[Sh]it's going down

If you're looking for something a little bit risque to do this saturday night, check out Wasabassco's 5th annual Burlesque show at The Bell House. Entry is $12 and the show starts at 10:00 p.m. Check it out if you're interested in 3+ hours of strip tease, music and comedy and even belly dancing. 

And if you're not too hungover and looking for something a bit more calm on Sunday...

This Sunday, 11/8 at 11:00 a.m. the people at Gotham Sidewalks will be hosting their first annual Baseball Bike Tour around Park Slope. The tour will begin in front of the Brooklyn Bicycles shop in Park Slope, and the whole tour will take around three hours.

the daily [mis]haps

Bag that Brownstone! Rents plummet in Brooklyn...and everywhere else, but we do it better on this side of the East River: parks and music and bikes...

...Cheesecake, maybe not.

At least there will always be the neighborhood bar! Unless you're counting on 230 Fifth Ave...we know it wasn't the rent that did Playa and Cabana Bar in.

Bike and Barf?

Sometimes I wish I had a bike. Then I think about all the times bikes have almost run over me, all those close-call collisions when the delivery boys rapidly ring their bike bells at me. (One time a stationary bike attacked me on 13th street. Someone had the cojones to leave their wheels in the middle of the sidewalk.) Perhaps I should pay more attention...

My mixed feelings on biking in New York (boroughs and all) apply to THIS little adventure ride as well. Due to go down this Sunday starting in Prospect Park, this bike tour sounds partly delicious, partly cramp-inducing...possibly vomitous. Check it out and let us know!

Two-wheels are better than none

Brooklyn Bicycles, our favorite new bike shop in the hood, is running two new weekly programs that are free and open to all.

• Wednesday Nights: Around 7PM, neighbors shove off from the shop for a ride around Prospect Park. They welcome all bike types and skill levels.
  
  
• Thursday Nights: Evening flat fix workshops. You've been stranded before--don't let it happen again.

This shop is a real boon to the neighborhood--I've been missing a decent neighborhood shop for some time [cause those guys suck]--and these guys are the balm for my itch.