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Posted 08/29/08 in Daily Intel

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The Queens Zoo Gets ‘Babydoll Lambs,’ We Are Smothered by Their Cuteness

Light, cheery news from Prospect Heights, Park Slope — even Queens and Staten Island. It’s Labor Day weekend, so the last boroughs report of summer doesn’t want to make you work too hard.

Posted 08/27/08 in Daily Intel

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I.M. Pei to Appear in Chinatown

I.M. Pei to Appear in Chinatown

The reclusive architect will show up at the reopening of the Museum of Chinese in America, the ‘pop-up park’ gets another month in Brooklyn Heights, and a pretty new footpath uptown on the High Bridge doesn’t mean you still can’t find drugs in the park! All in today's boroughs report.

Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel

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Murray Hill Graffiti — Touched (Inappropriately) By an Angel?

A cheeky street artist quotes Saint Teresa of Ávila, a hot-dog cart explodes, and jazz decamps to Brooklyn — that, and more, in our daily borough roundup.

Posted 08/11/08 in Daily Intel

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Whole Foods to Alter Brooklyn Plans

Poor undertrafficked, overcharitable Ikea! Poor Slopies thinking only poor people have public sex! (Not!) So many people to feel sorry for in today's rainy, weepy boroughs report.

Posted 07/28/08 in Grub Street

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Healthy Desserts in the LES; Williamsburger’s Slogan Is a Bust

Beatrice doorman becomes a model, and reported rodent in Wendy's chili, in today's neighborhood food news.

Posted 07/24/08 in Grub Street

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Food-Cart Turf Wars; Wii at Wildwood

Astoria: Restaurant Week is happening in Queens too, you know. Among others, the superexpensive Water's Edge is participating. [Joey in Astoria] Gramercy: A weekly Wii boxing tournament will begin next month at Wildwood Barbeque. The gig will play to their...

Posted 07/23/08 in Grub Street

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No Dancing at the Annex?; Where to Get Red Velvet Cake in Park Slope

Blue Ribbon comes to a bowling alley and more, in our daily local news roundup.

Posted 06/25/08 in Grub Street

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Late-Night Cookies and Cocktails Hit Williamsburg; Frank Bruni Finds Something to Like at Bar Milano

The Upper West Side gets another Italian restaurant courtesy of a former Frederick's chef and the Chocolate Bar settles into new digs, in today's neighborhood food news.

Posted 06/04/08 in Daily Intel

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Fort Greene Is Too Cool for Us :(

Fort Greene Is Too Cool for Us :(

Is Williamsburg "just like" a college campus? Is Fort Greene "too cool" for its own good? Will the sex-toy shop in Park Slope really be "tasteful" and "mom oriented"? And can we ever get enough of scare quotes? "Find out" in today's "boroughs report."

Posted 06/02/08 in Daily Intel

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Scarlett Johansson Will Lay Her Head in Sutton Place

Scarlett Johansson Will Lay Her Head in Sutton Place

ScarJo buys a Sutton Place postwar, Billyburg and Greenpoint wait for their parks, and guilty liberal Slopies' rage toward Greenpeace panhandlers finally boils over. That and more in today's boroughs report.

Posted 05/30/08 in Grub Street

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Tailor Launches Late-Night Menu; Hamptons More Exclusive Than Ever

Williamsburg will get a "Fiambreria," and chef Peter Hoffman will take you to the Greenmarket, in today's neighborhood food news.

Posted 05/06/08 in Daily Intel

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Park Slope Moms Terrorize the Childless

Now that's a plot for Darren Star's new show. Also Schnabel spotted near his pink palace! And a pink turtle in Billyburg, in our daily borough report.

Posted 05/02/08 in Daily Intel

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Park Slope Already Nervous About Their Portrayal on Darren Star’s Show

Will ousted tenants in W'burg ever be allowed home? Will anyone go to SoBro for the floating pool? And will you make it to Monday without our daily boroughs report?

Posted 04/23/08 in Daily Intel

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Loch Ness Monster on 21st?

A Macy's in Harlem? A sea serpent in Chelsea? A chatty Kathy in the East Village? Yes, children, all that and more in today's boroughs report.

Posted 04/23/08 in Grub Street

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Shack Shack Now Open Late; Pies Partner Cooking Lunch at Marlow & Sons

Check out the new menu at Freemans, Park Slope's high-end, and discounted Mexican in today's neighborhood food news.

Posted 03/19/08 in Grub Street

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Park Slope Gets a Pinkberry (Clone); Meatphilia Alive and Well in Williamsburg

Posted 03/07/08 in Daily Intel

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Is There a Park Slope in Baghdad?

Posted 02/05/08 in Grub Street

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Kellog’s Diner at Risk; the Definitive Banana Book

Posted 12/17/07 in Daily Intel

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Trust Carroll Gardens, for the Rest of Your Life

Posted 12/05/07 in Grub Street

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Gusto Now Going to Look and Taste Like Centro Vinoteca