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• The Greatest Hits Guide to Ridgewood

  30-05-2017 20:40
  
  A few years back we interviewed locals for the definitive guide to living in Ridgewood, a homey Queens neighborhood we like so much we’re exploring it one beer at a time this weekend, at The Total Ridgewood Immersion. We’ve updated our original Ridgewood story to reflect businesses that have moved (Bun-Ker) and opened (Aunt Ginny’s, Paloma’s). Check it out if you want a deep dive. For a quick guide to a day trip in the neighborhood, read on for our Greatest Hits Guide to
  
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• Chewing the fat! Bay Ridgite creates online foodie forum for Southern Brooklyn

  30-05-2017 18:04
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA Bay Ridgite aims to get locals out of their homes and culinary comfort zones with an online forum devoted to exploring Southern Brooklyn cuisine.The Facebook group started as just a causal space for friends to chat about local grub, but in a mere two months it has ballooned to a full fledged foodie forum with 1,500 members who highlight eateries in oft-overlooked nabes. It has helped locals acquire a taste for trying new thin
  
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• Indulge Your Urge For Urchin at Greenpoint’s Bar Uni

  30-05-2017 17:07 via bkmag.com
  
  Bar food has sure come a long way beyond buffalo wings and burgers. Especially when you consider Bar Uni, whose fare of choice is sea urchin.
  That said, the Greenpoint newcomer is hardly styled as a Coors-dispensing dive—rather, it’s an homage to Japanese drinking culture, craftsmanship and hospitality.
  Suntory Whisky ads from the 70s overlook the handsome, bespoke bar, itself stocked with spirits such as Hibiki Harmony and Ichiro’s Malt & Grain, as well as sake bottles and
  
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• Off the air: ‘Orbiting Circus’ podcast lands on a Greenpoint stage

  30-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyHe’s got a show that’s out of this world.
  A hapless Parisian janitor will bring his surreal comic adventures to Greenpoint next month, in a live staging of the bizarre podcast “The Orbiting Human Circus.” The show, playing at the Brooklyn Bazaar on June 4, will whisk the audience into an ethereal realm that leaves mundane troubles behind, said its creator.
  “It’s always been very special to me
  
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• Loading up at Marine Park diaper drive

  30-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey were really pampered!About 50 youngsters and their parents collected fresh diapers for less-fortunate families during a “No Child Wet Behind” Diaper Drive, 5K Walk, and 1K Family Fun Run in Marine Park on May 21, sponsored by the Flatbush Doulas — a group dedicated to assisting women during childbirth.
  Parents came with their own diaper-wearing babies in tow, but brought some extra dry ones to donate —
  
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• Chewing the fat! Bay Ridgite creates online foodie fourm for Southern Brooklyn

  30-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA Bay Ridgite aims to get locals out of their homes and culinary comfort zones with an online forum devoted to exploring Southern Brooklyn cuisine.The Facebook group started as just a causal space for friends to chat about local grub, but in a mere two months it has ballooned to a full fledged foodie forum with 1,500 members who highlight eateries in oft-overlooked nabes. It has helped locals acquire a taste for trying new thin
  
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• more Boston Calling Saturday pics (Mumford & Sons, The xx, more)

  30-05-2017 04:59
  
  Saturday at Boston Calling had sets from Mumford & Sons, The 1975, The xx, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, Tegan and Sara, Danny Brown, Cousin Stizz, Moses Sumney, and more.
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• Sasquatch Festival Sunday pics (Chance, The Shins, more)

  30-05-2017 04:09
  
  Sunday at Sasquatch Festival included sets from Chance The Rapper, The Shins, Phantogram, Car Seat Headrest, Joey Purp, Jay Som, Chicano Batman, Kyle Craft, and more.
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