Rickshaw and Van Leeuwen Truck
6/4/2009 8:49:00 PM

7th Avenue has become a hot-spot for high quality food trucks.  The Waffles and Dinges truck is the first I can remember, and has since become a staple on Saturday afternoons in front of the Key Foods at 1st St.  In the past few months, two new trucks have been popping up that caught my ...

Galaxy Comics Opens New Store
6/4/2009 8:02:00 PM

As I walked to Key Foods yesterday I noticed that Galaxy Comics opened a new location at 7th Ave and Carroll St.  They took over the space above the Park Slope Copy Center, formerly occupied by a shipping store.  They had strategically placed a sign down at street level which caught my ...

Rickshaw Sighting
5/2/2009 8:45:00 PM

Parked out front of the AOC Bistro tonight was a rickshaw, not exactly a common mode of transportation in these parts.  The decal on the bike pointed me to Revolution Rickshaws, which rents and sells rickshaws in New York City.  They are an environmentally conscious company dedicated to ...

Cherry Blossom Festival
5/2/2009 7:46:00 PM

This weekend the Brooklyn Botanical Garden celebrates Sakura Matsuri, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.  The event is a mixture of enjoying the flowering trees, traditional Japanese culture, and modern Japanese pastimes such as manga, cosplay and J-Pop.  While my interests lie more ...

Filming at La Bagel Delight
4/22/2009 6:43:00 PM

I passed by the La Bagel Delight (7th Ave and Carroll) tonight and was surprised to see the lights on and the people mulling around inside and outside.  Closer inspection revealed a film shoot taking place inside.  It wasn't clear who they were or what they were filming, but from what I ...