Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Back from Holidays

BHB photo by C. Scales The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange has re-opened following summer vacation. The Exchange, located at 55 Pierrepont Street, between Henry and Hicks, has just completed an extensive interior redesign: BHB photo by C. Scales The Exchange is a not-for-profit market for handcrafted goods, many made by local artisans, including children’s clothing, toys, pottery, decorative pillows, soaps and lotions, sachets, and the like, as well as books of local interest (the last inclu

Let’s get personal (essays, that is)

Print This Post by Samantha ShokinSeptember 11, 2009 PHOTO from Internet Source “Truth is stranger than fiction,” the old saying goes. If you read a lot of tabloids or watch TMZ then you’d probably agree. Even in the literary realm, a striking account of real events can make even the tallest of tales seem rather unextraordinary. What’s more remarkable is if the striking account is told first-hand, givi

U.S. Supreme Court eyes decades of campaign finance laws

U.S. Supreme Court of the United States (Photo by WDCpix) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a case that could reverse major gains made in recent decades to reduce the influence of corporate money on federal elections. At first blush, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission appears to present relatively narrow, technical questions about the definition of terms under the federal campaign finance law. But after hearing oral argument in the case la

What We Did on Our Summer Vacation

And you may ask yourself Where does that highway go? With all apologies to the Talking Heads we know where said highway goes – wherever we want. Eat that train tracks! I put out a call to our Vacations staff for photos of summer and all that it entails. The following are their contributions. Don’t worry, if your favorite writer didn’t submit a photo as they’ve probably got their own story brewing, or they’re just lazy, but probably the story thing. Ed : Hatteras, NC What I

Where Did Cobrasnake Go On His Summer Vacation Because He Didn’t Come To The Hamptons

[Photo by Mark the Cobrasnake ] via guestofaguest: He skipped the pond with his hep-cat buddies and roamed the streets, bars, parks, and clubs of England . The photog has been traveling all over the world this summer without stopping by the Hamptons once. What’s up Mark?! There are more than enough club kids boozing all over the East End for you to snap photos of. Instead, the Cobrasnake entourage spent their summer vacation wearing plaid, riding bikes, eating ice cream and so much more

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