Twitter: newvictorians- @brooklyncybele ya I agree I didn't sound like fireworks to me either. 7th ave & 11th here, where u?
- Did I just hear 3-4 gunshots in Park slope? 10-20 minutes ago? 7th ave and 11th? #parkslope #Brooklyn
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Joey Gallo: Redhook Mobster
Earlier this year in May we went on a walking tour with the author of Mad Ones; Tom Folsom. We learned much about the underground king pin that was Joey Gallo and his gang. From the 1940s through the 1960s Redhook, Brooklyn was his mafia playground. You can listen to Tom Folsom talk in more [...]
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Underwood Standard Typewriter No. 5
Recently we purchased a old vintage Underwood Standard No. 5 typewriter. Instead of the guestbook at the wedding, we will ask our guests to type a piece of advice for us on vintage postcards. It wasn’t easy finding vendors selling extra ribbon and instruction manuals for this beautiful piece of equipment. This posting should help [...]
Finding Designer and Formal Bowties
For our wedding, I was giving a task of finding my fiance’s fathers bow tie. Since they are so hard to find, I decided to compile a small list of the vendors and designers that I thought would have worked perfectly for our event. The final selection for us is yet to be made, but [...]
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