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Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Marti Zabell — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:57 -0000

I like Pequena, two locations Prospect Heights and Fort Greene. $5 Margarita Happy Hour! Good food and good drinks.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Emily — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:36:28 -0000

UH did YOU even read the NY Post article? It states:

"Executive producer Michael Hirschorn said the idea for the series came to him after he saw 2009’s Broadway revival of 'West Side Story' and thought the tale of rival gangs could somehow be turned into a reality show."
Arielle was pointing out that the executive producer claims to be inspired by West Side Story, not that she thinks the show is anything like it...

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

FN NuTz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:29:59 -0000

Out of curiosity - do you even know what the show is about? Did you read the NY Post article - or do you make this stuff up as you go? Seriously - Romeo and Juliet? How do you make the similarities to this? These 2 chicks are fighting because they were friends and 1 stole the others boyfriend... doesn't sound like Romeo and Juliet to me... so either your confused about the show's premise, or you don't know your Shakespeare... As far as West Side Story goes - that may make slightly more sense - as far as one group against the other.... but then again - that was a highly racial play about one racial group against the other.... here again - I don't see the similarities between the two...

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

FN NuTz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:24:24 -0000

Arielle, I think the mistake that you made that seemed to tick off Nikki is the idea that either you just accepted the NYPost information as fact and never double checked - or you yourself are being quite stereotypical in your generalization of Brooklyn chicks. Either way - your article has done nothing but infuriate. It is already hard for die hard Brooklynites - those of us who have Brooklyn in our Blood - to sit back and watch Brooklyn all of a sudden become "trendy" and "cool" because some mid-western hippie decided to come here and plant their asses bringing with them their lil shops (like we didn't have them before), their haute cafe's (we had real italian cafe's where you couldn't order unless you spoke italian before you came!) and your bicycle lanes (how about driving down 86th street sitting in traffic like the rest of us did). We are the ones that remember the real Brooklyn, the real Coolness of those who didn't give a crap what someone else thought, the greatness of going to Cesar's Bay, the 4th of July parties where the NYPD were escorts... and the true Brooklyn that all the wannabe's want to latch onto and try to make their own - yet have done nothing but destroy it. Now - it seems that those who made Brooklyn what it is... greatness that you all Want... has been negated and turned into gum cracking twenty somethings that are too young themselves to even know...

Re: Can any NYC apartment survive Gothamist commenters?

Faye — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:29 -0000

See people, we're not kidding about these guys:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2...

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

conaldarcy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:28 -0000

You take your transplant drinks and get out of Brooklyn, hipsters.

Re: And the winner of our supermarket coffee test is…

Guestt — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:28:44 -0000

Steve's C-Town sells a bean by Boston's Best. I can't find it any other place. I'm mad about that coffee. So good.

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

fai — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:51 -0000

El pollito mexicano on 5th ave in park slope! $5.00 on weeknights!

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Tim Donnelly — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:24:36 -0000

Here's what Yelpers have to say on the subject. Caution: Contains Yelping:
http://www.yelp.com/search?fin...

Re: Craigslist freebie of the day: SCOBY doobie do

Tolondontoparis — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:27:18 -0000

I want one or several!

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Mooney Katharine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:22:30 -0000

the ones at cantina royale in williamsburg aren't cheap, but they are amazing

also, nita nita bar in williamsburg has margarita mondays, $4 margaritas all night

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Tim Donnelly — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:31 -0000

this combined with the weather is making me hope for an early opening to Habana Outpost.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

conaldarcy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:59:38 -0000

The battle for Brooklyn will be fought on the message boards.

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Andrea — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:58:08 -0000

Not quite a margarita, but the El Diablo at Tandem in Bushwick is awesome. I don't know what they cost because I drink too many.

Re: Urban Outfitters loves spreading Santorum

John Doe — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:28 -0000

Wow you people are embarrassing, this is the same garbage article recycled over and over again. Jezebel would not post my article because they don't like looking stupid either. Here is an excerpt:

"Next, the issue of Hayne contributing a measly amount of money to Santorum. So Hayne contributed money to Santorum (they both live very close to each other) in 2003, in 2007 he promotes an openly gay Senk to CEO. You don't have to follow chronology if you don't want to I suppose, but your point of trying to imply that contention might exist between these two because of this is ludicrous. More than likely at a neighborhood fundraiser Hayne or Hayne's secretary was approached by a Santorum aide or any Republican fundraiser and was solicited to contribute, which he probably did without thinking twice for the measly sum of $13,150. Let me guess, you agree with every single viewpoint of the candidate whom you vote for all the time huh? Or maybe you don't vote. To suggest Hayne has any issue with gay people is borderline defamation."

Re: Happy National Margarita Day!

Madelyn Owens — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:46:28 -0000

$4 margs all day every day @Rachel's in Park Slope.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Mary Kate — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:53 -0000

While I agree that the last paragraph seems a bit myopic the ultimate intention of the article feels like a critique of Oxygen's programming rather than of Bay Ridge

Re: And here comes HBO’s show about Brooklyn

Mooney Katharine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:12:31 -0000

um, can i call covering this show since she went to my college?

Re: And here comes HBO’s show about Brooklyn

Tom Sullivan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:03:25 -0000

I related to Lena Dunham's character in Tiny Furniture way more than I probably should have, so I'm really excited for this.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Bonita Applebaum — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:33 -0000

The closing paragraph negates anything else you have to say.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Nikki-Jo Grossman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:07 -0000

Of course you like Brooklyn accents. Much like the monkeys at the zoo, it's a novelty that never gets old for the visitors. --- I know how important it is not to become argumentative on this site as a writer, so I can appreciate the polite nature of your response

While the majority of your article was a simple paraphrase of the NY Post Article (which is way too reminiscent of Gothamist and also completely explains the lack of fact-checking), there is really no way you can deny that your closing statements which are your very own were at the very least crass.

Re: And here comes HBO’s show about Brooklyn

Tim Donnelly — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:51:56 -0000

Lust for Life.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Arielle Dachille — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:42:37 -0000

Nikki, thanks for your feedback, but this article was really not meant to make any umbrella judgments based on neighborhood character. I apologize that it may have come off that way, but everything identified in the article was just meant to summarize what Oxygen would be doing. And it's definitely not in favor of their spin. PS, I like Brooklyn accents.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Bonita Applebaum — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:42:00 -0000

"Do you care at all? Have you ever even ridden the R train out that far? As long as the Bay Ridge Century 21 stays civil, here’s no hard feelings here."
So ESSENTIALLY what this article is ending with is "well who cares, this is south Brooklyn and no one really cares about south Brooklyn because south Brooklyn is clearly NOT Williamsburg or Bushwick or at the very least Park Slope." How very elitist of you Brokelyn. How very NORTH Brooklyn (ie-just moved her over the last few years) of you Brokelyn.

As a native of NYer I never really messed with this site too much. Someone directed me to this article. Those few sentences assured me that I won't be back. (And no this isn't some neighborhood pride thing. I dont live in, never have lived in and it is unlikely that I ever will live in South Brooklyn.

Re: Bay Ridge gets Jersey Shore-ified for new reality show

Nikki-Jo Grossman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:41:36 -0000

I respectfully disagree. I think the entire closing paragraph is a spit in the face of 11223, Bay Ridge, or anything not gentrified Brooklyn.