Adopt a Kitty in Bay Ridge on 12/7
Adopt a cat or kitten in Bay Ridge at My Natural Pet 8318 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge.
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December 3, 2019Magic Lash Salon Opened on 3rd Avenue
Magic Lash Salon opened at 7718 – 3rd Avenue. 347-578-7040
It’s open every day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.
The store is next to Fatty Daddy Tacos and across the street from the Greenhouse Cafe. Years ago, Alexandria Car Service used to be there.
Magic Lashes prices and services are listed here
Since they just opened they are having a 20% deal on their door.
Congratulations to the Magic Lash Owners – may you make Bay Ridge women look beautiful with your lashes!
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December 3, 2019St. Mary’s Christmas Boutique 12/7-12/8
See more events in Bay Ridge this weekend here.
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December 2, 2019Donate Clothing in
Giving Tuesday is celebrated after Cyber Monday. It is a movement to transform communities through supporting organizations that make a difference!
1) Grandma’s Love – I’ve written about Theresa and her organization, Grandma’s Love before -> here. Grandma’s Love provides children in our area a bags of food for the weekend. This is a way to make a difference right here in Bay Ridge. Grandma’s Love also makes sure that children have the necessary things – school bags, supplies, books to read, warm clothes, etc. (Facebook is matching the donation here)
2) Reaching Out Food Pantry – the food pantry feeds a lot of people right outside of our area. Food pantries seem to be maxxed out now.They also give holiday parties to families who need a little Christmas.
What if you can’t give $$ now – Volunteer on 12/14 & 12/21 to assist with their annual holiday toy drive & which gives some Christmas joy to 800+ children in need. Sign up here
Toys needed for the Annual Operation Christmas Smiles Event https://t.co/DwGhdUtLJk
— Tom Neve (@RCSPROGRAMS) November 30, 2019
3) Bay Ridge Cares – An organization that comes to neighbors’ needs when, at times, there is no one else. Recently, they spend hours getting Thanksgiving Dinners t0 the elderly and homebound. Last year, they helped out a veteran in need. They also setup the acct so Facebook will match what you give – see here
4) Sean Casey Animal Rescue – great organization that finds homes for cats and dogs. What if you don’t have money to give? Bring them your newspapers – they need them for cages and yesterday they made a call for them on Facebook.
If you don’t have money right now, go donate clothes you don’t need! Brooklyn Dance Center at 9110 – 5th Avenue is collecting used clothes, accessories, bags, belts and shoes. Everyone has things they don’t need – bring it to the dance school.
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December 2, 2019Does a Politician Need to Tour Other Areas to Do Their Job?
According to Shorefront News, Andrew Gounardes went on a Civil Service Tour. Story here
Why do politicians do that? People don’t elect them so they can go on trips. Some of the politicians in area have accepted trips to China and Israel and think that’s okay because everyone else is doing it.
I don’t think it was necessary for Gournardes to see the fire department, bus depot or schools in upstate NY – we have all of those things here. Couldn’t Gounardes have asked questions and taken pictures with the men and women who work in Brooklyn? Maybe Gounardes should give up being the chair of this committee so he can concentrate on doing his job.
And who pays for this trip? Nothing in life is free, so whoever is paying wants Gounardes to vote a certain way.
Ironically, the man quoted in the article, Tim Kennedy wrote a bill to give tax property tax breaks to some people in his area (no, I am not kidding).
Union 32BJ has Gounardes chanting, but why isn’t he here helping his community with the problems HERE?
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December 2, 2019Restaurants and Bars Decorated for Christmas in Bay Ridge
Everyone loves to take pictures in front of beautiful holiday displays.
Restaurants and Bars that Decorated for Christmas in Bay Ridge:
Skinflints 7902 – 5th Avenue
The Little Cupcake Bakeshop – grab a coffee/hot chocolate and take a picture with their Santa
Salty Dog – 7509 3rd Avenue
Tanoreen
Chadwicks 8822 – 3rd Avenue
Greenhouse Cafe has wreaths on the wall.
Sofia’s Restaurant always decorates for Christmas! Here’s a video
Pippins Bar and Restaurant 9023 – 3rd Avenue
Greenhouse Cafe Restaurant (large place if you have a lot of people) 7713 – 3rd Avenue
The Wicked Monk has a huge Christmas tree every year, 3rd Avenue between 95th and 96th Street
Cebu 8801 – 3rd Avenue – decorated on the outside more than the inside.
Around Brooklyn
- Garguillo’s Restaurant 2911 W 15th Street in Coney Island is beautiful at Christmas time. They have several large decorated trees to take pictures in front of, toy soldiers, a manager and this beautiful room:
In Manhattan
- Rolf’s on 22nd and 3rd in Manhattan. It’s a German restaurant/bar with amazing decorations overhead (see more pics here)
- Rosemary Enoteca & Trattoria is beautifully decorated. They showed their tree being picked on instagram. And look how festive it is inside and the other side of the room with the tree (and from the outside)
- Carmine’s in Times Square – looking good
- Stella 34 in Macy’s – great for brunch because they have an amazing old style Santa
- The South Street Seaport is always festive for the holidays
In Staten Island
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December 1, 2019Conan at Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
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December 1, 2019Power Lost in Dyker Heights – 12/1
Update: 4:40 pm – Some people are reported they have power – Hooray!! Story here
Residents in the 70’s around 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights were experiencing flickering lights in the early afternoon today. Around 3:00 pm, some of them lost power or partial power in their home. Some people in the 80’s said they heard a loud noise around 2:40 pm (if this is true, it means its a blown transformer…..we’ve seen this happen so many times in Dyker).
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November 30, 2019Blood Drive Outside Greenhouse Cafe 12/4
There will be a blood drive on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 10:00 am to 7:45 pm outside The Greenhouse Café at 7717 – 3rd Avenue.
The blood drive is in memory of Haley Gray Daquara. Haley’s Comets is sponsoring the blood drive. (This has to be one of the nicest ways to honor someone).
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November 30, 2019Luan’s Coffee Bar is Opening on 3rd Ave.
Luan’s Coffee Bar is opening at 7405 – 3rd Avenue. It’s next door to Tairyo (great ramen soup). Years ago this storefront used to be a fruit market.
This is around the corner from the Clockface Coffee shop that recently opened.
I hope Luan works in the coffee shop!
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November 30, 20193JP Ready for the XMas
Three Jolly Pigeons (3JP) is ready for Christmas.
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November 30, 2019Vaping Forum – 12/2 – Weird
On December 2nd, Senator Gournardes is going to have a vaping forum at PS 195 Manhattan Beach for teens, tweens and families. Gournades and Councilman Brannan did a meeting about vape for parents in our district awhile back.
Strange things:
a) Senator Diane Savino’s picture on the bottom of the flyer and is sooo tiny. Why ?
Savino is definitely able to talk on this topic. Last Spring, Senator Savino had a lot of bills about legalizing pot. See here One interesting bill, Savino had was to raise the age to 21 for smoking and vaping. See here
b) The groups that are sponsoring the meeting are named on the bottom. Some of their logos aren’t clear, but the first one is. The first group is Steve Saperstein’s group. Saperstein is a Republican who ran in the city council and assembly elections – see here. I’ve seen Saperstein’s new group run the same events that Coney Island Hospital has run other years.
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