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Jacob Riis Park, is just twenty minutes from our doorstep. Although, Coney Island is closer, we prefer the humble crowd and decrepit beach architecture of Riis Beach in Far Rockaway. A real Brooklyn gem.

Just a sampling of some our favorite spots that specialize in affordable and honest food.

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Apparently, back in the 80′s there was this cable-access talent show called “Stairway to Stardom”. It really tapped the deep vein of awkwardness running through Brooklyn during those cocaine-fueled days. I am happy to say that the genre continues to this day on Brooklyn cable-access station BCAT, and we can only hope and pray that someone is putting it all on crappy videotape right now.

Before you view the below video, here’s some background on this Brooklyn cultural masterpiece.

Today, Lupe relaxed at the end of the Garden Pier, in Red Hook. The pier is just across the small inlet of water that separates the pier from Fairway Supermarket, right next to the The Waterfront Museum. Enjoy the view.

Went to Difara’s in Midwood, Brooklyn for lunch today. Best pizza in the world! Dom makes them by hand, one by one, all by himself. I have never seen any of his kids so much as touch the dough. In his day, he wasn’t an artisan, he was a pizza-maker. A true original.

Newcleus, originally from Brooklyn.

Louis Theroux, intrepid reporter from the BBC, took a long, plaintive stare at Black Nationalism in Harlem in the early 2000′s (right around when Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by NYC police).

Jonathan Schwartz played a cover of this song this past weekend on WNYC. I had never heard it before and it’s beautiful. This video is from Wolfgang’s Vault.

While looking online for a video of Little River Band’s classic ballad, “Lady”, I accidentally stumbled across a nerd love, so dark and depraved, that no Trekkie dare speak its name in public: a sentimental dedication to 40 years of the beloved Enterprise.

Thanks “captjon1″ for posting!