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Why No Credit Cards

I generally prefer to pay for anything and everything with plastic. Its just more convenient for me, because I don’t have to go to an ATM every so often for cash. There are times when I go for a week or two with no cash and only use my credit or debit card. Of course…

December 17, 2006
Ganz Discount Dry Cleaners

Yesterday I went to drop off some laundry…coats, comforter etc to Ganz Cleaners and found out that it had shut down. Ganz was located close to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Willoughby and Flushing. The laundry is now under new management. And they are not “Discount” as their awning billboard announces. Looks like they bought…

December 17, 2006
A Taste of Bed-Stuy

Bed-Stuy the next nabe over from Clinton Hill, was home to me for over two years. I still miss the neighborhood and its edginess. As they “Bed-Stuy Do or Die”. Here is a great video on Bed-Stuy. A must watch.

November 25, 2006
Barnes and Noble Coming on Myrtle ?

Just heard from a broker friend that Barnes and Noble might be signing a lease to open shop on Myrtle Avenue at Carlton Avenue. I tried to find out more but could not get more info out of him. Also nothing shows up on the internet search avenue. Anyone having any more info on this…

October 25, 2006
Literary Night At Tillies

Literary Night to Benefit Develop Don’t Destroy Wednesday, October 18 7:30 p.m. Tillies – 248 DeKalb Ave, corner of Vanderbilt. 718-783-6140 Donation suggested. Jhumpa Lahiri : Pulitzer Prize winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake Jennifer Egan : National Book Award Finalist and author of Look At Me and The Keep Susan Choi…

October 17, 2006
Best Nails Place

This post is a result of a hot debate that ensued last night at a friend’s place. The missus and some other friends were hotly discussing the best place to get a manicure and pedicure in Clinton Hill. All the women involved traded their war stories. Purple Nails on Myrtle was for most of them…

October 16, 2006
Kinara II disappoints

Last week we announced the sighting and impending opening up of a new Indian restaurant in the neighborhood. Kinara II promised a lot. However it turned out to be not as I had hoped it would. The missus and I decided to try it out for dinner yesterday, the first day of the restaurant. The…

September 30, 2006
Bank Of America on Myrtle

There have been substantial rumours that Bank Of America is setting up shop in Clinton Hill. The old Adami Hardware store on the corner of Myrtle and Waverly closed down a few months ago, and moved across the street in a smaller reincarnation. The rumour mill has it that a Bank of America is coming…

September 30, 2006
Kinara II: New Indian Restaurant

A new Indian restaurant comes to Clinton Hill. Our neighborhood lacks a good Indian restaurant. The only one, Amin….sucks !! And I am an Indian, and I would know good food from bad. Kinara II is the new cousin of Kinara, which is in Park Slope. It opens next Friday, September 29th. See you there…

September 23, 2006
Local Firemen on The Streets

FortGreeneCourier reports… Area residents were criticizing the city last week for turning a crucial neighborhood fire station into a movie set. Residents said that they were quite surprised Friday when they passed Engine Company 280 and Ladder Company 132, located at 489 St. John’s Place, to find the fire trucks in the bays replaced with…

September 17, 2006

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