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A Vanity Wikipedia Entry Will Cost You $300

Now that there's a company out there willing to make you Wikipedia famous, for a price, we get an idea of how much an entry in the Internet's de-facto library costs. Turns out it's $300.

By Jen Doll

Apr 17, 2012

No Respect for the 'Colonizers of Williamsburg'

There's a final gentrification push in the land of Williamsburg, according to The New York Post, that may make the starving artist extinct, or possibly just make the starving artist move to Bushwick.

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By Genevieve Smith, Capital New York

Apr 13, 2012

What 'Girls' Gets Right and Wrong About New York

The mistakes in Girls are only notable because the show gets so much about the city right, at least the version of the city known to a very particular subset of young New Yorkers.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 5, 2012

What It Takes to Get Kicked Out of the Park Slope Coop

Is it really that easy to get booted from the Park Slope Food Coop?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 2, 2012

Dispatches from the Parenting Wars Against the Ice Cream Man

It's that time of year: The seasonal shots have been fired; dormant for the winter, it's now time for the war against the ice cream man again.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 28, 2012

The Park Slope Food Coop Drama Is Over (for Now)

After a dramatic lead-up that included passionate campaigns and weeks of canvassing on both sides from Coop members and local politicians, the members of the Park Slope Food Coop voted down the opportunity to vote on whether or not Israeli products should be banned from the store.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 27, 2012

It's Israeli Boycott 'Primary Night' at the Park Slope Coop

The Park Slope Food Coop is gearing up for a meeting tonight that may be the most talked-about Park Slope Food Coop meeting in history. But do you know what is at stake? The topic is boycotting products from Israel, but there is more: vegan marshmallows! shift credits! parliamentary procedure! We put together a preview.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 23, 2012

The Park Slope Food Coop Has an Apathy Problem

The Park Slope Food Coop is facing what may be the most troubling problem in their 39-year history: apathy.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 14, 2012

The Brooklynest Want Ad for the Brooklynest Barista Ever

It is nice to know, in days when quitting a job might land you your own New York Times Op Ed, that some people take pride in their work. A small coffeeshop in Brooklyn needs a barista, aka, "a fringe type, yet comfortable, like the middle of a Venn diagram."

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By Jen Doll

Feb 29, 2012

The More Things Change the More Food Co-ops Stay Mockable

One of the most amusing (and enlightening) reads of the day may be senior Reuters Opinion editor Chadwick Matlin's live tweets of Tuesday night's monthly members meeting of the Park Slope Food Co-op.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 23, 2012

The Babies Have Discovered Wall Street

It seems New Yorkers can't get comfortable in one neighborhood without being told that a new neighborhood is the neighborhood to be in. Or not to be in, as the case may be.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 15, 2012

Introducing Babyccinos, the Latest Twee Brooklyn Trend

Do you live in Brooklyn? Do you drink coffee? Do you have a baby, and does it want its own coffee, too? If so, babyccinos, not to be confused with baby chinos, are for you.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 17, 2012

Chart of the Day

The Fixie Index of Places Most Entranced by Hipster Trends

"Fixies (fixed gear bikes) are considered to be a strong indicator of hipsterness," argues Rohin Dhar at the Priceonomics Blog.

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By Ted Mann

Dec 11, 2011

The One About Abraham Lincoln and the G Spot

The Wall Street Journal examines how a statue of Lincoln is soon to displace a monument to the discoverer of a very special set of glands in Brooklyn.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 10, 2011