It’s a new year and there are tons of recently opened spots for food and alcohol consumption. Below is a list of places to try in 2011. Tuffet, a “cheese/meat/bar” owned by a Market Table alum, opened on New Years Eve. Now that we’ve got our hangovers (& desire to eat nothing but wheatgrass and […]
Dia de los Reyes
I hope you didn’t think the holidays were over yet. This Sunday is the 14th annual Three Kings Day Parade. January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, the holiday marking the arrival of the three wise men to visit the holy family, and the revelation to the Gentiles that the little kid in the […]
Don't worry guys, we'll survive the apocalypse.
Snowmageddon got you down? Convinced the world is ending in 2012? Don’t worry guys, as I point out over at The Awl, it looks like us hipster kids might be the only ones primed to survive the apocalypse. Well, us and bed bugs.
How I Beat the Snowpocalypse
Let the transplant insults fly, but I’m originally from North Carolina. So are a few of my friends that live here in Brooklyn. As all of our flights were cancelled due to the snowpocalypse, and we’d already spent plenty of quality holiday time in the Tarheel state; four of us got refunds on our plane […]
6 Films we're supposed to like
In order to honor the announcement of Williamsburg’s forthcoming six-screen Cineplex, The Village Voice Blog decided to make a list of six films “Average Williamsbug Residents” would like to see available on the big screens at all times, year-round. I don’t know what the “Average Williamsburg Resident” is exactly, but what do you think of the […]
Free Tron (1982) showing at indiescreen
No need to go see that hyped new Tron: Legacy movie opening Friday. Williamsburg is not even getting a big fancy movie theater until next fall. That will probably be a nightmare, and tickets are pricey. Best go to indieScreen on Kent Avenue and watch a free screening of Tron, the original 1982 version, at […]
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is the place to be on Saturday for those who make visual art or just like to look at it. Saturday from 12pm-8pm the house of worship at 275 N. 8th Street between Havemeyer Street and Union Avenue, will host indy comic book illustrators, painters, designers, and craftspersons in […]
Alexa Chung's Willy B Insights
Style.com trotted around the neighborhood recently with British model/VJ/personality Alexa Chung, and produced a cutesy video in which she proclaims her love for Brooklyn and her perspective on the differences in culture and style between London, Manhattan and Brooklyn: Is he in MGMT? Isn’t he in MGMT? That’s the kind of shit that goes down […]
Williamsburg circa 1910
There use to be trolleys and horses. And hey, after the Williamsburg bridge was finished in 1903, “the small village of Williamsburg” became the most populated area of Brooklyn. So morning commuters at the Bedford stop at 8 A.M. watching packed train after packed train go by, history knows your pain.
No, Camel isn't making rollies
So, enough local papers, blogs, and e-zines have covered this, that I don’t have anything else to say, but in case you missed it: From the Brooklyn Paper: Joe Camel- a hipster? R.J. Reynolds markets its smokes to Williamsburg By Aaron Short I do have one question. In 2012 when the FDA starts making cigarette […]
"I'm Waiting for my Man"
The junkies in Williamsburg will have to wait longer, or maybe clean up their act and get a job. Okay, the job part might be crazy, it is Williamsburg. The NYPD announced today they have shut down the drug-ring which investigators claim ran the North Williamsburg heroin game. After a four month long sting officers […]
The new Duane Reade or How Williamsburg is the New Brooklyn Heights
According to the “I’m Boycotting Duane Reade to Save Williamsburg” facebook group, a Duane Reade will be opened on Bedford, directly across from Kings Pharmacy this Saturday. First off, I need to state that I don’t really give a shit about saving small business in this case. I do, however, give a shit when urban […]