Breakfast with Santa in Staten Island

Places in Staten Island to Take Pictures with Santa:

December 4th – Christmas in Historic Richmond Town in Staten Island –  11:00 – 7 pm *Memorable and good pics*  $5 a person – children under 6 are free.

South Fin Grill Brunch with Santa – *Every Sunday* beginning December 4th   11 AM – 2 PM    Adults $30 – Children $28 plus tax and tip.

December 10th – Samantha’s Fairytale Princesses  – Santa and Friends Christmas Experience  12-2pm  More info here

December 17th from 10 AM – 1: 00 pm    St. John’s Church Breakfast with Santa 

December 17th – Old Bermuda Inn’s Santa Brunch 11 :00 am and 1:30 pm  seatings   $36.95 adults and $22.95 kids

December 17th – Winter Dream Festival at MatchPoint NYC (10 minute car ride on the Belt Parkway from Bay Ridge). There will be presents, giveaways, an ice skating show, table games including super chexx dome hockey, air hockey, great food, interactive circus acts, face painters and dancers.  Tickets: $60 for kids, $30 for adults (per day)

December 18th – Rab’s Bowling Breakfast with Santa –  $17 a person includes bowling – family of four or more $15 a person  – go to their site  to pay

December 18th – Old Bermuda Inn Christmas Tea and Shopping for Kids

See Bay Ridge Events with Santa here

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Brooklyn Boulder – Friendsgiving 2 for 1 to Climb

November 21st – 23rd

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Hatchimals – The Christmas Toy of the Year

Two questions to the blog today about Hatchimals:  Where can I get a Hatchimal in Brooklyn?

I thought it would be easy to find one of these animals in an egg, but it looks like there is a monopoly on them and people are selling them for around $200. Hatchimals are usually priced at $49.99 – $65, but it’s like resellers grabbed them all and jacked the prices up!

Update: 12/2/16: Toys R Us Stores are each getting 150-200 Hatchimals in and will sell them Saturday morning – get there at opening.

The toy comes in the egg and when a child plays with it for a half an hour, the egg opens and there is an animal to play with.

Target in Brooklyn doesn’t have them, but some Targets in the Bronx and Long Island do have them (click on one of them and choose – check other stores)

$140 is the cheapest on Ebay   –  Be careful about purchasing from small places as there are a lot of counterfeit hatchimals now as well.

I even checked some local small stores to see if they have a secret stash and they don’t have any.

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Gluten Free Baked Goods at Bay Ridge Bakery

Bay Ridge Bakery 7805 – 5th Avenue 

Bay Ridge Bakery has a dedicated Gluten free Bakery in NJ. Gluten Free Gloriously! has recently been acquired and will be providing amazing cakes, breads, cookies, cupcakes and more to the gluten free world. Feel free to order and pick up in our Bay Ridge location. All GF products will be made and sealed in our NJ location and delivered to Bay Ridge

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Best Santa’s to Visit in Manhattan

 

Places in Manhattan to Take Pictures with Santa:

Macys Hearld Square – go to their site or their app and make an appointment for the early morning – see the store hours here – easy to see Santa – $20

ABC Carpet 888 Broadway in Manhattan has the best and most beautiful Santa on Saturdays and Sundays in December – see here

Breakfast with Santa on a Water Taxi on December 10th or Dec 17th – Adults $49 Children $39  Reserve here

Stella Trattoria – Breakfast with Macy’s Santa – $50 for adults $35 children 3 to 10 (2 and under is free) – includes photo – nice looking Santa (recommended by a reader because they serve bellini’s) Good review online See reviews – they aren’t so good   

Sessionsat 9:00am and 10:30am on:   November 26 & 27 and     December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, & 24

Breakfast with Santa at Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink – Expensive $50 children/$70 adults – see here

See Bay Ridge Events with Santa here

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Someone Filmed Shore Road

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Places in Queens to Take Pictures with Santa:

December 3rd – Queens Center Mall Breakfast with Santa  8:00 AM – 10:00 AM  Children will enjoy complimentary breakfast, fun, games and a special visit with Santa.

December 4th – Queens – Little North Pole – 144-03 Neponsit Avenue  3 pm – 7 pm – A lot of entertainment from school groups and Santa – very lively event – Thousands of people go to it.   Info here   

December 4th – Celebrate St. Nicholas Day – Dutch Christmas at the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society – Children are free/Adults $5     12-5 or 6 to 8pm

December 11th and 17th – Kids and Shape – Breakfast with Santa  $15  – signup here

December 18th –  Vetro’s Brunch with Santa (formerly Russo’s on the Bay)  Call or email for reservations at 718-843-8387 [email protected] Kids Adults $30 – $25 kids (it’s the regular brunch menu though)

See Bay Ridge Events with Santa here

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When the News Doesn’t Match What We Know

Nineteen year old stabbed in Bay Ridge.

The police/article claim that the two men didn’t know each other.

Of course they knew each other.  

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Clever Bay Ridge Businesses

I love this article in the Wall Street Journal on how four businesses are sharing one store front at 7709 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

Very clever business people!

The four businesses are: 

• A custom embroidery shop – S&D Sports & Outdoor Supply, (718) 921-9100 – everyone is always looking for this shop because they want to get sport shirt embroided with with names.

• Brooklyn Art – A frame shop – they also stretch canvas in one day (718) 745-7734

• Health-insurance brokerage

• A GPS dealer

Also loving the news on the Brooklyn Firefly Restaurant! Another article: here

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Mr. Abbate – Don’t Run for City Council to Pad Your Paycheck

I keep seeing stories of Assemblyman Peter Abbate thinking of running for NYC Council in my area.

FOR WHAT?  Money of course. Today, November 14th, it was announced that the Assembly was going to get a raise.

Abbate can try to tell us that it isn’t for money.  City Council gave themselves a raise last year and to me it looks like Abbate wants to claim it.  The news and blogs here, here and here keep speculating about Abbate running for Gentile’s seat, but Abbate isn’t relevant in Bay Ridge.  Ask ten people in Bay Ridge who Peter Abbate is and I would guess that 9 out of 10 have no idea who he is.

I won’t vote for Peter Abbate because: 

• Two years ago, I sent Abbate’s office as an e-mail and his staff never responded to it.

• Mr. Abbate isn’t on social media. He doesn’t want to communicate with the community anymore than he already does. While most people work and don’t have the time to contact their elected officials, social media allows for 24/7 communication. That is very important in our community. You can’t claim it’s not part of his generation because even Trump is on FB and Twitter. I don’t think a politician needs to have a social media account on every site, but all should have some way for people to easily communicate with you.

• In the September election, Abbate pushed Coney Island politicians, Mark Treyger and Pam Harris on us in Bay Ridge. That told me he has no clue about what they do or what Bay Ridge is like.  Both candidates won because Coney Island voters turned out for them – both Treyger and Harris lost in Bay Ridge.

• I didn’t like the way Peter Abbate handled Officer Peter Liang’s situation. I felt like Liang needed someone to beat the drummer louder and either Abbate didn’t want to or wasn’t able to.

• Mr. Abbate claims that no one is stepping forward to run in Bay Ridge. Abbate is fully aware that Bay Ridge has a  qualified individual.  Either Peter Abbate is playing politics or he lives under a rock – everyone knows who is interested in the seat and everyone knows who is active here in Bay Ridge. Mr. Abbate must not attend many events in Bay Ridge, but we do and we see the same person at everything because he loves these type of events.

Congratulations on your recent win Mr. Abbate. Please stay with what you know – Albany. The work flow up there isn’t too heavy or demanding.

Bay Ridge is a gerrymandered district and representation from the state representatives is kind of weak. We need our Councilman to be filled with A LOT of ENERGY, has connections all over and one who wants to communicate A LOT.

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Old Bay Ridge Car Dealership Commercial

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Gingerbread Houses in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

If you love gingerbread houses, a village of large size gingerbread homes will be on display in Manhattan this year. There are also the gingerbread lane houses at the NY Hall of Science in Queens.

Ready Made Gingerbread Houses to Purchase:

• Bay Ridge Bakery  7805 5th Ave – also have small gingerbread men
• Paneantico – 9124 – 3rd Avenue
• Jean Danet  7526 – 3rd Avenue
• Last year Leske’s Bakery had them  7612 — 5th Avenue, but they haven’t been seen yet.

Gingerbread House Kits sold in Bay Ridge:

• The Art Room 8710 – Third Avenue has a gingerbread house building party for kids.

• Sugarcoated Bakery  65th and 11th Avenue

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