If you’re here in person: You can volunteer. NYC Service is the hub, but organizations like New York Cares also have projects in all 5 boroughs, and even have a special section of their website for disaster recovery. There are also great lists to monitor through Brokelyn and Time Out New York, which they’re keeping… Continue reading Want to help NYC recover from the storm, but don’t know how?
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Voting Tuesday: know where and who’s on the ballot
Voting Tuesday: know where and who's on the ballot
New NYC Fresh Food Pack Launches!
A new set of 10 recipes, cooking tips, and kids fun has arrived! Get your free digital copy of the NYC Green Cart Fresh Food Pack here, or see if you can snag one at your local Green Cart vendor. And, if you cook any of the recipes, let me know how it goes! This has been a… Continue reading New NYC Fresh Food Pack Launches!
Learn to connect people; learn to make candy; enjoy some drinks. Just another Saturday (with me!) at the Brooklyn Brainery!
Learn to connect people; learn to make candy; enjoy some drinks. Just another Saturday (with me!) at the Brooklyn Brainery!
Complete Guide to the Brooklyn Nets
Rooting for the Home Team! 7 minute walk from my apartment; count me in! Complete Guide to the Brooklyn Nets
Awesome and hilarious video from Vulture at the Brainery featuring Soma teaching Julie Klausner from How Was Your Week?, Ted Leo, and Spoony. It features blood, whiskey, and a lot of deadpan.(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
via New York Times“Mike Meehan has run Portland Brownstone Quarries for the last 18 years. The quarry closed its doors this year, and by the end of this month, the final scraps of its inventory should be gone.”
What kind of candy are you buying?
With Halloween around the corner, candy purchasing is once again surging. Fun and tasty, right? For us, maybe. But, lots of chocolate production is unethical, as it uses excessive child labor and unfair working conditions. Before you buy, look for a fair trade certified label, so that your fun and tasty treats aren’t at the… Continue reading What kind of candy are you buying?
Here’s what I had to say about the debate while it was happening. I rarely get political on this blog or elsewhere, but I am proud to be voting for BARACK OBAMA this November because frankly, I trust him to make generally smart, informed decisions, which I can’t say of Romney. This debate solidified it.
Here's what I had to say about the debate while it was happening. I rarely get political on this blog or elsewhere, but I am proud to be voting for BARACK OBAMA this November because frankly, I trust him to make generally smart, informed decisions, which I can't say of Romney. This debate solidified it.
A SoHo street vendor got slapped with $2,000 in fines for a matter of inches. This is ridiculous! Since working with the Green Cart Initiative and learning more about street vending on whole, I have become much more aware of the challenges that all vendors face. One - police harassment - makes me sick; nobody… Continue reading
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