The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

whew, glad to hear it. this thing was like a good size, not a small dominos size.

how many pizzas must one man down, before you can call him a man?

ain't that the truth

psa: free sex toys for voters

always thought it was kinda funny that the babeland on bergen st there is right next to a maternity clothing store

^^^ yes

Saw a kid merrily pointing into the window of the erotic boutique on 5th Ave in Slope awhile back, as Mom dragged her off. Made my day.

I ate 5/8 of a pizza (pepperoni incl) in the Catskills last weekend, and only remembered I have GI acid issues the next day (when I spat blood -- oops).

gosh morbs

ft greene brooklyn bless yr heart - went to a bar 6 blocks away to watch the victory speech and encountered two 200+ person spontaneous street celebrations along the way - great vibes all around :):):)

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I ate this stuff from Hibino:

• Mabo Tofu -- Tofu with Spicy Ground Pork Sauce
• Takekono Teriyaki -- Grilled Bamboo Shoot with Teriyaki Sauce
• Kasujiru -- Hakusai (Chinese Cabbage), Cabbage, Carrot, Konnyaku (Jellylike Yam Cake), and Age (Fried Tofu) in Sake Paste Miso • Home Made Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup

yum

also this:

Beef Kakuni --
Braised Short Rib in Sweet Soy Broth with Daikon and Tokyo Scallion

lol hibino website is all hacked - pretends to be a virus detection program - no doubt to put the viruses all on to you

great vibes all around :):):)

otm, we went to freddy's after the speech, around 12:30-1 am, the walk down Vanderbilt Ave was the best part of a great night

not as many people as your talkin about in Ft Greene but everybody partyin on their steps, whoopin it up

it was awesome

At last a post-election event we skeptics can show up for, at the Grand Army Library:

Saturday, November 15, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Funny Men: Rees vs. Taibbi: How Doomed is America?

Comic artist David Rees (Get Your War On) and journalist Matt Taibbi (Spanking the Donkey) discuss politics and journalism, placing America's future on a scale of one to doomed.

matt taibbi is pretty dumb

u should go there and tell him so

do i have to be super aggressive and on acid and totally full of myself

i have a question? u r pretty dumb

just a matter of fact sort of delivery will suffice

"you retardation annoys me"

i approve this message

max, how so? I haven't read him exhaustively but what I have has usu seemed smart.

The library has some Rees ncartoons on display ... with about every third word redacted.

hes not that stupid, but his aggressively self-aggrandizing hst-wannabe "gonzo" journalism is really fucking annoying

i dont know who this guy is but max is obv jealous of his amazing lifestyle

i like the idea of interviewing politicians while on acid in theory but in practice my brother would be much better at it than this dude

Rolling Stone: ya gotta have a gimmick

i just cant stand people who have the same level as self-regard as i do but without the associated and simultaneous self-loathing

i totally hear ya maxers

dude has already worked for New York Press and Bill Maher ... I don't totally dismiss Rolling Stone out of hand like I do those other two, but that's pretty much the smug annoying d-bag trifecta there

GOOD DANCING VENUE SUGGESTIONS 4 2NITE HERE THX :)

Obama Nation boycotts buzzkill realists

hahahahahaha morbo read taibbi sometime hes uhhhhh not exactly a 'realist' politically stylistically or otherwise

Still no William Hurt sitings? I don't even live there anymore and I went to visit somebody and saw him within five minutes.

Ok, I was thinking William Hung for like a whole minute.

i never go to the heights - i think hurting lives there tho - maybe he pals around w/w hurt

max, I guess I was thinking primarily of library-program-theme "America is Doomed" realism! I recall reading Taibbi when he wrote for NY Press and he never seemed smug. Rachel Maddow is a bit smug. Indie kids jumping up and down outside Union Hall on Election Night? More naive than smug, i guess.

by 'smug' you mean 'cheerful', right?

Anyone have any ideas as to what might be open for regular lunch on Thanksgiving Day? I need somewhere to go with my parents before we head over to the in-laws in the evening. I'm thinking the only options in this neighborhood are going to be chains, since everything else tends to close every chance it gets. But ideas are appreciated.

you should all just sit around a giant junior's cheesecake

Also, does anyone know a place that makes a good no-added-sugar apple pie?

i'd head to manhattan and go to whole earth bakery on st mark's, or babycakes between ludlow and orchard below delancey. i think there's another sugarfree place too, but i forget. i know whole earth do stuff to order, too, so if you wanted some specific kind of sweetener or whatever ...

brooklyners: is fusetron a real shop?, or is it just mail order? i want something from there and it feels kind of silly to buy online.

pretty sure it's mail order. if they have a physical store I've never been

he's just mail-order, last I checked.

sweet site

ok i missed that whole mind blowing matt taibbi exchange when it occurred but let me just say: wtf morbius?

i was kind of hoping it was some guy's living room, and he'd clamber over stacks and mailers to bring something to the front door. i used to look up nagisa ni te records on there from the other side of the world, so it being local but still only postal is kind of bummin'.

but yes cool store.

might try emailing guy and asking if you can stop by?

i may well do that, thanks. i'm housesitting in brooklyn this week, & think it is a good opportunity to utilise its early morning and late night services i miss as an occasional borough toedipper daytripper.

ask him if he wants me to make his site so you can actually like order from it

ha ha. i assume that if i go round to his house i am also allowed to barter, as was customary in the days before the internet.