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Sorry about that

In case you hadn’t noticed, a lot of this blog is just an excuse to fool around with Movable Type, css and a bunch of other fun stuff. In other words, experimenting so that other blogs don’t have days like today. If you were looking for posts today and just found a blank page, chalk it up to an MT4 upgrade. Or more specifically, the fact that MT4 now includes the wonderful-but-pitifully-undocumented plugin MultiBlog, albeit in a completely updated (and yes, undocumented) version.

Things still aren’t 100% – the articles (posts from the main blog) appear at the bottom of the page, rather than along with the side blog entries. Hopefully we’ll get that in order (and get MarsEdit to work).

Very Sad

Tavin Alves Clark was a 16-year-old who lived on Cooper Street. Earlier this week he was struck by a stray bullet while looking out his apartment window. After a few days on life support, Tavin died yesterday.

Apple in the Burg

Yeah, its been linked to a thousand times, and discussed ad nauseum on every comment board in the city. My two cents – no way. An out of the way location with little destination potential is not the Apple way (even malls are destinations, this isn’t). It would make my life easier if it did happen, but until then, I’ll stick with Mikey’s HookUp and Tekserve (and yes, the Apple stores in the Emerald City).

Bushwick Inlet Park Acquisitions

The Eagle doesn’t say which two properties, but does get Massey Knakal on record inflating the price of land that will (hopefully) one day be a park (and costing taxpayers money in the process). The thing is, these properties were rezoned from manufacturing to park land, not residential. Not many development opportunities there, certainly not at the $200/foot MK is claiming.

Best of Williamsburg (More Food)

Don’t know how I wound up on a food kick, but…

From Cakehead, a list of essential Williamsburg dining experiences. Who remembers when (not very long ago) only Kasia’s and Luger’s would have made the list?

Not So Appetizing

Asbestos complaints are way up in North Brooklyn. Not surprising when you consider that half the artificial siding up here is ACM.

Squash Blossoms

Aurora is one of Williamsburg’s best restaurants. And if you are looking for squash blossoms, there are plenty in the parks and vacant lots of the southside – the local South Asian community has them planted all over.