a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpN3ND4uqcI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/MlLADdFaT88/s1600-h/BkSoul_Part_II_August30th08_Med_DSC_3576.jpgimg style=margin:0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float:left;cursor:pointer;width:133px;height:200px; src=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpN3ND4uqcI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/MlLADdFaT88/s200/BkSoul_Part_II_August30th08_Med_DSC_3576.jpg alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373769846648383938 border=0//aspan style=font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;span style=font-family:verdana;Tamboril Lounge sent this in: /spanbr //spanspan style=font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;span style=font-family:verdana;On Saturday August 29th Brooklyn Soul will host a special edition of the dance party /spanstrong style=font-family:verdana;emSummer Fling/em/strongspan style=font-family:verdana;. The event will feature special guest, DJ Silence. For this special event, all guests will be admitted FREE before midnight with rsvp. Attendees can rsvp via the event website/spana rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklynsoul.com/www.BrooklynSoul.com/aspan style=font-family:verdana;or by email to rsvp@BrooklynSoul.com. /span/spanp style=font-family:verdana;span style=font-size:100%;Brooklyn Soul dance party is held at the new Tamboril Lounge, located at 527 Myrtle Ave in Clinton Hill. The last Brooklyn Soul event attracted well over 200 guests./span/ppspan style=font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;strongAbout Brooklyn Soul/strongbr /Brooklyn Soul is a FREE monthly dance party that takes place on the last Saturday of each month. The dance party encompasses music from the US and around the globe. The dance party feature some of the premier djs in New York City including DJ Silence of Pointblank Sound. DJs play a special selection of music including 80s amp; 90s Classics, Ramp;B, Latin, Neo-Soul, AfroBeat, Funk, Soul, Reggae and Soca./span/pspan style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-9148575166541083003?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

divThe a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.bksouthie.com/BK Southie blog/a (which we’ve just added to our blog roll) sends word that the a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.bksouthie.com/32nd Feast of Santa Rosalia/a — a ten-day street festival through the heart of Bensonhurst, on 18th Avenue from 68th to 75th — begins this Thursday, August 27 and runs 10 days through Sunday, September 6.br /br /Brian Hedden of BK Southie says the blog will be adding photos and information from time to time, so check back in. (There’s already a nice photo montage of the action.)br /br /Hedden says the festival organizers still run their show in an old-fashioned manner: Even the posters in the storefronts are written mostly in Italian./divbr /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.bksouthie.com/2009/08/santa-rosalia-fest-begins-thursday-august-27/Santa Rosalia fest Begins Thursday, August 27/a BK Southiebr /br /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153); target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE/a/span.div class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-594634590859540196?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

iframe class=embeddedvideo src=http://www.youtube.com/v/_E2vk_Sg1Awamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;rel=0 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=375 height=324/iframebr /Here’s a video from the newish a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.bksouthie.com/BK Southie/a blog, which we just added to our blog roll. It shows span class=descriptionMustard, Ketchup, and Relish racing between innings at a Brooklyn Cyclones-Oneonta Tigers game on August 15. /spanbr /br /Go Mustard!br /br /Check out the a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.bksouthie.com/2009/08/take-me-out-to-the-cyclones/entire post here/a, where BK Southie reports on the game and soaks up the atmosphere.br /br /span style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE/a/span.div class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-8057132898926812002?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

- span style=font-weight:bold;A new Indian restaurant/span in Brooklyn Heights seems to have potential, if opening day service bumps can be worked out. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12479Brooklyn Heights Blog/abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;The New York Times/span endorsed City Councilman David Yassky of Brooklyn for New York City Comptroller Monday. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31amp;id=30341Brooklyn Eagle/abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;Using the magic of technology/span, Shelved@NYC has resurrected the Brooklyn Public Library’s response to the whole span style=font-style:italic;Tintin Au Congo/span brouhaha, after the library removed the response from its a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://blog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/blog/a. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://shelvedatnyc.blogspot.com/2009/08/bpl-publishes-then-retracts-tintin.htmlShelved@NYC /abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;193 members /spannow belong to the Yahoo group dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the The St George Tower in Brooklyn Heights. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.thestgeorgetower.2ya.com/TheStGeorgeTower /abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;Cripes: Now Thor Equities/span has shut down Dreamland! Is that the sound of something going down the drain? a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.saveconeyisland.net/?p=673Save Coney Island/abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;Virtual Doorman,/span a high-tech electronic doorman system, is finding acceptance in Brooklyn. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5amp;id=30348Brooklyn Eagle /abr /br /- span style=font-weight:bold;The non-profit/span environmental group Times Up! is hosting a bike tour of Newtown Creek this Saturday at 4pm. a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://greenpointers.blogspot.com/2009/08/newtown-creek-bike-tour.htmlGreenpointersbr /br //abr /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153); target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-558645804894238642?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/RsT3×02K6LI/AAAAAAAAA9c/lBelrI-k-HU/s1600-h/IMG_3594_trolleys_behind_fairway.jpgimg style=margin:0px auto 10px;display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer; src=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/RsT3×02K6LI/AAAAAAAAA9c/lBelrI-k-HU/s400/IMG_3594_trolleys_behind_fairway.jpg alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099473113461745842 border=0//aFor years, they laughed at Bob Diamond for a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklynrail.net/index.htmlhis crazy plan to bring trolleys back to Brooklyn/a — but they’re not laughing now.br /br /Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave his a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27amp;id=29956support last month/a, and now Brooklyn Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez is calling for funding for a Red Hook trolley system. According to the a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31amp;id=30374Brooklyn Eagle/a, in her request for funding in the 2010 surface transportation bill, she has included $10 million for “design and construction of a light rail system along the Brooklyn waterfront from Red Hook to Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y.”br /br /Mr. Diamond (famous for a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2009/04/whats-behind-wall-atlantic-ave-tunnel.htmldiscovering the long-lost Atlantic Avenue Tunnel/a, the world’s first subway tunnel) suffered numerous setbacks in trying to bring trolleys back to Brooklyn. The trolley cars stacked up behind Fairway in Red Hook (shown above, as they looked in 2007) are left-overs from an attempt of Diamond’s that came too early in Brooklyn’s redevelopment.br /br /Some folks are against the trolleys. When a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/08/he-might-be-crazy-but-wouldnt-you-love.htmlwe wrote about Diamond’s idea/a two years ago, one commenter remarked, If Mr. Diamond wants to play with trains, he should do it at home, with his little conductor hat on. (None-the-less, the majority who commented were in favor of bringing them back.)br /br /Diamond told the Eagle that “This idea [mentioned by Velázquez] is precisely what I called “Brooklyn Heritage Trolley Project [BHRA] Phase 3” back in 2002. In fact, I believe the $10,000,000 sum comes from a TEA-21 [Transportation Equity Act] grant application we submitted at that time, but the city declined to sponsor it.”br /br /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31amp;id=30374Red Hook Trolley Idea Picks Up Support/a Brooklyn Eaglebr /br /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/08/he-might-be-crazy-but-wouldnt-you-love.html- He Might Be Crazy — But Wouldn’t You Love to Take the Trolley in Brooklyn?/a/spanbr /span style=font-size:85%;- a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2009/04/whats-behind-wall-atlantic-ave-tunnel.htmlWhat’s Behind the Wall? Atlantic Ave. Tunnel Mystery/a/spanbr /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2009/02/brooklyns-atlantic-avenue-tunnel-whats.htmlspan style=font-size:85%;- Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue Tunnel: What’s Behind the Wall?/span/abr /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/10/mole-people-back-in-brooklyn.html- Mole People Back in Brooklyn?/abr /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/10/line-up-for-atlantic-avenue-tunnel-tour.html- Lineup For Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tour/abr /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/07/brooklyn-spelunking-atlantic-avenue.html- Brooklyn Spelunking: Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tours Return/a/spanbr /br /span style=font-size:85%;Photo copyright MK Metzbr /br /a rel=nofollow style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153); target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.comGo to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-4220676380770726543?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYJ0prxSbI/AAAAAAAAFag/qVNhDix5lnA/s1600-h/team_spirit_galapagos.gifimg style=margin:0px auto 10px;display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:241px;height:320px; src=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYJ0prxSbI/AAAAAAAAFag/qVNhDix5lnA/s320/team_spirit_galapagos.gif alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374494005460552114 border=0//aTeam Spirit Animal Squad is coming to Galapagos at 16 Main Street in DUMBO on Friday, August 28 at 9 p.m.br /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=amp;showCode=TRA18amp;GUID=ce8458fb-c94f-493c-9984-a32c074c3d91Tickets/a: $20br /br /A Totemic Feast of Animals and the Spirit. Aerial Feats, Music, Dance, Dreambr /br /span style=font-size:85%;Starring: VIC THRILL, Bamian.TV, Lone Wolf amp; Cub, The Bad Mittens andT-POWbr /Come dressed as your favorite spirit animal…/spanbr /br /span style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.comGo to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-3776763515587988148?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYcXKbWWdI/AAAAAAAAFa4/5PVI-_P_l2c/s1600-h/prospect_pk_map_jackson.bmpimg style=margin:0px auto 10px;display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:320px;height:198px; src=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYcXKbWWdI/AAAAAAAAFa4/5PVI-_P_l2c/s320/prospect_pk_map_jackson.bmp alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374514389574900178 border=0//aSpike Lee’s a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.40acres.com/index.php?option=com_contentamp;view=articleamp;id=1465Michael Jackson Block Party/a, which was moved to Prospect Park this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. because of the massive crowds expected, will be drawing those huge crowds just as the solemn ceremonies of a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.theoldstonehouse.org/Battle Week 2009/a kicks off in Prospect Park Saturday at 11 a.m.p class=eventtitleMmmn, we hope that someone in the Parks Dept. remembered that something was already going on in Prospect Park when they booked the Michael Jackson extravaganza./pp class=eventtitleThe map above shows the Battle of Brooklyn events starting at 11 a.m. at the Maryland Monument (small red circle). The larger red circle, according to a Parks Dept. map supplied by Spike Lee, is space allotted to the Michael Jackson party in the Neathermead Meadow./pp class=eventtitlea rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYRx13GyzI/AAAAAAAAFaw/qZ1stkFot0k/s1600-h/battle-brooklyn_OSH.jpgimg style=margin:0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float:left;cursor:pointer;width:177px;height:113px; src=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYRx13GyzI/AAAAAAAAFaw/qZ1stkFot0k/s200/battle-brooklyn_OSH.jpg alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374502753282738994 border=0//aThe a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.theoldstonehouse.org/Battle of Brooklyn/a remembrance is happening not even a stone’s throw from the Michael Jackson shindig. Hey, we like Michael Jackson too — but we want to know: will DJ Spinna’s soundchecks be conducted during the Rededication of the Maryland Monument? Will the Jumbotron be blasting during the Reading of the Maryland 400?/pp class=eventtitleHow’s this going to work?br //pdiv style=text-align:center;* * *br //divspan style=font-size:85%;Besides the Commemoration Ceremony Aug 29 in the park, events include a Battle Week Harbor Cruise with Barnet Schecter and the Battle Reenactment at Green-Wood Cemetery/March to Battle Hill Aug 30. Contact OSH for more information about Battle Week 718-768-3195 / a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.theoldstonehouse.org/www.theoldstonehouse.org/a See a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.theoldstonehouse.org/history.phphere/a for a quick history lesson./spanbr /br /span style=font-size:85%;Illustration courtesy of Old Stone House/spanbr /br /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153); target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE/a/span.div class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-8671266652477574379?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYNqHGm6JI/AAAAAAAAFao/ikvzKbc86jE/s1600-h/pig_roast.jpgimg style=margin:0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float:left;cursor:pointer;width:154px;height:200px; src=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SpYNqHGm6JI/AAAAAAAAFao/ikvzKbc86jE/s200/pig_roast.jpg alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374498222425696402 border=0//aFinger On the Pulse and MeanRed are teaming up with The Hapa Kitchen for another culinary blow out at a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://bklynyard.com/fri-aug-28th-hapa-kitchen-luau-pig-roast/BKLYN Yard/a this Friday, August 28. Here’s what they sent us:br /br /span style=color:rgb(204, 255, 255);We are taking it home with a Hawaiian-themed menu with a whole roast pig! Hawaiian favorites like macaroni salad will be given a seasonal and local twist with food from Garden of Eve Farm and Tamarack Hollow Farm. DJ Never Forget and Terry Diabolik will be spinning on the platters that matter, playing everyone’s favorite BBQ jams./spanbr /br /span style=color:rgb(204, 255, 255);BKLYN Yard // 388-400 Carroll St btw Bond and Nevins (Brooklyn)/spanbr /span style=color:rgb(204, 255, 255);6pm - 9pm/spanbr /span style=color:rgb(204, 255, 255);Free entry: $10 earns you a full dinner + one free Sixpoint beer/spanbr /br /br /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow style=color:rgb(153, 255, 153); target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-2406565877174115140?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SOYu7rcaVcI/AAAAAAAAD9k/A94RIFqOtaI/s1600-h/IMG_2512_rat_closeup.jpgimg style=margin:0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float:left;cursor:pointer;width:174px;height:132px; src=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GTU_nOCsE-s/SOYu7rcaVcI/AAAAAAAAD9k/A94RIFqOtaI/s200/IMG_2512_rat_closeup.jpg alt= id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252937618183312834 border=0//aIt turns out there are no current surveys or studies that track the number of rats in Brooklyn or New York City. But not to worry: NYC’s Dept. of Health says that New York’s rats don’t transmit disease to city residents like those dirty rats in other cities around the world, according to a story in the a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27amp;id=30403Brooklyn Eagle/a.br /br /That’s a relief, because residents quoted by the Eagle say Brooklyn is swamped with rats the size of hamsters. Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue restaurant-goers talk about rats in the dining patios, Boerum Hill residents talk about rats getting inside their homes.br /br /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27amp;id=30403Brooklyn’s Rats: Making Us Sick?/a Or Just a Nuisance? Brooklyn Eaglebr /br /span style=font-size:85%;a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-rats-at-brooklyn-borough-hall.html- More Rats at Brooklyn Borough Hall /a/spanbr /br /span style=font-size:85%;Photo of rat in Borough Hall by MK Metzbr /a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.mcbrooklyn.com/Go to McBrooklyn’s HOME PAGE./a/spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3154580569513471740-1193216767000648118?l=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com’//div

***** Bobo#8217;s Restaurant, 2938 East Grant Road, Tucson, Arizona 85716 (520) 326-6163.
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