Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Calyer Street

…Took her out and tried to win her
had a laugh and over dinner
Told her I would really like to see her again
Got the bill and Rita paid it
Took her home and nearly made it
Sitting on a sofa with a sister or two

Lovely Rita meter maid
where would I be without you
give us a wink and make me think of you

Lovely meter maid
Rita meter maid
oh, Lovely Rita meter, meter maid

Some people will do anything to get out of a parking ticket.

Miss Heather

TODAY: Ghoulish Greenpoint Fun

The list of Halloween events going down today are far too many to relate here. There’s a costume party (with a $100 prize!) at The Habitat starting at sundown. Cafecito Bogota (at 1015 Manhattan Avenue) will be getting festive as well. Then of course there is the Zombie Crawl and East Coast Aliens appears to be hosting a haunted dungeon. Or something. Dandy wine will be hosting a pared down wine tasting tonight starting at 6:00 p.m.:

I didn’t invite a wine rep this week, because Greenpoint can get pretty scary around Halloween time, you dig?… I didn’t want to trick them away for good, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have wine and cheese available as treats for you. I personally scanned my shelves this morning for some frightening good wine.

Ghost Pines Chardonnay and Baroncelli “Note di Sole” will be among the offerings. The store’s incredibly friendly and helpful proprietress, Lily, will be dressed up as a bottle of champange but don’t tell her I told you so!

Dandy Wine
153 Franklin Street
Brooklyn, New York 11222

Just down from the street from Dandy Wine Casa Mon Amour will be offering up $5.00 absinthe cocktails from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. The list goes on and on. Which brings me to this.

The following missive found its way into my inbox recently. Given that I am a Misfits fan I feel compelled (or would that be forced) to pass it along.

Denise wrote:

Do you remember…dead cats hanging from poles, little dead out in groves?*

Because we do!
Josh and Denise are throwing a scary
Halloween Party
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The scary part is that it’s at Tommy’s Tavern!
In Greenpoint!
Friday Night
9/10 on.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Yes, there will be a massive Misfits/Samhain/Danzig block.

How the hell can you argue with that? Although to be perfectly frank I am more of a Die, Die My Darling kind of gal.

Josh & Denise’s Halloween Party
Tommy’s Tavern
1041 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222

Happy haunting and zombie crawling Greenpointers!

Miss Heather

Vollies Needed

Bad News: Lest you are not already aware this upcoming Sunday the NYC Marathon will plough its way through our neighborhood leaving yet another layer of debris on our already less than tidy streets.

Good News: The Greenpoint Reformed Church will be hosting a bake sale whose proceeds will benefit their increasingly popular Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry.

Ann Kansfield writes:

We are taking advantage of the fact that the New York City marathon runs virtually in front of the church by hosting a bake sale to benefit our hunger programs on Sunday from 10am to 2pm.  Greenpoint is a popular marathon watching spot and we plan on a significant turn out.  Someone has generously offered to loan us a booth tent, so we will be there rain or shine.

Here’s how you can help:

Come to the church on Saturday 3- 5pm to help us ice and bag the 200 or so cookies we will have made for the bake sale.

Bake something yourself and drop off your donation on Saturday 3-5pm or early Sunday morning at the church.

Work the bake sale booth.  We need two people for each of the following shifts: 9-11am (set up will happen between 9 and 10), 11am-12:30pm, 12:30-2pm.  Of course, those of us who are a part of a church community that worships on Sundays will have a hard time working the 10am to 12pm shift, so we are particularly in need of volunteers for that shift.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Ann at pastor (at) greenpointreformedchurch (dot) org.

Miss Heather

Fedders Friday: Short & Sweet

When I walked by this house something struck me as being odd.

If you guessed two McCain * Palin posters you are only half correct.

If you noticed this shabbily chic vintage Fedders box, mazel tov! You are a true Fedderista! It has been my observation that Fedders boxes bear an uncanny likeness to their owners. As you can clearly see here this one leans distinctly to the right.

Miss Heather

Thought Of The Day

Yesterday afternoon  I was walking along Commercial Street as the clouds were rolling in. When I reached Franklin Street I stopped and looked up. What I beheld was quite amazing.

It was at that moment I realized I don’t care what people say. Greenpoint is beautiful.

Miss Heather

Greenpoint Photo du Jour: STOP

You know what they say:

If at first you don’t succeed try, try again!

Or better yet just correct your errant Spanish with a different shade of spray paint. As with any choice find such as this one (which hails from Clay Street) the true Greenpoint glory is to be found in the details.

The above caveat reads as follows:

!!! Be careful !!! There may be a booby trap on this door!!

Please accept my sincerest apologies, dear readers, for the poor quality of the second image. For reasons I suspect you can understand I didn’t want to get too close to this gent’s “shit”.

Miss Heather

P.S.: Lest any of you are wondering what “puto” means click here.