I guess I haven’t been paying enough attention. Just found out yesterday that there’s a new blog on the block: The Daily Slope.

Personally I am thrilled. There’s more than enough news to go around. In fact, it’s hard for the lone OTBKB to do it all. The more the merrier — more information, points-of-view, breaking stories. I plan on posting as a reader of The Daily Slope, a great way to get the word out about events, issues, and neighborhood news.

Modeled after Daily Heights, a Prospect Heights blog, The Daily Slope is a message board, with posts by locals about restaurants, politics, development, real estate, stores, and local news.

The Daily Slope is edgy and informative, and like Daily Heights, it’s full of interesting tidbits about new things going on in the nabe, as well as rants about unpleasant establishments and bad food.

A community blog, the Daily Slope doesn’t have a distinct voice. It has many voices, and many moods, depending on who is posting

Duh. Now I get it: Daily Slope and Daily Heights are connected. Maybe it’s a franchise or something. What’s next Daily Gardens (Carroll Gardens), Daily Ditmas, Daily Green (Ft. Green), Daily Clinton (Clinton Hill)?  I got this response from The Daily Slope about that idea:

A franchise? Hey, not a bad idea… who’s buying?? :)

Doing Daily Slope was inevitable… the Daily Heights site
was an experiment in community. We originally
wanted to have a blog covering both the Slope and the Heights, but
decided to keep the focus as narrow as possible to prove that it could
be done.

And in the past few months, Daily Heights has
really taken on a life of its own, both online and offline… there
have been fundraiser bake sales, happy-hour meetups, and game nights organized by DH regulars, independently of the site administration. All
the most interesting stories come from the readers, and nearly every
one of the stories that’s made it into local papers (including 2
mentions in the New York Times in as many months) were reader-generated.

We had been fighting to contain the focus to Prospect Heights, but
there’s just too much really interesting stuff going on in Park Slope,
as readers of OTBKB can attest to.

I wonder if it too will take on a life of its own both offline and online. I have a feeling it will though Park Slope has a different vibe than Prospect Heights. Over there it’s edgier, slightly less expensive, more diverse, more involved in the Atlantic Rail Yards/Ratner mess, less developed (and I mean that in a good way).

There’s lots of good information at The Daily Slope.  I found out that there’s going to be a new restaurant on Ninth Street.

Anyone been to Borgo Antico in Greenwich Village? Owner Giovanni Iovine (pictured, with Diego) and wife Lisa LoBue
are opening "Futura Bistro Modern" on 9th St. in Park Slope. Partner in
the venture is Davor Petrovic. Seems like Futura will be "affordable
eats" and "comfort fare" that is "strongly influenced by the duo’s
Argentine and Italian heritage" matched with wines from Italy, France,
Argentina and the United States. Grand Opening is Sunday, Oct. 2nd at 6 pm.

Futura Bistro Modern | 287 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 11215. 718.832.0085.
Hours: 12:00pm-midnight daily; brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.

Good info. And there’s lots more. Good luck to Daily Slope and welcome to the blogohood.