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http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/ - A Brooklyn Blog. Making Sense Of A Crazy World Just Like Everyone Else! Updated Daily Except When It's Not!
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Thanksgiving was hardly over, when thoughts turned to
Christmas for some Carroll Gardeners. Under blue sky and...
balmy temperatures, some began the ceremonial " buying of the tree." For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking
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A Moment In Time: Bringing The Tree Home
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pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 8 hours ago
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The 2009 Holiday Season In Carroll Gardens Nothing
puts you in a festive mood like holiday lights,...
music, hot chocolate, friends and neighbors. I had a wonderful time at last year's tree lighting at the Transit Garden on the corner of Smith and Second Place. I will definitely make ...
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This Saturday, Come To The Transit Garden Tree Lighting
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 10 hours ago
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Once the home of Casale/ Carroll Gardens Jewelers
, the small storefront at 306 Court Street, has...
become home to the 'Dandelion Boutique', a small women's wear and accessory store at 306 Court Street. The boutique just opened its doors two weeks ago. I popped in on Wednesday and ...
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Dandelion Boutique Replaces Jewelery Store On Court Street
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 31 hours ago
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The old Blockbuster space at 288 Court Street
is continuing its slow but steady transformation into a...
Union Market , purveyor of fine food . Big posters in the storefront's windows now easily identify the space as the future home of local, organic and prepared food. A glimpse ...
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Old Blockbuster Space Continuing Its Slow But Steady ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 41 hours ago
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0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA! Brooklyn Pride Canvas Tote $18 (plus shipping and handling) This 100% cotton canvas ...
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Brooklyn Is the Best! Holiday Gift Idea # 1
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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Dear Friends, I would like to wish you
all a very happy Thanksgiving and hope that you...
have lots to be thankful for. I am staying right here in Brooklyn this week-end and am looking forward to a quiet holiday with my family and friends. The turkey is defrosting in the refrigerator, the ...
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Happy Thankgsgiving, Everyone!
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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"I hope you don't mind, but I have
to take a photo of this spot" said the...
blogger to her friend at mile 2 of their walk. For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking
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Picture Of The Day: Almost Bare
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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I received word yesterday from Zipporah Dvash, Asst.
VP of Public Affairs & Development at Long Island...
College Hospital , that the H1N1 vaccine is available through local pediatrician Stephen Turner. Read on for more information from Zipporah. Although this is short notice, ...
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Local Pediatrician To Make H1N1 Vaccine Available To ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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Bacchus has left the following comment on the
post " First Diners At Café Mei Mei On...
Court Street ": I had dinner there on Sunday night. While the menu, food and service were nicely executed, the ambiance and decor had completely gone amiss. We couldn't help but notice the restaurant's ...
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Comment Of The Day: Ambience And Decor Gone Amiss
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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178 Smith Street back in February 2009 178
Smith Street on Tuesday afternoon # 178 Smith Street...
was never the prettiest house on Smith Street. Clad in yellow aluminum siding, it housed a shoe repair store and a barber shop. At about 9 AM on Tuesday morning, the place went ...
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Fire Damage Significant At 178 Smith Street
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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On this wet and cold November day, she
had to remind herself, that the days would get...
longer again soon and that spring was really just a few months away. For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking
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Picture Of The Day: Cold November Day
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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This just in from Community Board 6 Manager
Craig Hammerman. Our district has been chosen as a...
test area for the city's new orange street repair stickers. On Monday, November 23rd, the new marking will be used to identify road conditions called in by residents through the 311 ...
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Community Board 6 Chosen To Test "We Are Looking Into ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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The Carroll Gardens and Gowanus Canal Area communities
will have a chance to hear an update directly...
from the Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed listing of the Gowanus Canal on the National Priority list as a Superfund site . This will be an informational meeting about ...
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EPA To Hold Public Informational Meeting On Gowanus ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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Just back from Arizona, dear Readers, and, despite
the sad occasion , it was a very, very...
lovely trip. The week-end was spent amidst family, sharing memories, tears and laughter. And under a brilliant sun and the bluest sky, my husband and I had time to take a ...
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Hello Again, Brooklyn, New York
Dear Readers, I am off to Arizona for a few days to attend the memorial service for my father-in- law, who passed away on November 7th. I promise, I will be back on Monday morning. In the meantime, please leave me your comments, send me your photos and your neighborhood stories. I shall ...
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pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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1837 U.S. Coast Survey Map old map I
posted on November 17th I can always count on...
Carroll Gardens friend Rick to point me in the right direction when I have a question about the neighborhood's history. Rick sent me the comment below and a link to the 1837 U.S. Coast Survey Map ...
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Update: More Information On Old Red Hook/Yellow Hook Map
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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It happens every year at the same time.
When the days get shorter and deep shadows fall...
on Carroll Park's bocce court, the elderly players move to the benches on the opposite side, where the rays of the sun reach all day. They were sitting there yesterday, engrossed in conversation ...
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The Carroll Park Bocce Players Forgo Their Court For A ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your
post " New Building At 26 4th Street Nearly...
Complete ": The new zoning will not allow for stoop-style (brownstone) construction. Stoops accommodate a first floor above and a garden floor below street level so windows are above and below eye ...
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Comment Of The Day: Getting Away With Illegal Construction?
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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As seen from Luquer Street As seen from
Nelson Street It was time to check in on...
100 Luquer Street, the 11-story finger building designed by architect Karl Fischer . No visible progress seems to have been made since I last took photos back in July . For a while now, the ...
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All Quiet At 100 Luquer Street After A Stop Work Order, ...
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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Former Public School 32 Building on Hoyt Street
at the corner of President Street Current Samuel Mills...
Sproke School, PS 32 Building at the same location. Though I have passed Public School 32 on Hoyt Street many times and have attended my fair share of meetings in ...
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A Look Back In Time: About Principal Samuel Mills ...
