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July 31, 2009
must try restaurant
i stopped into the new restaurant "wing bar" last night on smith street (right across the street from cubana cafe). i had the best wings of my life and felt compelled to post about it. they serve a few other items (burgers, hot dogs, fries, etc), but the wings are to die for. i got to talking to the bartender and it turns out he and his dad and brother run and own the place. there are tables to sit at and you can also eat at the bar. they've got a few flat screen tv's and i think he said they have a pool table in the garden in the back. it was such a cute place and the food was fantastic. if you're in the mood for wings and a chill atmosphere, this is the place to go. :)
July 30, 2009
Drivers License Question
I currently have an out of state license. i have all the paper work to get a new york state license. just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for quickest DMV, suggestions of times to go, etc. thanks!
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haha. no beer was consumed before ordering. and only 1 was consumed when the wings actually came. no joke, very good wings.
Posted by: boerumjn at July 31, 2009 11:59 AM in response to must try restaurant
FAWN:
did you have an out-of-state license?
Posted by: boerumjn at July 30, 2009 4:14 PM in response to Drivers License Question
those things you plug into the wall that send out sounds to keep mice away do NOT work. don't waste your money. just do as someone said above. pull all of your furniture into the middle of the room. plug up EVERY single hole you can find with steel wool. set a few traps in your place (because they could now be trapped inside your apartment)
Posted by: boerumjn at July 16, 2009 4:26 PM in response to Mouse in the House
boerumjn wrote a review about Hecho en Dumbo - NOW CLOSED on July 16, 2009 1:24 PM
wonderful! GREAT margaritas, tacos were superb and it was very reasonably priced.
ftgreenepark...
have you ever been to smith street? the only thing i know about ft. greene is havana outpost.
Posted by: boerumjn at July 1, 2009 12:06 PM in response to Living in Boerum Hill
while the asking price of the apt seems very high, i would much rather live in this building than an old bldg in BH with high maintenance. plus, you are walking just about the same distance to all the restaurants/bars/shops as you would be on hicks/livingston
Posted by: boerumjn at June 25, 2009 3:09 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #6W
What:
you spend your entire day leaving comments on this website. how do we know that YOU aren't a hipster in williamsburg with NO JOB?
Posted by: boerumjn at June 17, 2009 12:42 PM in response to Conservative Talk Show Host Beholds Williamsburg
Responses to Author's Forum Comments
Dibs- without seeing it I can't say but I have not seen older molds with cats on them. those seem to be much later. But I do have an incredible 3-dimensional Victorian mold of a seated lion. And a great squirrel. And some amazing fish.
I agree- the glue traps are terrible. I used one once to catch my escaped pet gerbil who was injured and had to go to the vet but i watched for him and immediately got him off the trap and to the vet.
rob- cats use covered litterboxes and are much cleaner than either mice or rats or dogs.
Posted by: bxgrl at July 16, 2009 5:30 PM in response to Mouse in the House
FYI VEGETAble oil will unstick mice from glue traps. The glue trap is a horrible way to die!!!
Posted by: tsarina at July 16, 2009 7:07 PM in response to Mouse in the House
Please take my maine coon that likes to pee on everything?
I know, such a sales pitch?
But, seriously, please take him. It has been eight years and every one of them I get closer to a nice trip to the vet.
Posted by: Heather at July 16, 2009 7:44 PM in response to Mouse in the House
Heather,
I had a cat who peed on everything once, so I feel your pain. I loved him though so I was determined to figure out what the problem was. Tried every different kind of litter, extra boxes, nothing seemed to work. After a couple of years of living with plastic on my bed and sofa, I was at my wits end when it occurred to me that maybe he just didn't like litter at all. I thought about what he peed on, which was generally any piece of clothing, towel, or fabric that somehow got left on the floor, ie, soft things. So on a whim, I bought those wee-wee pads that they sell in the pet store for puppies, and put one in a litter box. To my amazement, within a few minutes he went over to it, sussed it out, peed on it, and folded it up. The problem was finally solved, except I had to leave him two to three litter boxes with these things since once he did his origami they were useless, (and they aren't as cheap as litter.) But after that, he never peed on anything else again. I told my vet this and she said she never heard of it before, neither did the guy in the pet store. But if you're where you say you are, maybe its worth a shot.
By the way, I never ever saw a mouse anywhere that I lived, and I had neighbors who did. There was an article in the NYT a year or two ago that said the mice basically smell cats and won't go near them, which is why all the bodegas have cats.
Good luck,
Jennnifer
Posted by: jenmm at July 16, 2009 9:46 PM in response to Mouse in the House
Very small mice can take the bait off of a mouse spring trap without setting it off. They have in my basement.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 17, 2009 8:34 AM in response to Mouse in the House
Agreed on the cleaning / filling of holes. For extermination, The Rat Zapper (around $50 at Pintchik's) is far and away the most effective method I have found.
Posted by: hunter at July 17, 2009 11:22 AM in response to Mouse in the House
Make things simple. Go to Amazon.com and buy a Ratzapper.
There is a lot written on this product on Brownstoner. It is a plastic box into which you put bait (little dry food pellet they give you). The bottom of the box is a metal plate, electrified by batteries. The mice die in there immediately so there is no squirming mice on glue paper or mouse traps or poison. You just throw them in the garbage. I catch the occasional mouse that way and it works. This is after looking for obvious entry points.
Posted by: donatella at July 17, 2009 11:28 AM in response to Mouse in the House
I was having radiator pipe work done and as soon as the hole was left open in the floor we started getting waterbugs in that room. I put down glue boards to catch them and one night at 4am we were woken by the "screams" of a mouse caught on a board. My husband put it in a shoebox and ran it over with the car to kill it. It was just horrible. I couldn't get the floors repaired fast enough and stuffed steel wool into ever crevice in the house I could find. That expanding foam in a can works good too to plug up holes.
Posted by: premadas at July 20, 2009 3:28 PM in response to Mouse in the House
If you do have the glue trap problem, put on gloves and drop the glue trap into a couple of plastic bags and tie the top. The mouse will suffocate. I feel like Hitler typing this.
Posted by: mopar at July 20, 2009 11:14 PM in response to Mouse in the House
OMG that herald square DMV is a nightmare. I went there to do the whole after-marriage-change-of-name thing and it took 4 hours because they kept giving me the wrong forms and then telling me it was my fault, being surly, unhelpful, etc.
That said, I've always found the Chinatown DMV to be pretty speedy.
Posted by: brooklynstyle at July 30, 2009 5:41 PM in response to Drivers License Question
does trout offer food now? or just drinks? that whole area confuses me.
Posted by: boerumjn at August 5, 2009 12:45 PM in response to Brooklyn Food and Drink Round-Up