For local musicians to be prolific in this modern-day cash-is-king society – and specifically in the pricey bohemian mecca of New York City – one has to be realistic, and get one of those things regular people call a “day job” to pay the bills. Often when that 9 am to 5pm or 4pm to 1am shift is done, a double-life is born.
Greenpoint feels a bit like a small town trapped in a different era, but in that warm and welcoming everybody-knows-each-other, life-is-fine-and-dandy kind of way. Though the neighborhood has seen an influx of younger residents over the last decade bringing with them new restaurants and bars, at Brooklyn’s northern most point, the new and the old fit together, creating a friendly, vibrant community.
Meet Apartment 138′s muddle-master Alfredo Di Scipio. This ‘tender spends his nights in Carroll Gardens whipping up tasty bevvies, which is where we caught up with him for the scoop on summer cocktails and where he learned to shake and stir them.
The L Magazine’s second annual Northside Festival concluded Sunday with four days of music and ambition to spare.
Jack “Skippy” McFadden leaves on mutual terms as talent buyer at Union Hall and The Bell House. He’ll most certainly be missed.
While Brookynites might be more familiar with brown bagging that 40 ounce, BrooklynTheBorough.com gathered together with some good friends and tried something fresh: stoopin’ it with a brand new bottle of Absolut Brooklyn (a Spike Lee collaboration – not a joint!). Check out our how-to slideshow on stoopin’ it in the borough.
On Thursday April 29 at Freddy’s Bar, small magnetic LCD lights ascended rapidly from the hands of patrons, fixing themselves to the historic tin ceiling – a glowing, colorful metaphor for how this 70 year old establishment might soon be moving on.
