[Photo courtesy of David Shankbone] (We originally ran this item early yesterday morning, but since our server was down most of yesterday, we’re reposting it this morning.) There is nothing like a little public oral sex to liven up an afternoon trip with the kids to Cobble Hill for ice cream. This is what’s being […]

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[Photo courtesy of janelerner/Flickr] The annual Hal Willner tribute show closed out the Celebrate Brooklyn season this weekend. This year’s subject was Bill Withers, who sat up front, and watched a lot of performers do his songs. Mr. Withers sang one song and went up on stage for the “Lean on Me” finale. There’s a […]

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We’re sorry to note that GL continues to suffer some technical difficulties via our cruddy webhost Lunarpages, which is the webhosting equivalent of the Ninth Circle of Hell. Yesterday, they took us down from 10:30AM until 5:30PM. Other days we’ve been taken down for 3-4 hours at a time. We apologize if you’ve come around […]

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The legendary Isaac Hayes died yesterday at the age of 65 in his home in East Memphis, Tenn. On June 12, he opened the 30th Anniversary season of Celebrate Brooklyn and ran through a set of soul and R&B classics that climaxed with his classic, Shaft. Here are some of the photos we shot that […]

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So, a building in Prospect Heights at 349 St. Johns had the honor of being featured on This American Life on NPR…because of its bedbug problem. —This American Life via Brooklynian

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[Image courtesy of June Carter Cash/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of Prospect Heights (aka the Atlantic Yards Footprint) with the warm light of dusk making it glow.

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We’re looking at a mix of things today, with the forecast calling for clouds and sun with a shower or thunderstorm around. The high will be 75. There could be some showers around tonight and the low will be 67.–Accuweather

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[Photo courtesy of David Shankbone] There is nothing like a little public oral sex to liven up an afternoon trip with the kids to Cobble Hill for ice cream. This is what’s being reported in a Park Slope Parents email as taking place of Friday around three in the afternoon at the 15th Street F […]

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For this week’s Sunday Craigslist Missed Connection, we have one that has a kernel of truth in it (somewhere), but is overall, amusing in a bizarre kind of way: I SPILLED COFFEE ON YOUR BABY! – m4w – 26 (Brooklyn) Hello there! This is a total shot in the dark, but I am the gentleman […]

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The fame of Coney’s Waterboarding attraction has now spread nationwide as per this clip on CNN that we came across via Kinetic Carnival.

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is Brooklyn Flea, which is going on again this afternoon, of course, as captured by valued GL Photo Contributor and Brit in Brooklyn blogger Adrian Kinloch on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/GL Flickr Pool] We love this image, which the photographer, jplpagan, calls Bottle Up & Go. He writes, “A collection of (30s era?) soda bottles, property of Eli, the local seltzer & soda delivery guy. Doesn’t every borough have one?” Excellent stuff.

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“Compared with New York, the District might lack a real Chinatown and authentic bagel shops, but all that doesn’t really matter when we don’t even have enough space to walk around. I realized this recently when visiting a friend in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, a mix of rowhouses, restaurants and small businesses similar to my […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a sudden Coney downpour on Friday captured by our valued GL Photo Pool contributor, Rubys Host.

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Keep an eye on the sky today, and not just when walking past construction sites. Here’s the forecast: “A strong thunderstorm in the afternoon; thunderstorms can bring hail and damaging winds.” The high will be 82. There will be strong thunderstorms around this evening too. The low will be 64.–Accuweather

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Do you dig people texting, sending emails and IMs and talking on their cell phones during dinner? Well, here’s a fun rant (what better thing than a rant on a Friday?) from Brooklynian that originates at Al Di La. It also veers from Blackberries and iPhones to shorts, t-shirts and flip flops: I’ll just say […]

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Here are a couple of nice vids of last night’s 88 BoaDrum performance in East River State Park in Williamsburg featuring Gang Gang Dance. It was, you know, 88 drums starting their performance at 8:08PM on 8/8/08.

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes: We went to Petfinder to find this baby named Tina, who’s eight months old. Here’s more about her: Tina is an 8 month old Rottweiler mix…she […]

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If you enjoy reenactments of and events commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn, your time is almost at hand. The Battle was fought on August 27, 1776, turning places where we live, shop and recreate into, well, battlefields. The commemoration takes place on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Green-Wood Cemetery. At 10:00 A.M. there’s a Tribute […]

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Pays des merveilles from Lico on Vimeo. Here’s a video from a French rapper named Lico with music and rap over some great historic archival footage of Coney Island. Enjoy.

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[Photo courtesy of bestviewinbrooklyn/Gl Flickr Pool] This kitty is perched on a ledge in one of the apartments above the Red Hook Fairway. The image comes to our GL Flickr Pool from bestviewinbrooklyn.

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is something that one sees when one looks up in Sunset Park. It comes to us from the camera of Adrian Kinloch, a GL Contributor who has kindly hit us off with a major supply of superb photos this week.

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Erykah Badu performed this week at the MLK Concert Series. Here’s a short vid of one of the songs.

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The Times take a look at the simmer issue of the St. Ann’s Schools objection to a Federal probation office. “The school, St. Ann’s, has been educating the best of Brooklyn (and other boroughs) for four decades. The school, whose 1,080 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade are spread over six buildings…Parents who pay St. […]

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