On n May 29, BKLYN Yard presents “Score! Pop Up Swap, a gigundo swap meet.
But what exactly is a swap?
Well, you bring items you want to get rid of and, for a small admission fee, you can take home whatever you want.
Okay.
More than 1,600 showed up last year. This year they’re adding an electronics boutique run by Alpha One Labs and a crafts section managed by Etsy.
It was a rainy Monday morning, and Smartmom and Diaper Diva were moving some of Smartmom’s things into Manhattan Granny’s basement storage room (a little house cleaning). Wearing rubber rain boots, Smartmom walked on a wet rubber ramp, when — splat — she violently twisted her ankle and it was as if her foot folded beneath her. Smartmom found herself on her back screaming: “I think I broke something. I think I broke something.”
“Did she break something valuable?” Manhattan Granny apparently said to Diaper Diva (they were in the storage room).
“No, I think she means she broke herself,” her twin sister said.
The pain was excruciating, but somehow Smartmom was able to go upstairs to her mother’s apartment. Within a half hour, her foot had swollen to the size of a Nerf football, and Smartmom and Manhattan Granny went crosstown to have it X-rayed.
“It’s not fractured,” the radiologist told her. “You can go now.”
“But what do I do?” Smartmom asked plaintively.
“We can’t help you. You’ll have to call your primary care physician.”
Smartmom was smarting. She wanted to cry. Buddha knows, she was relieved that it wasn’t broken or fractured, but clearly there was something wrong with it and she was in need of some advice.
Standing on the corner of 84th Street and Lexington Avenue in the cold rain with a throbbing foot, Smartmom called her doctor, who told her to “go home.”
“If you can’t walk tomorrow, call an orthopedic doctor,” she added.
That seemed exceedingly unhelpful at that moment. Actually, it was exasperating. Finally, the doctor gave Smartmom the number of a nearby orthopedic practice — “The only one who will take your insurance,” she grumbled. Manhattan Granny and Smartmom went into a restaurant, ordered some pizza and dialed the number.
“We can’t see you until later in the week,” the receptionist told Smartmom.
“What should I do in the meantime?” she said tearfully, her foot still radiating pain.
“I can’t tell you anything until the doctor examines you,” the receptionist said coldly.
Tears filled her eyes. She tried not to sob into her pizza. But she felt helpless. Her foot was becoming black and blue …
“Excuse me,” a beautiful Indian woman walked over to their table holding a small, white business card.
“I’m sorry to eavesdrop, but it was awful what you just went through on the phone,” she said.
The woman’s kindness made Smartmom weep with gratitude.
“Why don’t you go around the corner to see the doctor I work for? He’s a physiatrist, and he’s wonderful. Tell them Samantha sent you.”
Smartmom did just as good fairy Samantha told her to do. She and her mother walked around the corner and Dr. Loren Fishman, an elfish man in a red bow tie and round glasses, was able to see her almost immediately.
Immediately. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
When Smartmom told Dr. Fishman what happened he measured the good ankle and the sprained ankle and concluded that, indeed, Smartmom’s ankle was very, very swollen.
Fishman, the author of “Yoga for Osteoporosis,” and many other books and papers, told her to keep her foot elevated and iced. He said the best thing she could do was lie on her back and put her leg up against the wall.
Smartmom and Manhattan Granny were both enchanted by Dr. Fishman. They spent close to an hour with the good doctor (Manhattan Granny told him about all of her foot problems). He told Smartmom to come back in a few days for physical therapy “to preserve your range of motion.” And he gave her prescriptions for an anti-inflammatory and an air cast.
Back in Brooklyn, Smartmom managed to hobble up the three flights of stairs to her apartment. With Hepcat in California, she was on her own until her children came home. They were clearly flummoxed when they found her lying on the floor with her left leg up on the wall.
“Did you break it?” she asked.
“No, I sprained it,” Smartmom said.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m elevating it,”
“What?”
“Never mind …”
They were even more startled when she started to cry in pain and frustration. Nothing like tears to get your kids to really notice. After the waterworks, they were really helpful bringing her ice packs, Advil, books, and food. At dinnertime, the Oh So Feisty One ordered Moo Shoo Pork from Szechuan Delight and even went downstairs to get it from the deliveryman.
Smartmom should sprain her ankle more often.
In the days that followed, Smartmom learned to slow down, to delegate, to not move around at the pace she is accustomed to.
The Buddhists would say she was being mindful, taking things slow and paying attention.
In her effort to heal, Smartmom was learning to ask others for help and to take things one step at a time.
Not a bad thing, all things considered.
Today’s weather from The Feldman Family Weather Station in Park Slope
Hepcat will be at the Bard College graduation/reunion because, well, he’s that kind of guy. It’s not even his year. Whatever.
I’ll be seeing my good friend Nancy in a Rhinebeck Theater Society production of Heartbreak House in Rhinecliff, NY. If you’re up there come on by.
Billed as the funniest play ever about love, money, and the end of the world, George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House describes a world not unlike our own, where base materialism and raw power threaten the values upon which society is built. Nobody but Shaw could turn such a gruesome situation into three acts of hilarious comedy. And probably nobody but the Rhinebeck Theatre Society would undertake such an ambitious project.
The RTS production is directed by Ellen Honig, one of the region’s most experienced directors and the ten-member cast includes many names familiar to Hudson Valley theatergoers as well as a few newcomers.
Much of the story of Heartbreak House revolves around Ellie Dunn (played by Dorothy Penz), a young ingénue who intends to attain a life of wealth and comfort by marrying Boss Mangan (Phillip Levine), a ruthless businessman who has amassed a fortune by exploiting others. The action takes place at the home of Captain Shotover (John Adair), a retired, hard-drinking sea captain, who plays the reluctant host to his two daughters and their husbands. Nothing unfolds as expected as each character reveals their true nature and motives over the course of the three acts. Even the burglar who is caught after breaking into the house turns out to be both more and less than he appears at first.
My friend Nancy O. Graham, who stars as Hesione Hushabye, one of Shotover’s daughters, most recently appeared in BOUND, directed by Amy Poux and presented by High Meadow Arts, and in ‘The New Kid,’ an improv play presented in schools as part of the Act/Write! program.
A comedy with a serious underlying message for our time, Heartbreak House, described by Shaw as the favorite of his plays, is a dazzling tale of false appearances and romance set against the backdrop of a troubled, cynical world.
The show runs through Sunday, May 23. Tickets are $20, with discounts for students and seniors. Tickets are available at www.showclix.com or by phone at 1 (888) 71-TICKETS.
BROOKLYN HALF-MARATHON
Feel like running 13 miles?
The Brooklyn Half-Marathon (sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club) is on Saturday. Starts at 7AM from Prospect Park to the Coney Island Boardwalk. On your mark, get set, GO. It’s gonna be hot so read up on dealing with heat conditions.
NIGHTIME WALK AT GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
Bring a flashlight and you’re all set. This special nighttime walk, led by Cemetery historian Jeff Richman, features live accordion music, by Famous Accordionists Bob Goldberg and Carl Riehl, a visit inside Green-Wood’s Catacombs and the light (weather permitting) of the moon. From “Erie Canal” to “New York New York”, a stroll through New York’s history. In the dark, with flashlights No reservations necessary.
The tour is $20 / $10 for Historic Fund members. Reservations are not required, but are recommended. Reserve your ticket online today or call 718.768.7300.
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM
BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL
May 21-23 at Jalopy, the Brooklyn Folk Festival presents the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance. 7 pm–12:30 am.
ART EXHIBITS
American High Style: Fashioning a nation collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Opens May 22 through June 13: Lucky Gallery presents: “Made in Red Hook”, a traditional salon exhibition by Red Hook artists Todd von Ammon, Laura Arena, Maria Baraybar, Andy Vernon-Jones, Christina Kelly, Heather Phelps-Lipton, Nate Luce, Rachel Mosler, L. Nichols, Julia Oldham, Anna Ortiz, Joshua Ray Stephens, Eric Taylor, Elizabeth Tomasetti, Tonky and Beriah Wall.
MOVIES
Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale at the Pavilion; City Island, Babies, Exit Through the Gift Shop at Cobble Hill Cinema.
DANCE
Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 3pm & 7pm, Sunday at 3pm: Elizabeth Streb and her superbly-conditioned performers are on a great, romantic adventure as they pursue, possess and exemplify pure action. Nowhere on earth will hardware, humans, extreme action and true grit combine in such an outrageous, explosive and shocking way. This is action magic for the masses! And it’s great for kids at the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics.
On Friday night, 400 literary revelers joined John Hodgman (the PC guy on those great Mac spots) for a BIG bash in support of and to celebrate the Brooklyn-based nationally acclaimed literary magazine, One Story, a pocket-sized magazine issued 18 times a year (and featuring only one story by a top notch emerging or established writer).
The event was organized and hosted by Maribeth Batcha, publisher of One Story and Hannah Tinti, the magazine’s editor at the American Can Factory in Park Slope.
One Story is a must-have, must-read for anyone interested in the art of the short story.
And that’s the truth.
At the party notables included aforementioned (and beloved humorist) John Hodgman, Michael Cunningham (author of “The Hours”), Colson Whitehead, (author of Sag Harbor), Elissa Schappell (Hot Type columnist for Vanity Fair and author of Use Me), Rob Spillman (editor of Tin House), Joshua Shenk (essayist), James Hannaham (author of God Says No), Victor LaValle (author of Slapboxing with Jesus and Big Machine) many other literary notables I am inequipped to name (or recognize).
The American Can Factory is such a cool space for a party. It’s the big room where the Meet the Makers craft market and green market locates every Sunday. The caterer was none other than Nana, the woman who runs a fabulous food concession in the back of the Meet the Makers market.
Kudos to Nana for great food and gorgeous presentation.
Fun was had all.
It was the magazine’s first-ever benefit and the idea was to celebrate One Story’s debut and emerging authors, with artists, performers, and filmmakers producing work inspired by issues of One Story.
Those original works were displayed at the ball and were auctioned off. There was also a cool “presentation” (a la a debutantes ball) of writers who have made their debuts in One Story.
Each writer was “escorted” by an established author. The presentation was announced by John Hodgman (The Areas of My Expertise, The Daily Show).
I went with my sister and we had a great time running into friends and meeting new people, too.
Cheers to One Story, a Brooklyn treasure that has made its mark on the world of literary fiction.
Stephanie, who writes the terrific blog Gold Star 4 Trying, has been giving out gold stars around Brooklyn and beyond for going on a year, just trying to add a bit of brightness to people’s days just for trying!
She writes: “I am a freelance writer, married mother of two and a would-be…lots of things, so I know what’s it’s like to need a gold star!”
Well, here’s a gold star for Stephanie for an awesome blog. Here’s an excerpt from a post called It Takes a Village:
I have been toying with adding pictures and names on my blog for a while, but had wondered if people would really want to be featured, focused upon? Turns out, some do, some really do and some don’t. But the simple act of imagining that people might actually be buoyed by the recognition has given me a renewed sense of the project, helped me understand how important it is–both for those that want to see themselves and those who don’t–that there is some acknowledgment of people’s efforts.
Because I am energized about the idea anew, believe wholeheartedly in the power of the gold star sticker to make someone’s moment, their day, their week, I am overwhelmed: shouldn’t I give a gold star sticker to everyone I see? Who am I to choose? Why is it just me?
Sitting in temple the other day, a rare thing, I was delighted and amazed by the Rabbi’s story of a little village whose citizens were told that someone among them was the Messiah.
“It could be any one of you that was brought here to save the world…” the story went.
The Rabbi told of how this powerful idea resonated throughout the village, how everyone started to treat everyone else with much more respect, how they started to treat even themselves with much more respect. The idea changed the village into a special place, far better than before, a place where people actually believed in one another’s power to raise each other up and, because they believed it, they actually made it happen.
I was so excited to hear the story. It is, I believe, the same message I am trying to send with my project. Each and every one of us has within us the ability to raise up another, to raise up ourselves, if only we believed we had been granted such a power, if only we thought it possible.
Due to my sprained ankle, subsequent pain in my neck and shoulder from realigning (misaligning my body) and a whole lot of other reasons, I won’t be running in this year’s Brooklyn Half-Marathon.
When I did run in 2006, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. What exhilaration? What a sense of accomplishment!
Back then the race started on the boardwalk and ended in Prospect Park. Now they’ve reversed the course: the race begins in our great park and ends in glorious Coney Island.
On the boardwalk, by the ocean.
The race starts at Prospect Park’s Well House Drive (directions and loads of information here). Turn left onto West Drive and complete two counterclockwise loops of Prospect Park. Exit the park at the southwest corner (the second exit), turn right onto Park Circle, and continue to the Fort Hamilton Parkway/Ocean Parkway entrance ramp. A fork to the left of the road will take you to the Ocean Parkway entrance ramp. Continue south on Ocean Parkway, turn right (west) on Surf Avenue, turn left onto the boardwalk entrance ramp near West Fifth Street (between the handball courts and the Aquarium), and then make an immediate right onto the Coney Island Boardwalk. The finish line is located on the boardwalk between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Here’s the Brooklyn Half Checklist for those who are running. It’s what you need to know about the race.
* The race starts at 7:00 a.m. Runners should be in their corrals by 6:50 a.m.
* The weather forecast predicts a warm day. Read our heat tips.
* There are NO shuttle buses from Coney Island to the start. While parking is available at MCU Park in Coney Island, runners must take the subway to start. [Transportation Info]
* Make sure your scoring D-Tag is attached correctly. The D-Tag should be shaped like a D and looped through one lace only.
* Runners must use the clear plastic drawstring bag given to them at number pickup for baggage service. No other bags will be accepted. Runners are advised to check their bag by 6:30 a.m.
* Join us after the race for the Brooklyn Beach Party.
* And don’t forget to grab your Brooklyn Half coupon book and get beautiful, baby! Brooklyn rocks!
It’s Lenore Skenazy’s latest caper and she’s not kidding. Saturday is Take Your Kids to the Park and Leave Them There Day.” She’s getting plenty of publicity, some ire, some encouragement from the public. Ah, she’s used to it. Remember what happened when she let her 10 year old ride the subway?
From the Wall Street Journal:
Lenore Skenazy has declared Saturday “Take Your Kids to the Park and Leave Them There Day.” The former New York Sun columnist gained notoriety two years ago after writing about letting her then 9-year-old son take the subway home alone. She’s now campaigning for parents of children age 7 and older to give their kids a little freedom to play.
BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL
May 21-23 at Jalopy, the Brooklyn Folk Festival presents the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance. 7 pm–12:30 am.
DEBUTANTE BALL
Friday One Story magazine hosts a fun fundraiser in support of their fabulous magazine issued 18 times a year that is a must have for those who follow the art of the short story. Tickets are $50, which includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, the night’s performance by Wingspace, hobnobbing with some of New York’s finest writers.
ART EXHIBITS
On Friday: Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program are presenting a show about their semester long inquiry of the Atlantic Yards. It’s called: A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards” and the show begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets in a U-Haul truck and then continues at Southpaw at 8PM.
American High Style: Fashioning a nation collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Opens May 22 through June 13: Lucky Gallery presents: “Made in Red Hook”, a traditional salon exhibition by Red Hook artists Todd von Ammon, Laura Arena, Maria Baraybar, Andy Vernon-Jones, Christina Kelly, Heather Phelps-Lipton, Nate Luce, Rachel Mosler, L. Nichols, Julia Oldham, Anna Ortiz, Joshua Ray Stephens, Eric Taylor, Elizabeth Tomasetti, Tonky and Beriah Wall.
MOVIES
Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale at the Pavilion; City Island, Babies, Exit Through the Gift Shop at Cobble Hill Cinema.
DANCE
Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 3pm & 7pm, Sunday at 3pm: Elizabeth Streb and her superbly-conditioned performers are on a great, romantic adventure as they pursue, possess and exemplify pure action. Nowhere on earth will hardware, humans, extreme action and true grit combine in such an outrageous, explosive and shocking way. This is action magic for the masses! And it’s great for kids at the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics.
The glass of writing: Truth and Rocket Science
Group show at Lucky Gallery in Red Hook: Art in Brooklyn
The Singer’s Gun: The Written Nerd
The Godfather, The Big Chill, The Cutaway: Peel Slowly
Heartbreak House: Rhinebeck Theater Society
Pee Wee Herman to get Broadway Playhouse: NY Times
Playing at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl tonight is Harper Blynn. The band feature high energy pop rock with some nice harmonies added to the mix. Their album, Loneliest Generation, has been available as a download for a few months and was released as a CD on May 11. This is the CD release show. Only downside to tonight’s show is that the G Train turns into a pumpkin – that is, it is replaced by a shuttle bus at 11:30pm.
More details about the show are posted here at Now I’ve Heard Everything and you can see a video of the CD’s title song, Loneliest Generation by clicking here.
–Eliot Wagner
Bring a flashlight and you’re all set. This special nighttime walk, led by Cemetery historian Jeff Richman, features live accordion music, by Famous Accordionists Bob Goldberg and Carl Riehl, a visit inside Green-Wood’s Catacombs and the light (weather permitting) of the moon. From “Erie Canal” to “New York New York”, a stroll through New York’s history. In the dark, with flashlights No reservations necessary.
The tour is $20 / $10 for Historic Fund members. Reservations are not required, but are recommended. Reserve your ticket online today or call 718.768.7300.
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Meeting Point: Inside the main entrance at 25th Street and 5th Avnue
Price: $20.00
http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/tour/107
Brought to you from the Feldman Family weather tower in Park Slope.
BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL
May 21-23 at Jalopy, the Brooklyn Folk Festival presents the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance. 7 pm–12:30 am.
DEBUTANTE BALL
On Friday One Story magazine hosts a fun fundraiser in support of their fabulous magazine issued 18 times a year that is a must have for those who follow the art of the short story. Tickets are $50, which includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, the night’s performance by Wingspace, hobnobbing with some of New York’s finest writers.
ART EXHIBIT
On Friday: Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program are presenting a show about their semester long inquiry of the Atlantic Yards. It’s called: A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards” and the show begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets in a U-Haul truck and then continues at Southpaw at 8PM.
American High Style: Fashioning a nation collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
MOVIES
Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale at the Pavilion; City Island, Babies, Exit Through the Gift Shop at Cobble Hill Cinema.
DANCE
Run Up Walls at the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics. Dancers dodge cinder blocks, fly through the air and, as the name suggests, run up walls in the Streb company’s latest. 7 pm.
From May 30-June 13, the Toy Theater Festival, a panopoly of miniature productions, takes over St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO for theater on a small scale.
The festival begins with the Greatest Smallest Parade through Dumbo. Tiny floats. A full-sized marching band.
Over the course of two weeks, there are more than 20 productions from the silly to the serious.
Pictured above is “Kamp” (June 2-6), by Holland’s Hotel Modern
Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.
This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!
Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.
Bring a friend. Or bring your mom.
Hosted by Louise Crawford and Sophia Romero, here’s the evening’s line-up (don’t panic everyone is under strict orders to keep their readings brief):
–Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk
–Rosemary Moore, author of Side Street
–Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl From the Left
–Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway
–Wendy Ponte, author of Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby Naturally. She is also a life coach.
–Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila and author of Always Hiding
–Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Breaking the Bank
–Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and author of WISEGAL and Black Irish
–Allison Pennell, parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope
–Kayla, aka Kathy Fine, accidental poet and educator
–Nicole Caccavo Kear, writer of Dispactches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader and blogger for A Mom Amok.
A year in Springs and how my garden does grow: CasaCara
Exposed brick in any room: Apartment Therapy
Darling Clementine’s cards and wall coverings: Design Sponge
Brooklyn’s bird house: Renovating a Limestone
Reminders: Swiss Miss
City Beams: Reclaimed Home
On Friday Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program are presenting a show about their semester long inquiry of the Atlantic Yards. It’s called: A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards” and the show begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets in a U-Haul truck and then continues at Southpaw at 8PM
Also on Friday One Story magazine is hosting a fun fundraiser in support of their fabulous magazine issued 18 times a year that is a must have for those who follow the art of the short story.
Tickets are $50, which includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, the night’s performance by Wingspace, hobnobbing with some of New York’s finest writers (up-and-coming and bold names), and a chance to see John Hodgman ham it up as the night’s emcee.
So what makes her edgy?
For starters she is the author of the novel, Always Hiding which was published by William Morrow. She also writes the hilarious blog, The Shiksa from Manila AND and she is mom to Amalya and Eli and thorn in the neck to Dan Schwartz AKA the good egg.
Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.
This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!
Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.
Bring a friend. Or bring your mom. Your sister. Your daughter. Your…
Hepcat and I stopped into Fornino last Sunday night after the Fifth Avenue Fair. Suffice it to say the joint was packed and there was a 30-minute wait.
We decided to sit at the bar. The restaurant, owned by Michael Ayoub (pictured above with co-owner Christopher Walsh) is in the old Cucina location on Fifth Avenue between Carroll and Garfield Place, that then became Tempo. It’s a big space with a lovely bar and appealing wall colors, decor and lighting.
The bar has these hanging amber colored light bulbs, which I love. There’s also an interesting black and white glass sculpture hanging that I took to be a bouquet of balloons.
We ordered pizza because pizza is the thing to order and it was FANTASTIC! The bartender, who was friendly, helpful and attentive, gave us a few recommendations. He suggested the clam pizza or the black truffle (the priciest pizza for $45). “I’d actually like to have those combined,” he told us.
I was curious about the black truffle but thought it was a bit pricey so I went with the Vongole with clams, mozzarella, parmesan, garlic, oregano and Hepcat had the Gorgonzola with fresh fig.
Omigod. The pizza was fantastic.
I can’t even describe the crust but it’s a crust revelation. So this is a rave for my first pizza at Fornino. Oh and each pizza cost $14. and it was totally worth it and a delicious and FILLING entree for one. Fornino also has anti-pasta, salads, pasta dishes and MORE—a full menu—and a kid’s menu as if you didn’t know—and lots to choose from plus a great wine list.
Okay. So the secret is out. Absolut is launching its “Brooklyn” vodka in collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee.
So what does this vodka taste like. I don’t know yet but I hear its a blend of red apples and ginger and comes in its own specially- designed bottle featuring probably one of the most recognizable features of our lovely borough, the stoop.
Cool fact: Absolut Brooklyn is the fourth in the company’s US city-themed editions following New Orleans, Los Angeles and Boston.
It’s not Absolut New York or Absolut Manhattan. It’s Absolut Brooklyn. Got it?
The company is donating $50,000 of the proceeds to Habitat For Humanity New York City. They are also sponsoring this year’s Brooklyn Blogfest.
Cheers!
Lucas Fine Foods opening on Union: NY Times
The accidental black and white: A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn
Fornino adds kid’s menu: Brooklyn Paper
Third Ward’s food cart: Eater
Food news: The Brooklyn Food Blog
Brooklyn food & drink roundup: Brownstoner
So what makes her edgy?
Jill Eisenstadt is the author FROM ROCKAWAY and KISS OUT and has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue among other places. She has three daughters Jane 15, Lena 13, and Colette, 7. Asked what qualifies her as an Edgy Mom she cited her ability to stick her hand into a kid’s mouth and yank out a loose tooth without blinking.
Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.
This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!
Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.
Bring a friend. Or bring your mom.
Hosted by Louise Crawford and Sophia Romero, here’s the evening’s line-up:
–Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk
–Rosemary Moore, author of Side Street
–Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl From the Left
–Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway
–Wendy Ponte, author of Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby Naturally. She is also a life coach.
–Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila and author of Always Hiding
–Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Breaking the Bank
–Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and author of WISEGAL and Black Irish
–Allison Pennell, parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope
–Kayla, aka Kathy Fine, accidental poet and educator
–Nicole Caccavo Kear, writer of Dispactches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader and blogger for A Mom Amok.
