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Sniffing the Slope With Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl Referee

By Douglas Calhoun

We all know lots of folks will be tuning into the big game this weekend, attending parties with football shaped chip bowls and all the natty ice you could imagine, while some of us spend the day trying to understand the appeal (besides men in tights, of course).

Here’s something I can get behind: Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl had been the source of adorable-ness for 6 years and counting, and who knew the game’s referee Andrew Schechter, 25, laid out his traditional stripped shirt and high tube socks in Williamsburg? It comes as no shock that the ref for alternative programming on Super Bowl Sundays lives in our alternative Borough. The concept is simple, 30+ adorable baby animals and one charming referee for hours and hours! More about Andrew and Zellie, plus a slideshow of adorableness, after the jump.

Go Have Fun With Mike Edison In Brooklyn

By Nicole Brydson

If the young hedonists of Brooklyn could have a cheerleader – one that works his mysticism in the form of a Marty Markowitz – it’s Mike Edison.

New York Magazine’s Jody Quon Opens Exhibit At Photo Fest

By Nicole Brydson

“The title of the show comes from [the movie] Juno,” said New York Magazine Photo Editor Jody Quon, standing in the middle of St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo on Wednesday night. The opening night of the New York Photo Festival was already underway.

“It’s that moment when [Ellen Page’s character] tells her father that she’s pregnant and he says, ‘I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when,’ and that’s when she says, ‘I don’t really know what type of girl I am.’ So that’s the whole loop.”

Meet The McMullans – Patrick and Liam Hang Out In Dumbo

By Nicole Brydson

The photographer Patrick McMullan, best known on the celebrity and socialite party circuit, was introducing his intoxicated son around outside of the PowerHouse Arena last Friday night.

Marty Clowns Around, Has Vision For Coney Island

By Nicole Brydson

Borough President Marty Markowitz was in Coney Island today, promoting the Ringling Bros Circus. Insert joke here.

Drink, Soterios Johnson, Drink

By Nicole Brydson

The Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg hosted a meet and greet with WNYC’s Soterios Johnson. The popular local Morning Edition host evidently sports a cult following, notably inspiring a musical score entitled Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance. Brooklyn The Borough asked Mr. Johnson about his Brooklyn listenership.

Overheard in Prospect Heights

By Nicole Brydson

“Oh. It’s kind of not shitty in here.” – Some White Dude walking into Manhattans – Tracy Westmoreland’s new Prospect Heights watering hole – on opening night.