Gluten Free Cakes and Treats

Here’s where you can purchase gluten free cakes, cupcakes, cookies and treats in Bay Ridge and around Brooklyn:

1) Bay Ridge Bakery opened a dedicated Gluten Free facility in NJ called Gluten Free Gloriously (no cross contamination) and brings the treats to the Bay Ridge. You can order gorgeous gf cakes from here and they will bring them to Bay Ridge. They also do dairy free cakes.

2) Little Cupcake Bakeshop 9102 3rd Avenue has at least one gluten free cake, gf muffins, gluten free cupcakes and vegan cupcakes as well.

3) Simply Di-Delicious makes a flourless Italian lemon whole milk ricotta and almond cake GF, but you have to order it ahead of time 917-297-3881

4) Tasty Pastry 8216 13th Avenue

5) Trader Joe’s 130 Court Street – gluten free cupcakes

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37 Year Old Man Jumped From the Verrazano Bridge This Morning – May 7, 2017

Jason Dickinson, a 37 year old man with NJ plates and a Connecticut driver’s license committed suicide by jumping from the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano Bridge before the Five Borough Bike Tour started this morning. He was a former US Coast Guard member and Marine. Story here.  

RIP. Prayers for his family.

Other people who have jumped from the Verrazano Bridge.

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Bereavement Groups in Bay Ridge

If you lost someone you love and want to talk about it, there are Bereavement Support Groups:

Saint Ephrem’s 2018 Bereavement Group:

Our Lady of Angels Bereavement Support Group  meets at the  St. Joseph’s Center  at 336 – 73rd Street.

• Holy Cross has a bereavment group – Dr. Claudia Mitzeliotis 917-406-7345 or the Church office 718-833-3510

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The Greenmarket Returns to Bay Ridge on May 13th

The Bay Ridge Greenmarket will be back in Walgreens Parking lot – 95th Street and 3rd Avenue starting May 13th.Gentile set this up years ago and I am glad to see it continuing. The market is open from 8 am – 3 pm, especially when there is Jazz Music (which may happen on 5/20 during the grand opening).

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RIP Kevin Peter Carroll

Kevin Peter Carroll – Bay Ridge politician and civic leader passed away – see here

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Visitation Academy Plant Sale – May 10th

Visitation Academy Plant Sale –

May 10th – 9:30 -2:00 pm

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El-Yateem Points Out that MTA Flyers were not Translated into Different Languages…..Neither is His Church’s Website

When I first heard of Khader El-Yateem, I went to his church website to see who he was. The church’s out-of-date website has announcements about events from November 2016 and Easter 2016. The only thing translated to Arabic on the site was the word Welcome.

El-Yateem’s church  has a survey online, but if  you were a new immigrant and you went to the site, you  wouldn’t be able to answer the survey unless you knew English.  This man wants to be our councilman and tell us he knows all about Arabic people and immigrants, but doesn’t think he owes his community the Arabic translation of his site. SMH.    

Then I saw this: 

Khader El-Yateem was outside the station today while Bay Ridge had to go to work. He set up his stand and called for the press like a typical pol. In Sunset Park, when the MTA didn’t come through, the City Council hopeful rented a bus and brought passengers to the next station. El-Yateem was just out to complain that everyone didn’t know about the station being closed because the MTA didn’t translate the information to different languages.

Why didn’t El-Yateem translate and spread the information about the train  through the community since he claims he is a community leader?  

 #WhatBayRidgeDoesn’tNeed another picture taking pol.

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Marty Doesn’t Want Mansions Taxed More – What Else is New?

Blah, blah, blah — don’t tax the rich people says Marty Golden. See the story at The Real Deal….Golden wants to repeal the bill so when someone buys a one million dollar+ mansion they don’t have to pay more tax. Ahhh that Senator Golden, he’s so thoughtful.

Blah, blah, blah….Let’s give more money, computers, free everything to people who don’t work says Mayor DeBlasio.  

No one is speaking out for the middle class which is getting taxed like crazy (well in Bay Ridge, not Park Slope because the Mayor owns two homes in Park Slope and pays less tax than we pay for a similar home). 

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Malliotakis uses Linda Sarsour as a Scapegoat to Capture the Jewish Vote

In February 2017,  a Jewish cemetery was vandalized in St. Louis, Missouri.  Linda Sarsour created a Launch Good crowdfunding project which raised $162,468 to repair the cemetery. 

Malliotakis issued a press release that Kings County Politics blog printed. Malliotakis stated that Linda Sarsour was “a product of growing anti-Semitism.”  

FACT:  Although BDS supporters are often seen as antisemitic, Sarsour had show support/respect to the Jewish community. Sarsour has Jewish supporters. May 7th Update: And Rabbis come to bat for Sarsour.

Malliotakis wrote, “CUNY should rescind the invitation to Ms. Sarsour and consider a more suitable speaker, perhaps one who unites people rather than dividing them, to address its students,” said Malliotakis.”

FACT: Linda Sarsour was one of the women who organized the Woman’s March on Washington that brought 500,000 people together.

You may not agree with what  Linda Sarsour says (like this, this or this), but you have to give her credit for being a Muslim woman who is speaking out and leading other women to do the same.  

FACT:  Malliotakis knew Linda Sarsour and Sarsour’s heart. In 2012, they issued a statement against hate together.  Sarsour actually strongly supported Malliotakis’ run for Congress when hardly anyone else did. 

Nicole Malliotakis is trying to run a campaign on hate like Donald Trump did.   You can be morally bankrupt, but eventually that will get you in the end (and you still won’t be the mayor or NYC). I guess we are going to have months of Malliotakis press release politics and fact-checking as well.

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My father died seven years ago. I am reminded of him almost everyday.

Before he died, he laid in a hospital bed for a few weeks unable to talk. I went and sat beside his bed and said everything that was on my mind. Most people don’t get the opportunity to do this. I told my father something he wasn’t aware of. A few years after his death, I found out that he didn’t know about what I  spoke to him about. I can imagine he must have been surprised by what I said, but angry and betrayed by those who kept the information from him.   I’m glad he knew before he passed. 

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New Bakery in Bay Ridge

Bobby’s Jewelry was at 8105  – 5th Avenue. It moved to the side street and is now at 514 – 81st Street.  A new French bakery is opening on the corner. Good luck to the owners!!

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Nicole Malliotakis Wants to Be Our Mayor – Sit Down Malliotakis!

Kings County Politics Blog ran the picture below with the title: “2017 Citywide Elections: Real Life Fearless Girl Not Afraid Of De Blasio”

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis wants to be Mayor of NYC. Malliotakis sent out a press release to the Kings County Blog and CHOSE to refer to herself as a girl. She’s a middle-aged woman! Does Marty Golden or any man in politics refer to themselves as a boy? No of course not!  This explains why THIS GIRL thought it was okay to bring her art supplies to work.

‘That Girl’ Malliotakis is sitting and waiting on John Catsimatidis to make a move in his life, which will determine if she can make a move in hers. What woman does that?  This isn’t a game of hopscotch where you need to wait your turn to go.  Remember when Congressman Grimm stepped down to go to jail and Malliotakis ran around like a chicken without a head trying to get the Republican Party to support her for the position? They went with Dan Donovan instead. 

Many think Malliotakis is just seeking a position with Trump, but Malliotakis was a main supportor of Marco Rubio, rather than Trump during the presidential election – see the NYC Republicans video. Ironically, they referred to Malliotakis as a little girl as well. In fact, in the comments of that video, Senator Diane Savino chastised those who referred to Malliotakis as a little girl (see here).  What does Savino have to say now that she has seen Malliotakis refer to herself as a girl? Nothing….as usual. 

Nicole Malliotakis has followed men in their voting and then remained silent about her vote, even though she is active on social media. She remained silent when leaders in her party did the wrong thing. Assemblywoman Malliotakis plays politics and wastes money. As an Assemblywoman in Brooklyn, she’s been an awful representative towards a community with many immigrants. Nicole wanted to keep the identification of people who obtained IDNYC so she sued the city. The NY State Supreme Court said Malliotakis did not have standing to sue the city. Nicole didn’t respect the courts decision and is now appealing the decision.  It’s easy to go after immigrants;  a better woman would be helping to change the law to help people become legal citizen, especially for young adults who came here when they were young children.  

Every time someone tells me that Malliotakis is good, I ask them to name something she has done AND NO ONE CAN.

Malliotakis has very few bills that she initiated and passed through the Assembly.  When she runs for office, she minimizes that by saying, “my colleagues and I did this…”    In fact, Malliotakis has taken credit for another Assemblywoman’s work.  I called her out on it and she did not correct the problem. An important bill to protect police office called the Blue Alert Bill that was initiated with Senator Golden & Assemblywoman Malliotakis did not receive the proper attention/work – a Senator from Maryland and Obama has to push the bill through for New York.  I noticed that Senator Golden doesn’t use Malliotakis as his Assembly contact when he wants to push bills that are important to him (like 421a – Tax Breaks for Developers).

I’d be glad to get Malliotakis out of Bay Ridge, but NYC would be worse off.  A few years ago, Malliotakis was on the Education Committee and she pushed the Apple Plan. The Apple Plan was not a solution to the problems of NYC and I let her know. She didn’t care – the booklet for the plan was printed and she continued to push it. Thankfully it was voted down in the Assembly. It would just be press release after press release claiming that things in the city were great to make it look like ‘That Girl’ Malliotakis was actually doing something (like this or this) for the city.  

There are some fantastic women in New York City that should run or mayor – Leticia James should be on everyone’s mind as she is present in all the boroughs and knows the problems that NYC faces. Mallitakis can go wait on another man, Joe Borelli to make a move in his life, so she can.

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