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DeKalb Market: It’s Got A Tent!

So perhaps you’ve all noticed that Brooklyn has become something of a mecca for independent markets and outdoor social events. The trend continues with the recent opening of DeKalb Market, an outdoor arrangement of shipping containers that have been re-purposed to host both food and retail vendors.

The first thing you’re probably asking is “What makes DeKalb Market different from Brooklyn Flea or Northside Market or the GreenMarket or a boat show?” Well I’ll tell you. First of all, there are no boats at DeKalb Market. Secondofly, DeKalb Market is largely made out of old shipping containers, making it weatherproof while also providing spells of air conditioning, and promoting the re-use of old junk. Recycling!

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Williamsburg Brat Pack

I thought this dismal weather week on the cusp of summer would be the perfect time to bring this video* back.

Remember the summer of 2009? Pheonix’s “Lisztomania” was the anthem of the season, Williamsburg was at the height of an artistic and musical renaissance (enjoyed by hipsters, reviled by everyone else), and a bunch of people made this video, mimicking the classic “Brat Pack” dance scenes of the John Hughes movies that so intensely influenced people of the aforementioned “hipster” generation, that perfectly encapsulated that summer. It was only two years ago, but feels like a decade. It was before rent in Williamsburg rivaled Manhattan prices, while McCarren Park Pool was at its peak, and before Bushwick was the new East Williamsburg (which was, at the time, the new Williamsburg).

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Four & Twenty Blackbirds: It’s Pie Time

Do you like pie? Of course you do!!! Unless you are absolutely, irreparably, bat-shit crazy! Which I hope you are not. Please don’t kill me.

When you need to satisfy your murderous (yet entirely sane) craving for delicious pie, you need to go to Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Located in Gowanus (what is this? Gowanusography.com!?) this shop is yet another example of the sort of business that will hopefully pull this industrial wasteland right out of the proverbial dumpster.

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Guactacular!? More Like… Okay, Guactacular Was Pretty Accurate

Yesterday was The Bell House’s Guactastic, Guacaliscious, Guacultimate Guactacular! There was a lot of guac. Are you disgusted by the word “guac” yet? I think I might be.

If you’re not familiar with The Bell House, it’s basically Gowanus’s best venue for weird and fun events (such as TV parties, “My So-Called Prom,” Chili Cook-Offs, etc), as well as a bar/lounge for the usual weeknight casual drinking and schmoozing. You’re probably like, “Gowanus? Won’t I get cancer if I go there?” And the answer is yes, but it’s worth it because The Bell House is great. They sell Original Sin cider on draft and have lots of comfy chairs & couches, so I’m sold.

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