This week in local news….. Raekwon showed up at a Williamsburg fried chicken restaurant to rap abut ice cream. Building owners are cheating the system by advertising “affordable” housing on obscure […]
Tag: Hipsters
Posted inCulture
Squirrel Appreciation Day Just Got Even Better
Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day, so I drew a picture of a squirrel (left) and our favorite horrible blog Diehipster tweeted this amazing graphic to us along with the following: […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Peter Pan Loves Greenpoint Hipsters!
This awesome 1 Minute Meals video about Peter Pan Doughnuts from Serious Eats NY stars co-owner Donna Siafakas who says that hipsters are wonderful people and before they settled in […]
Posted inCulture
A Greenpoint Thanksgiving: Hipsters & Natives, Sharing & Caring
Just want to bring back the cartoon Barry Chesser created for the blog last Thankgiving, regarding the controversial name of our beloved McGolrick/Winthrop park, a sticking point between Native American […]
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Posted inNews
I Just Want My Pants Back, Tommy
Reader and friend from the ‘hood Marisha emailed me this hysterical little tidbit from The Wall Street Journal on a new MTV show being shot almost exclusively in Greenpoint and […]
Posted inEvents, News
Groovy Kind Of Parade
I personally have a fondness for Phil Collins. Groovy Kind of Love was the song I dedicated to my very first boy crush. Oh wait, second boy crush. I can […]
Posted inCulture, Events
Bedford Ave Is a Circus
I got this email from Matthew Silver, the ringleader of The Bedford Circle of Fools. As a native New Yorker I’m of the opinion that when I see this sort […]
Posted inNews
Williamsburg VA
Even thought there actually is a Williamsburg in Virginia, this little quip is referring to our neighbor. Seems Richmond is dealing with a hipster plague of their own. Unfortunately, the […]
Posted inNews
Naked Guy: The Trilogy
The New York Post reports a follow up. I feel for the guy. I really do. He’s blaming a panic attack and while I don’t know for sure if it […]
Posted inNews
Naked Guy, Part Deux
Alright, I hate to dwell on Naked Guy but I was reading this which brought me to his blog which I then noticed his MySpace page and the “people he’d […]