Laugh So You Don’t Cry, “Mama Tried” by Emily Flake

Lately my nine-month-old, who is usually a champion sleeper, has taken to engaging in a nightly ritual where he wakes up at 3am on the dot and really just wants to hang. At first I tried to soothe him back to sleep in his crib, but he’s not actually hungry or scared or wet — he’s just pumped. I’ll bring him into our bed, hoping that he’ll fall back asleep and he’ll crawl around, pulling our hair and digging his sharp little toes into our backs and bellies. After a little while he inevitably puts his face right up against my face and breaks into a huge smile, usually with a loud squeal of delight.
He just loves the world so much and that is amazing. It’s also amazingly annoying when he expresses it at 3am. The only thing that makes it bearable the fact that my husband and I call it… Read More

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Eat from Around the World Right Outside Your Home at Navy Green

Sponsored By Navy Green. Navy Green is a brand new development of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom condo units starting at $625,000 and 3-4 bedroom townhomes starting at $1.95 million, directly across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Created By BlankSlate
Navy Green is situated in the middle of some of Brooklyn’s best foodie neighborhoods. Located on the border of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Navy Green gives its residents the chance to step out and get a taste of world cuisines only a short walk from their front door. To find out more about how you can live in one of Brooklyn’s most exciting neighborhoods for global cuisine, visit Navy Green online or call 718-878-1770.
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Digging Into the Dreamland, Coney Island at the Brooklyn Museum

Harvey Stein (American, born 1941). The Hug: Closed Eyes and Smile, 1982. Digital, inkjet archival print, 13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm). Collection of the artist. © Harvey Stein, 2011
This summer we wrote about Coney Island’s outlandish charm and epic history, the crinkle-cut fries and family-run confectionary businesses. Maybe you visited and let its authentic weirdness wash over you. Today, Coney Island is back on our radar thanks to Coney Island: Visions Of An American Dreamland, 1861-2008, which opens Friday, Nov. 20 at the Brooklyn Museum. Conceptualized and organized by Robin Jaffe Frank, Chief Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Connecticut, the exhibit, while humble in execution, is groundbreaking in approach. It’s an original look at a small corner of the world, a seaside neighborhood in Brooklyn, that reveals a mecca of the American spirit, a study of mass culture, and a metaphor for the… Read More

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Your Ideal Week: Nov. 19 – Nov. 25

During the Fall Crawl on Saturday, you can get a free lunch at Fawkner (that’s their fried chicken sando above), plus a pint at Floyd, The Bell House and Union Hall and three rides from Lyft, all for $20. Photo: Sam Horine
In a little over a week, you will probably be in a tryptophan-induced stupor sprawled out in front of a football game somewhere wishing you had passed on that third helping of mashed potatoes. You can sleep then– for now, get out and about and enjoy the stellar lineup of stuff going on in Brooklyn between now and Thanksgiving!
On Thursday night starting at 8pm, former Mideast war correspondent Steve Hindy (who also happens to have cofounded Brooklyn Brewery) will be moderating a discussion with David Shields and Milton Glaser about their new book, War is Beautiful, which challenges the glamorous imagery that the New York Times has used in its war… Read More

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Pro Tips on Buying a Home in Brooklyn, Over Beers, Dec 7

 

It’s not easy for the average person to purchase a home in Brooklyn, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, especially when you begin the process well informed. To help you get a leg up in this competitive market, and get your finances in order before the new year, we’re bringing our crash course on the basics of home buying back to Brooklyn Brewery on Monday, Dec. 7.
You’ll get solid advice from a team of pros—Realty Collective founder Victoria Hagman and Realty Collective agent Tina Fallon; real estate attorney Michael Moshan and Sterling National Bank mortgage brokers Mark Maimon and Gabi Feuer —in a setting that is far more relaxed than your last crowded open house.
Since we last met there’ve been a few changes in the market we’ll bring you up to speed on, like new financial disclosure requirements that are slowing down the mortgage process and making it a bit more onerous than… Read More

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All the Thanksgiving You Can Handle

Thanksgiving ramen, coming next week to Talde. Photo: Talde
Maybe you’ve heard, Thanksgiving is next week. If you need to get a turkey you should probably figure that out right now, especially if you want something local, but there’s no need to panic–quite yet. Whether you’re hosting, attending or heading home, here’s a resource guide to where to order sides and pies, how to find something for a vegan or gluten-intolerant guest, where to make a reservation and what to watch once the eating is over. There are also plenty of pre-Thanksgiving activities to get you in the spirit of the day, and check out this guide to hosting from Gabrielle Sierra, and this notes on being a great guest from me.
Before the Food, Fun Looking for Thanksgiving Eve debauchery? Tiki Disco, Brooklyn’s most insane dance party is happening at Sugar Hill Disco and Restaurant in Bed-Stuy starting at 10pm, and tickets include… Read More

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The Lobster Shift: The Chelsea Triangle, 24-Hour Diners and Revelry

Baklava and a martini–what else do you finish the night with? Photo: Kenneth Rosen
The Lobster Shift is a monthly column by Kenneth Rosen that explores the city’s all-night eateries and their inhabitants.
At two a.m. the Empire State Building goes dark. I’ve seen the lights dim while wandering the city during or after my overnight Lobster Shift at a newsroom in Midtown. The lights extinguish and the skyline edges closer to the eerie Gotham that this city once was. The past lingers below, on darkened streets where cabbies sip from Anthora cups, couples clutch each other and stagger home, manholes puff scarves of steam beneath high-pressure sodium light fixtures–a nocturnal landscape that may soon disappear.
South of the Empire State in Madison Square Park, the mellow amber glow from the Met Life Tower’s gilded peak is the piece of Manhattan that persists after my exit to Queens–always visible during my nightly walks home through Sunnyside. Its glow… Read More

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What’s on Your Kids’ Menu, Shana Liebman?

The subjects of Monsters Vs Dinner, Nate (left) and Mack. Photo: Shana Liebman
Since we started the “What’s on Your Kids’ Menu?” column over a year ago, today’s is the first that features a personal friend, and one of the best cooks I know, Shana Liebman. Shana, who lives in Williamsburg with her husband, Michael, and two sons, Nate (six) and Mack (three and a half), has introduced me to some of my favorite dishes, like this snap pea salad I can’t for the life of me recreate to her level of perfection. She’s changed the way I save recipes by turning me onto the Paprika app. And she’s made me feel much more sane about trying to feed my kids, in part through her blog, Monsters Vs Dinner, and her BB Kids column, The Pickiest Eaters.
Raising kids in our food-crazed culture can take a lot of joy out of cooking. When you have… Read More

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Chatting with Stacy Schiff, Author of “The Witches”

Think back to American history class. What, if anything, do you remember about the 1600s? Puritans, pilgrims, Thanksgiving and the Salem witch trials, right? And how much of what you remember about the Salem witch trials is actually based on The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s very 20th century, allegorical play about control, power and governance?
Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and scholar known for her fascinating and freshly framed biographies of historical figures including Cleopatra and Benjamin Franklin, has a new book out called The Witches, Salem 1692 that delves into this enduring moment in American history. It’s written in a lively and engaging style that brings into sharp relief the many spiritual and physical terrors of Puritan life on the edge of the wilderness. We chatted on the phone with Schiff, who is appearing at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, in conversation with Jodi Kantor, tonight, Nov. 12, at 7:30pm.
Brooklyn Based: Salem is a story… Read More

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Hunger Makes Her a Modern Girl

 
Carrie Brownstein’s new book, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, is an intimate, unapologetic welcome into the inner orbit of Sleater-Kinney, one of the most formidable rock bands of our time. Part bildungsroman, part self-portrait, Carrie (we’re on a first name basis, now, at least in my head) leads us along the winding, and often difficult path of her career to date–or should I say, careers. She is no singular talent, and her memoir makes it clear that no one creative outlet could satisfy her desire to explore.
A sense of longing or, perhaps more to the point, hunger, is the thread that successfully unifies this tale, starting with Carrie’s complicated childhood in Redmond, WA to her 42-year-old self living and working in Portland, OR. She longs to belong, to be heard, to understand, to be understood. It’s often heartbreaking to read her narration of struggling with this need, through depression, isolation and anxiety, reminding us that even when you… Read More

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