Best. Brooklyn. Valentine’s. Date. Ever.

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Dating, Females Only, One Nite Stands Only, 1-718-833-2349 (OR), 1-347-909-8767, Meaning, Soda Date, Coffee Date, Cake & Ice Cream Date, Maybe Meaning Romance, A Walk +C

Attention Ladies! Is it real? Or an elaborate hipster prank? Another “flying humans”-style viral campaign for the Chronicle Movie? This flyer was spotted “in the most romantic of places: taped to the filthy tiled wall of a subway stop.” More specifically, the C line in Clinton Hill. Approximate transcription:

Dating – Females Only

One Nite Stands Only

1-718-833-2349 (OR) 1-347-909-8767

Meaning

Soda Date, Coffee Date, Cake & Ice Cream Date

Maybe Meaning Romance

A Walk

+C

Important Flyer For Any Brooklyn Woman Desperate For A Valentine’s Day Date | Happy Place.

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Why Now is The Best Time Ever to Live in Brooklyn (Hint: Involves Not Being Murdered)

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Feb 032012
 
Why Now is The Best Time Ever to Live in Brooklyn (Hint: Involves Not Being Murdered)

If you were born after 1963, then this is the best time ever for you to live (and stay alive) in Brooklyn. Quote of the day from the Brooklyn Message Boards: “If you value not being murdered (and/or value others not being murdered), this is a comparatively great time to live in Brooklyn.” – whynot_31 … [Read more » ]

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WANT! RydeSafe Reflective Bike Decals Give Your Bike TRON-Like Visibility at Night

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Feb 032012
 
WANT! RydeSafe Reflective Bike Decals Give Your Bike TRON-Like Visibility at Night

Brooklyn designer Tonky created these RydeSafe Reflective Bike Decals that give your bike awesome, TRON-like visibility at night and in low-light, as the photo shows: Tonky put up as a Kickstarter project to produce, refine, and expand the product line. So far, has beat his goal by almost 350%. His goal was $3,250, and with about 50 hours … [Read more » ]

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Peter Vack, Star of “I Just Want My Pants Back”, Calls Jersey Shore “A Great Show”

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Feb 032012
 
Peter Vack, Star of "I Just Want My Pants Back", Calls Jersey Shore "A Great Show"

Now is that something a real hipster would say? Does Peter Vack really like Jersey Shore? And what does he mean “great”? Great as in classic television? Great as in fun to watch ironically? When the cast of MTV’s scripted hipster comedy, “I Just Want My Pants Back,” met at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, Peter Vack was … [Read more » ]

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Watch a Video That Asks People: Why Does the G Train Suck So Much?

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Feb 032012
 
Watch a Video That Asks People: Why Does the G Train Suck So Much?

, We get a lot of questions about the G train, but usually whether the Bedford-Nostrand and Clinton-Washington Avenue G train stops are safe at night, or how to take the G train to Williamsburg. Now we have a question for you: does the G Train really suck more than other subway lines? Or does … [Read more » ]

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When is Pheromone Party 2012? Brooklyn Event Spawns Hookups By Simply Sniffing Smelly T-Shirts

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Feb 032012
 
When is Pheromone Party 2012? Brooklyn Event Spawns Hookups By Simply Sniffing Smelly T-Shirts

If you don’t have a current love connection for Valentine’s Day, it’s not too late to start planning: stop showering and build up a nice stock of pheromones in a smelly T-shirt… and let the games begin. It works, apparently. Rusty Blazenhoff just uncovered photos of the Pheromone Party, a Brooklyn event that spawned all … [Read more » ]

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Sharisee Frails Wins $13.5 Million Lotto, Writes it in her Diary

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Feb 022012
 
Sharisee Frails Wins $13.5 Million Lotto, Writes it in her Diary

This is Sharisee Frails, 42, picking up a lump sum of $5.7 million today at the Kings Plaza Shopping Mall (on the right is Yolanda Vega, a lottery spokesperson). When Sharisee won the Lotto, her first reaction was to write a secret entry in her diary. She bought the winning ticket Dec. 18 on Livingston Street in Downtown … [Read more » ]

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Mayor Bloomberg Supporting Planned Parenthood with Matching $250,000 Donation

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Feb 022012
 
Mayor Bloomberg Supporting Planned Parenthood with Matching $250,000 Donation

Mayor Bloomberg is pledging to give money to Planned Parenthood to help make up money the organization is losing after the Komen Foundation cut off its grants for breast screenings. Bloomberg says he’ll donate $1 for every new dollar Planned Parenthood raises, up to a total of $250,000. - via Mayor Bloomberg to Give Extra Money to … [Read more » ]

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Is a “Natural Wine” a Scam? 7 Brooklyn Wine Experts Set You Straight

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Feb 022012
 
Is a "Natural Wine" a Scam? 7 Brooklyn Wine Experts Set You Straight

What exactly is a Natural Wine? Critic Robert Parker just called it “one of the major scams being foisted on wine consumers.” Part of the problem is that there’s no official definition of what “natural wine” means. ”Proponents claim that the natural approach allows the true nature of the wines and their terroir to shine more brightly,” … [Read more » ]

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New York Times Corrects Four Errors – in an Article ABOUT the New York Times

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Feb 022012
 
New York Times Corrects Four Errors - in an Article ABOUT the New York Times

Good thing we never make mistakes here! That would be embarrassing… The New York Times corrected four errors in a story about… the New York Times Company: Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated the earnings per share for 2010. It was 71 cents, not 74 cents. The article also … [Read more » ]

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Timothy Donnelly of Brooklyn Writes Poetry, Wins $100,000

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Feb 022012
 
Timothy Donnelly of Brooklyn Writes Poetry, Wins $100,000

This is Timothy Donnelly, who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. He just won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. If you’re a poet, this is pretty big. Very big. In fact it’s actually one of the biggest monetary prizes you can win in all of poetry, ever. Donnelly has been poetry editor … [Read more » ]

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Watch Preview, Sneak Peek, of I Just Want My Pants Back, “Brooklyn-Centric” TV Show that Premiers Tonight

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Feb 022012
 
Watch Preview, Sneak Peek, of I Just Want My Pants Back, "Brooklyn-Centric" TV Show that Premiers Tonight

Shown here are Kelli Barrett and Peter Vack of “I Just Want My Pants Back,” a new Brooklyn-centric TV show that premiers tonight on MTV. “I Just Want My Pants Back” is a scripted half-hour comedy that satires life in the “Brooklyn Renaissance” occurring in the “Williamsburg-Greenpoint-Bushwick triangle, that crucible of low rent and high pretension … [Read more » ]

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