The 100 Best Things in Park Slope
Only the Blog Known Brooklyn has compiled the annual Park Slope 100: “100 stories, 100 ways of looking at the world, 100 inspiring people, places and things.” The list includes A Year in the Park’s Brenda Becker, “because in 2008 you decided to visit Prospect Park every day as an urban adventure (and, not least,…
Only the Blog Known Brooklyn has compiled the annual Park Slope 100: “100 stories, 100 ways of looking at the world, 100 inspiring people, places and things.” The list includes A Year in the Park‘s Brenda Becker, “because in 2008 you decided to visit Prospect Park every day as an urban adventure (and, not least, as a drug-free antidepressant!), and to chronicle your discoveries”; WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein, because “your reporting of Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign was always top notch, as were your stories from battleground states”; and “Jake the panhandler who stands in front of ACE Supermarket on Seventh Avenue and Berkeley Place because you’ve had a tough life, you always ask so nicely and you have such a big, warm smile.” Other mentions: Bill de Blasio, John Hodgman, D’Vine Taste and Medusa Salon. Read the full list, and if you have more, add ’em here.
I actually totally agree with Benson about PMFA. That one is way more self-centered and self-congratulatory than OTBKB. Brownstoner tends to only link to her less annoying posts, so you can’t judge just by looking at the posts you’ve seen through the links from this blog. Spend some time reading her blog on a daily basis (like i did when I was trying to learn more about Carroll Gardens) and you’ll see that her head is so far up her ass, it’s amazing that it’s not being digested by her stomach.
“What is this Fedders Friday?”
OH, Noki…come here on Friday…it’s quite entertaining. Where Benson and I call each other every vile name, lawsuits are waged, sex toys are introduced, all because of Thru the Wall Air Conditioners.
On the upside, Montrose is very civil in her posts with Benson. I admire her so.
I hear you.
What is this Fedders Friday?
Nokillisa, I’m not ragging on the good folk of Park Slope, or even the blog,OTBKB. I’m probably in political and do-gooder agreement with 90% of them, and have actually partaken of, or supported some of the people and causes espoused. And there were plenty of non-white people celebrated, and I’m sure, more than a few who contributed to the making of the list.
But ya gotta admit, some of it was asking for Benson’s parody, or DIB’s nausea. I think some healthy skepticism and snark is allowed. And some of it was like reading “What White People Like”, and I understand the humor, and why Rob said that. Even do-gooders can get treakly and overly good, especially at Christmas. I’m sure Benson and I will be butting heads again really soon, perhaps after a good breakfast. We’ll see what Fedders Friday brings us.
“I’m showing my warm and fuzzy side (which disappears during the Friday Fedder horror show).”
I’m looking forward to Friday 🙂
Under 5% – for how long?
Should I start looking again?
Sorry, I thought this was the open thread. My bad!!!
Mortgage rates are under 5% for non jumbos. Mid 5’s for jumbos.
I couldn’t help myself. Going to be a good Christmas.
Oh, i forgot… coupons, poop, nimbys, atlantic yards, park slope, clinton hill, the g trian, hipsters, yuppies, ikea, stroller nazis, and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Benson, OMG, that was priceless!
I’m pretty sure I could walk down 7th ave today and randomly pick people, and come up with 100 I appreciate more than Jake the panhandler. Pleasant or not, hard life or not, dude’s spent the last twenty-plus years asking for other people’s money and then blowing it (not to mention the six-figure settlement from the NYPD) on crap.
I live in and love Park Slope and don’t want to move anywhere else, but I don’t get the love some people have for the various panhandlers stretched along 7th between Flatbush and Union.