Wednesday Links
In Brooklyn, New Taquerias, Two Ways [NY Times] Breaking Bread in Brooklyn [NY Times] Cash, Credit, or Torches? [NY Times] When Parents Scream Against Ice Cream [NY Times] Where Little Chefs Learn [NY Times] Steel Nerves on Atkins Ave. [NY Daily News] Accolades for Hunter and Brooklyn College [NY Daily News] Chain Stores Booming Despite…
In Brooklyn, New Taquerias, Two Ways [NY Times]
Breaking Bread in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Cash, Credit, or Torches? [NY Times]
When Parents Scream Against Ice Cream [NY Times]
Where Little Chefs Learn [NY Times]
Steel Nerves on Atkins Ave. [NY Daily News]
Accolades for Hunter and Brooklyn College [NY Daily News]
Chain Stores Booming Despite Recession [NY Daily News]
Going Solar in Brooklyn Heights [Brooklyn Eagle]
Your Land Is Their Land [Brooklyn Paper]
Rebels Without a Hog [Wired]
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i accidently posted this in ot, so ill post it again here…
i think part of the problem is that a lot of kids in park slope are deprived of the great things in life, treats that one should NOT have all the time, but occassionally. you know, things that make a kid happy like a happy meal at mcdonalds or an ice cream cone from mr. softee. part of me thinks the parents NEVER give them any of that stuff as a treat thinking it’s terrible for them blah blah blah, so of course these poor deprived children are going to have a tempter tantrum when they cant have a happy meal and are forced to eat a dry tasteless tofu burger or something. so i dont really blame the kids for having tantrums, hells i would.. the parents are to blame for depriving the crotchfruit of today the pleasures in life. but that’s okay, im sure they will all be addicted to oxycontin by their 16th birthdays.
*rob*
I’m sure his children are also more “sophisticated,” as well.
Rob, that’s gross. But correct, nonetheless.
southbrooklyn…I knew better than to throw a fit because I was taught respect and manners. Respect and manners means you don’t holler like a damned fool in public because you can’t have something. Not every child has to have their @ss kicked to learn how to behave. And I may not have any rugrats, but I do have a right to an opinion and a right to voice it here, just like you did with yours.
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the end result is melted ice cream all over the playground equipment and therefore all over your child,
waaaaaaaaah. my child got sticky hands playing in a playground. you know what else is all over your child playing in the playground? fecal matter, poo mist, traces of drugs, urine, and 400,000 species of bacteria. a little chocolate ice cream aint crap.
*rob*
It’s pretty simple, southbrooklyn, you just don’t allow your child to throw a fit.
yeah, you can always find someone extremely silly to sound off on something like ice cream trucks. however, i also hate it when a vendor like that sets up shop inside the playground itself. the end result is melted ice cream all over the playground equipment and therefore all over your child, whether or not you bought any yourself.
also, the endless sounding off by people who don’t have children about tough they would be if they had children — really tiresome. don’t you get even the slightest bit embarassed about pontificating on a subject about which you have no direct knowledge?
and all the braying about how great it was in the olden days when parents were hardass disciplinarians — really? how did you know better than to throw a fit, insertsnappyname? b/c your mom beat the crap out of you? was that really so great?
Kensington, dont hate totally on park slope. move to my building! it’s like a f’ed up bizarro version of melrose place!!!
*rob*