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Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Moon Over Manhattan Avenue
You can always leave it to the folks at Just for Fun to kick off the holiday season with style!
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Festive Fur
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Crazy People, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
When this lovely lass (who happens to be named Pancake) came into the junk shop last weekend I simply had to take a picture off her festive holiday get-up. What’s more, these is something really neat about naming a dog— or any animal for that matter— after this foodstuff. It’s almost as cool as naming a cat “Babka”— and I know a few felines named just this!
Miss Heather
Miscellaneous Notes on the Greenpoint Food & Drink Front
Although this is a ways off, I want to pass it along. Those of you who might have wondered what is going on at 195 Nassau Avenue (as seen above), today I got the scoop! Cody Utzman, the man behind Brooklyn Standard and Papasitos is going to open a wine Bar there! Cafe Royalle (as its name indicates) will be serving up fare with distinctively French twist. Cody told me that he guesstimates it will be open for business in “about two months”. That may seem like a ways off, but I assure you it will be upon us soon enough!
Cafe Royalle
Opening Date: February 2010
195 Nassau Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Lastly, I suspect I speak for a number of my fellow north ‘Pointers when I write that Jubilatka has had some downright mouth-watering cakes in their front window of late. Today I finally broke down and asked about them. Here’s the deal:
- This powdered sugar spritzed castle is chocolate brownie/ginger bread cake.
- This is conventional babka with a topping of assorted fruit.
- These are chocolate babka.
All of the previous cost a measly $12.00. Speaking as someone who is not especially talented when it comes to making baked goods, I know where I will be buying my Christmas dessert this year!
Jubilatka Bakery
940 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Brownie and ginger bread. Yum!
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Bling
When my grandchildren— no, make that OTHER PEOPLE’S GRANDCHILDREN— ask me:
Auntie Heather, what was Greenpoint like back then?
I am going to show them this (which hails from Manhattan Avenue at Freeman Street): a pearl metal flake Hummer with a $$$ license plate holder.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Welcome to Williamsburg
This morning as I was running errands I noticed the A & J Farm Market at was getting a face lift. It new awning now proclaims it be the “New A & J Farm Market”. But that’s not what I found interesting. Rather, it was what was revealed when they removed the old awning.
The old sign (which can be seen in larger format by clicking on the above image) reads “Williamsburg Floor Covering”. Yes folks, it would appear that the ‘Burgification of Greenpoint not only predates the real estate boom, but also reaches as far north as Green Street. I for one take issue with this. To set the record straight this building is located in Williamsburg Heights or North Vinyl Siding.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Urban Fur
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
India Street
Manhattan Avenue
Humboldt Street
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Point/Counterpoint
Meserole Avenue at Manhattan Avenue
1059 Manhattan Avenue
Taken December 7, 2009.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Gentrification Watch: Oxygen For Sale!
Filed under: 11222, Culture War, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Laura (who sent me this hilarious item which hails from the Duane Reade at 893 Manhattan Avenue) writes in an email entitled “It was only a matter of time”:
I always knew that oxygen would be sold in Greenpoint one day. Maybe Duane Reed will be selling gas masks next?
I myself would prefer an over-the-counter Shit Tit Kit. But to each their own…
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Happiness is a Cold (War) Gun
As his recent Thanksgiving window display made all too clear Chris, the proprietor of T & N Wine and Liquor, is a man of— how shall we say— unique sensibilities. Needless to say when I noticed he has embarked upon his Christmas decor this afternoon I simply had to know what was in store. Chris was rather coy but he told me it would be pretty subdued. Noting the disappointed expression on my face Chris then gestured to me head to the last register. He had something to cheer me up.
This is an advertisement he recently placed with a Polish language publication. To truly appreciate the ad copy (which he translated to me and I will go into in a minute) one needs to take a closer look at the wares being advertised.
- Polish vodka in a “decorative” container aping an artillery shell.
- A “field artillery kit” consisting of a “bottle” of vodka in the form of a Kalashnikov, six shot glasses (or “bullets” as Chris called them) and a flask shaped like a grenade.
Which brings me back to Chris’s snappy copy (NOTE: this is highly paraphrased):
These will guarantee you a peaceful evening.
His rationale behind this cryptic statement:
If you have a gun no one will bother you.
Indeed. You will be delighted to know these items will be the centerpiece of Chris’s Christmas opus. I can hardly wait!
Miss Heather
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