Tag Archives: Brooklyn

My Top 10 Favorite Bars

Posted on November 20, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

The continuing gentrification of San Francisco recently claimed another victim, one that’s near and dear to my heart: The Elbo Room, a longtime dive bar and music venue on Valencia Street in the Mission, will be closing, as the owners … Continue reading →

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The Time Machine

Posted on November 12, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Fans of Ray Bradbury will surely remember The Time Machine, one of the more iconic stories in his wonderful collection Dandelion Wine. In that story, a group of kids break into an old, haunted seeming mansion to find the “time … Continue reading →

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Sunny’s Is Back

Posted on August 26, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I already told the Sunny’s story here, but in brief: The 100-plus-year-old dive bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn is my favorite place in the world, largely because of the magical Saturday night jam it hosts; however, it’s been officially closed … Continue reading →

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Funny Things I’ve Seen While Running in Prospect Park

Posted on August 22, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Park Slope isn’t a perfect neighborhood. It’s expensive, there are WAY too many strollers (people bring their babies to bars around here), and a lot of its residents are those kind of white people who are self-conscious about their lives … Continue reading →

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One of My Favorite Places: Sunny’s Bar

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

From the outside, Sunny’s Bar is the very picture of unassuming. A lonely building, identified with a yellow “BAR” sign, on a dark cobble-stone street at the very tip of Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood cut off from the rest … Continue reading →

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