathered at Frank White’s Cafe in Clinton Hill (936 Atlantic Avenue near St. James) for buffet-style waffles and conversation.

The Brooklyn Blogade is an effort by Brooklyn bloggers to spread the blogging gospel beyond the confines of brownstone Brooklyn.

Dope on the Slope wrote this about the origins of the Brooklyn Blogades on his blog:

After the recent Brooklyn Blog Fest, two questions seemed to come up quite frequently:

How do we build and nourish the blogger network between festivals?
How do we extend and diversify the network beyond the brownstone belt?

Thus was born the “Brooklyn Blogade Roadshow,” which is conceived as a monthly get-together of bloggers featuring one of our borough’s fabulous neighborhoods and hosted by a blogger from that neighborhood.

Sunday’s blogade was hosted by the very gracious and lovely Robin of Clinton Hill Blog. Once everyone was seated, the shout-outs began. That’s when everyone introduces themselves and their blog.

There were quite a few new faces at the Cafe and a wide range of issues and interests expressed by individual bloggers.

The vibe at the cafe was super friendly and serious. Everyone seemed eager to connect and network with others in the Brooklyn blog community. It’s always fun to put a face to a blogger, who you’ve only known through their words and/or pictures. During the shout-outs, everyone had something to say about their motivations and the issues and interests that spurred them to become bloggers in the first place. It’s interesting to see how this group hones its identity as individuals and as a group as these meet-ups continue.

Present were Clinton Hill Blog, Brooklyn Based, Sustainable Flatbush, Creative Times, Nightshift Chronicles, Flatbush Gardener, Lambent, Vast and Ruthless, Brooklyn Optimist, Luna Park Gazette, Brit in Brooklyn, City Dirt, Reclaimed Home and Super Vegan.

There was talk about the Brooklyn Blogfest on May 8th at 8 p.m. No location has been selected yet but many were discussed. There was also talk about doing a Brooklyn Blogging Conference, a full day event which would include break-out discussion groups about topics of concern to Brooklyn bloggers, including, ethics, comments, social activism, development, place blogs, photography, video, technical tips from Typepad, Blogger and more, etc. This project, which moves beyond social networking, is well worth pursuing…

A reporter from BCAT told the group that their show, Brooklyn Review, will now have a weekly segment featuring a Brooklyn Blogger. First up: Robert Guskind of the Gowanus Lounge.

The next Brooklyn Blogade is on February 10th in the Carroll Gardens vicinty hosted by Creative Times. Check in at her blog for information which should be forthcoming.