Last week Darren, Matt, a brother each, and Justin Bernhaut bought a sailboat named the “Interlude” on Craigslist. She was built in 1967–older than all the owners save one, but her looks, charm and physique have them all beat!
See for yourself, this here Whale swam into the Gowanus Canal last night. Our Kevin Jordan got this shot on his way home from an all night high stakes poker match in the basement of Monte’s Venetian Room.
A local was overheard saying, "A Whale in F’in Brooklyn…can you believe this shit!" She’ll only be there till tonight, so head over before the tide rolls in and takes her back to sea. Leaving Brooklyn? Fuggettaboudit!
Our annual trip to Peter Luger’s Steak House fell early this year and did not disappoint. The well weathered “meating” and eating institution has been around since 1887. We snacked on thick cut bacon, devoured well marbleized prime mid-western aged porterhouses, forked creamed spinach, dipped chocolate coins in schlaag, and washed it all down with ice cold Becks Dark. Andy Spreitzer pictured above wasted no time consuming his side of the loin.
Stylish and darling, a friend opened up her newly decorated duplex (yes, duplex) to pals for a dinner created by her chef friend (having chef friends is the bomb) purely for our pleasure. The Park Slope rental is so huge we have advised our friend, a Chicago transplant, that she must stay until she croaks, and said friend heartily agrees.
Don’t you love seeing the holiday decor already up on Halloween? It makes some of us reach for the xanax, especially when we think about those hard-to-shop-for butt-pains on our Holiday list. Hasker’s Home on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens caught our eye for the variety and uniqueness of the offerings. Seen here, the lava lamp has grown up and gotten some style. Mathmos created the original and now offers one with a choice of gel inserts to change with your mood…baby. Groovy. See other ‘Sleeper’ type orbs and motion sensitive lighting do-dads here too.
Just another Summer night heckling the single-A ball teams and the crowd of children around us. The Brooklyn Cyclones got creamed! And when they loose, the home crowd takes it out on the Mascots and the kids, (that’s what they’re for, right?). Dave Buttigieg, seen here harassing a 12-year old from the local Yeshiva.
A single-A ball game is a real New York slice of life. Take the Staten Island Ferry on a cool summer night, toast the Lady in the Harbor with a tall-can, stroll a few feet to the Staten island Yankee’s Stadium, sit close enough to see the big league hopefuls’ stubble, and watch our Brooklyn Cyclones crush them. (Go Clones!)
As Cobble Hill Brooklyn booms as a restaurant destination, the competition heats up. There are many sushi restaurants in the area between Atlantic and Third Place, Columbia and Smith. Osaka is the local favorite, except for the wait, which is why we stopped into the new Asian fishy lounge Cube 63, just up a block or two from our former favorite!
Check out the soft shell crab roll above! Everything is presented with a twirl of sweet and hot sauces, spicing up the usual suspects and making the little sushi sculptures edible works of art. We detected some locals settling right into being Cube’s first-name-basis ‘regulars’ at the bar. There also seems to be a graden dinning area in the works.
This plate features the City Roll ($11.00) and a bit of sashimi.
The service is very sweet and the Sake list is a nice little adventure.
Being connoisseurs we were disappointed that some of our a-la-cart favorites were not available, but better fresh than sorry!
234 Court near Baltic
718-243-2208
