Brooklyn, champion of homegrown artisan crap, led the city in retail chain growth in 2013
We all know about Brooklyn's reputation for handmade, locally-sourced artisan products. If that gin wasn't made in someone's bathtub, why,…
Author: David Colon
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
Fun fact about Peter Luger: It's not named after the founder [NewYork.com] And here's some fun facts about the Rockefeller…
25 gifts under $25, No. 4: Welcome to Night Vale merchandise
There's a mailman with a package at your door. You don't remember ordering anything, but the faceless, mute mailman is…
Find rare books, Paul Auster’s Christmas spirit at the Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair
Looking for that one original copy of Last Exit to Brooklyn or perhaps The Necronomicon? Do you have a friend who…
Grab some canned goods to give to the Brooklyn Eats Cares food drive
It can be hard to remember sometimes, but the holiday season is about more than buying crap for your friends…
The Prospect Park ice rink opens on December 20
If there were any residents of south Brooklyn who were bitter and jealous seeing pictures of magical Canadian Pat Kiernan…
Cops in San Francisco using Twitter to find stolen bikes
Last week we explained why people kept stealing your bike, and how there's nothing you can really do about it.…
Gentrification eats its own tail in Bushwick while landlords laugh it up
Old school vs. new school gentrifiers was a fight that was bound to come up at some point in neighborhoods…
Monday lunchtime linkage
Life as a really expensive call girl [New York Post] Life as a really poor retail employee [New York Times]…
Live-tweeted roof breakup becomes short, dramatic film
http://youtu.be/BfSsCJHF69Y We all laughed and maybe felt a little bit of embarrassment while we read through the incredible live-tweeted story…