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breakfast or lunch at tom's diner is a good idea while in that area.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

sunset park is more the 40s, i think.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

>Park Slope, like, near 5th St. and 5th Ave<

Lotsa good eating: the Chip/Curry Shop, New Stone Park Cafe (tho I haven't been there yet). Drinks: The Gate (3rd St), Commonwealth (12th).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a chip shop on atlantic avenue now if you make it down there.

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

5th ave has all the great spots to eat. also al di la, belleville, blue ribbon... great lakes for drinks. nice all around.

i'm prospect heights. near the park but without the fancy of the slope. oh and we've got the brooklyn musuem and botanical gardens. AND tom's diner. i've eaten so many pancakes there it's incredible.

― jane (jane), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

prospect heights is nice, i should go there more often.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I tried to go to that chip shop on Atlantic yesterday around lunchtime, but they weren't open yet.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Ack, a pox on Great Lakes! (it's personal)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess you don't like Boat either then.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i might go to gowanus yacht club tonight

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Since it's owned by the same schmucks who fired their best bartender, nope!

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― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i might go to gowanus yacht club tonight
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), May 31st, 2005.

i may go there tonight, too!

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

ok well since i have no idea who you are, well, have a good time!

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

he is dafunkymunky, obv. Beware.

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

He is your long lost cousin from the bottle city of Kandor, Jorel.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Stay away from his red kryptonite.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

: (

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

kryptonite?!?! wow, this is getting good....

i was going to propose a meet up...but i've often flaked on going to the yacht club on account of its crowdedness. if i do show up there, i'll be sure to scream out your screename real loud until i find you.

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

and i'll be sure to cringe in embarassment.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Brainiac to thread!

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I killed the thread. For this I am sorry. Maybe if I fly backwards around the globe it will be restored to life.

― Kal-El (Ken L), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

so i went to gowanus yacht club.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to Soda...it was packed!

― On the bass, 57 7th, he wrote this (calstars), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

that's on vanderbilt, right?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Soda is the awesome! The burgers are the bomb.

xpost Vanderbilt between St. Marks and Prospect, indeed.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

that's not incredibly far from my house but i've never been.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

when your neighborhood watering hole is the alibi, well, you go to other neighborhoods.

i guess i should go to rope one of these days tho.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

man, bars have the dumbest names these days.

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)

neither of those bars are new

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a skeezy biker bar down the road from me here where the sign outside always reads "big ass chsburg $4." now that's a bar!

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

the place has no windows.

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I spent the weekend before last in Crowne Heights/East Flatbush. It was pleasant, not much going on though.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

'gax, are you on the SF-NY shuttle?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

so i went to gowanus yacht club.
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), June 1st, 2005.

was it packed? i got home and was too tired to go ;-\

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I've had a drink on Smith St since the night of the August '03 blackout, when I stopped into boat for some WATER on the trek home.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

it was packed, yeah. we had a nice l'il corner table tho.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

'gax, are you on the SF-NY shuttle?
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), June 1st, 2005 7:35 AM. (Dr Morbius)

Hopefully not for long (cross yr fingers!)

Also, I will reply to your email this afternoon.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

BOAT! I thought that place only existed when charltonlido is here, like as soon as his foot steps on the solid earth of America, this one storefront in Carroll Gardens flips around transformer-style and becomes Boat.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i had my birthday fap at boat last year, not that anyone besides geeta/rosemary/paul scifisoul showed up...

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

hey, I had my birthday FAP there, too!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

OUR birthday fap! :-)

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Not that I was within 3000 miles of New York! Maybe everyone else was under the same impression as I was about Boat's magical transformative abilities, and thought you were fooling them.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Have any of you played in the Magnetic Field bar trivia contest (alt Wednesdays)? I might need some teammates, and you'd have a shot at the prize, he arrogantly claimed.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

I've been hearing a lot about that place lately. It's on Atlantic and Henry, right? I like trivia! I've got a brain packed with useless info!

― Candicissima (candicissima), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

morbs, i was on my high school and college quiz bowl teams, so i'd be in.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

count me in once i get back to nyc! i live pretty close to there.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I live a few blocks from there and used to be good at such stuff, so I'm in if you'll have me.

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

OK. There's one tonight, but I'm uncertain I can make it. The 27th p'rhaps.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

And it turns out tonight's trivia was cancelled.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

I can catch any one of a million skillion buses there. Let me know if there are any addl spots open on I Love Trivia team for next time.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

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Reminds me of that massive curved one on 3rd ave and 19 st

― calstars, Sunday, 3 August 2025 20:57 (eleven months ago)

two months pass...

they put a bike lane in on court street from brooklyn heights down to the bqe . . . but instead of taking out one of the two parking lanes, they took out one of the two traffic lanes and now it's chaos and honking every afternoon

naturally there's already a lawsuit

― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 October 2025 20:42 (eight months ago)

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