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Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Hey You!
As many of you are undoubtedly aware next weekend is Valentine’s Day. I imagine a number of you are looking for companionship— albeit even of the interim variety— to celebrate this very special day. If your idea of romance is a rendezvous at a interstate rest stop (and why shouldn’t it be?) worry not, my fellow north Brooklynites. Now only do I have you I have you covered— but you don’t even have to leave Greenpoint! So put on your sneakers kids— we have a date to meet!
(still waiting)
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: No Problem
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
The James Farley Post Office in our fair city proclaims just this! Contrary to popular belief, this is not the motto of the United States Postal Service. It is derived from Herodotus‘s account of the couriers of the Persian Empire. The above (which hails from Richardson Street) is, conversely, 100% Brooklyn.
Speaking as someone who has had her mail stolen*, I want to see THIS carved in stone.
Miss Heather
P.S.: I don’t know who this mailman is but I want him (or her) on my route.
*An unemployment check no less. Endorsed in shaky handwriting and presented at a local check cashing establishment. It was seized. In a nutshell: someone who is clearly NOT Polish should not try to cash checks issued to someone with a clearly Slavic name in Greenpoint. AKA: Little Poland. This isn’t racism. This is common sense.
New York Shitty Day Starter: F*ck Football, Give Me Pussy!
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Today is one of my favorite days of the year: Super Bowl Sunday. No, I’m not preparing copious amounts of crap food and securing large quantities of beer to consume while “watching the game”. I like Super Bowl Sunday because a great many people are engaged in the aforementioned activities and I can walk the streets of my fair neighborhood in solitude. I like my “alone time”.
I also like cats. If you like cats and don’t particularly care about football why not swing by PS9 tomorrow and meet a few of north Brooklyn’s finest felines?
Today from 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Greenpoint’s very own Empty Cages Collective will be hosting an adoption event there!
Cat & Kitten Adoption Event
February 7, 2010 from 12:30 – 5:30 p.m.
PS9 Pet Supply
169 North 9 Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
In closing, last night I had the pleasure of accompanying a good buddy of mine to meet a trio of very winsome Bronx kittens who were rescued from a kill shelter on New Year’s Eve.
Meet Taittinger…
and his brother Dom. As you can see it’s almost impossible to tell the difference between them!
They are very curious kittens…
and for this reason they, along with their sis Cristal (as seen above), were almost impossible to film!
Especially when she claimed my Kittycam as her own!
Until Taittinger took an interest in a bowl of pistachios. The Mister encouraged this behavior (hey, for once he wasn’t encouraging cats to trash our living room) and well, the rest is what it is…
Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Anyone interested in adopting Dom, Tate or Cristal should contact the ladies of North Brooklyn Cats via flickr by clicking here and/or here.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: The Greenpoint Coffee House Is Officially Closing…
and SOON! This item comes from Chris Ruen, a staffer of the (VERY) soon-to-be gone and much-loved Greenpoint institution writes:
Dear Greenpoint,
After seven short years, the Greenpoint Coffee House will meet its maker this Monday, February 8th, at approximately 5pm.
The hours for our final two days of service:
Sunday – 10 to 5:30, kitchen open from 10:30 to 5
Monday – 8 to 4:30, kitchen open from 8 to 4
False rumors of the GPCH’s demise have regularly swept through the quiet alleys of west Greenpoint. One rumor would not die, that our lease was denied renewal by the building’s landlord. While we hoped to remain in business until the end of March, it became unadvisable, if not impossible, given the normal difficulties of operation mixed with the added turbulence of unwinding such an establishment. And suddenly, here we are.
A true community has called the corner of Franklin and Green “home.” For this group, including owners Louise and Brian, the many staff members past and present, and our beloved regulars throughout the years, this is a lamentable moment. An era will end on Monday and memories of the Greenpoint Coffee House will live on, on their own anomalous terms.
Sorry for the immediacy of it all. We hope those who wish to say goodbye will have the chance to enter the space one last time, ready to celebrate whatever the place has meant to them. An official party of some kind will (hopefully) be planned, so stay tuned.
Take Care.
Chris Ruen (staff)
on behalf of the GPCH
I suspect I speak on the behalf of many when I write that I have many fond memories of the Greenpoint Coffee House (foremost among them this). As any (relatively) “old-timer” will attest, this establishment provided quality coffee and grub to west Greenpointers long before Franklin became “cool”. I’ll be paying my respects, how about you?
Greenpoint Coffee House
Closing Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
195 Franklin Street
Brooklyn, New York 11222
In closing I want to wish this establishment’s owners, Louise and Brian, and their staff the best of luck in their future endeavors. You will be missed!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Sunset
Laura (who forwarded me the above photographs) writes:
I thought you’d like these.
The sky is gorgeous tonight. I decided to go up to the roof to take some photos. Good thing I went upstairs. I didn’t know we had a guest. The guest evidently went through the trouble of cleaning the landing, folding the blanket and tucking their pillow under the head of the faux bed. I hope my first impression of the guest is correct. I don’t want to have to evict anyone in this cold. Needless to say, (but I’ll say it anyway) N. Greenpoint IS seeing an increase in homelessness.
Agreed.
The above photograph was taken this evening at our local McDonald’s.
Miss Heather
Urban Fur: Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
From Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
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