From Groupon site: For more than 20 years, Two Guys Auto Plex’s car-wash services have kept automotives as beautiful as the day they hatched in the factory. The facility’s horseless-carriage whisperers groom cars of all sizes, pampering exteriors by gently scrubbing windows, polishing tires and rims, and exfoliating auto bodies with a complete wash and waxing. On the inside, touch-ups include the vacuuming of muck from mats and the shampooing of seats to protect their longevity. Armor All is also included to round out your speedy companion’s spa-like experience.
A new wine and crepe bar is opening on Franklin Street this Saturday!
Reader Alyssa emails: I biked by it yesterday. I think its called ‘Wine a Bit’ and opening Saturday (I think on India at Franklin) next to the hair metal salon. Wine and Crepe bar.
After a little research it’s apparently called Wyne a Bit and it’s at 200 Franklin Street at the corner of India in the ‘new’ building that already houses the lovely Julia James Boutique and Hair Metal Salon.
Wyne a Bit
Opens Saturday, June 25th, 2011
200 Franklin Street
at India Street
Today’s Groupon offers $20 for $40 worth of spa services at Jennifer’s Day Spa on 99 Nassau Ave. List of services here.
From the Groupon site: Jennifer’s Day Spa tasks itself with ensuring the comfort of its patrons, pampering them from head to cuticle with a wide array of services. 30-minute massages ($40) can wick away pent-up stress with patented Swedish techniques or delve into musculature with a sure-handed deep tissue massage, a modality designed to realign subdermal layers of muscular and connective tissue. A body scrub with sea salts accompanies each massage, further relaxing customers and earning them the olfactory love of mariners everywhere. Other spa services include 40-minute foot reflexology sessions with Chinese herbs ($40), waxing sessions for areas such as the lower leg ($20) or underarm ($10), and detail-oriented manicures ($10) and pedicures ($15).
I walk by this store front all the time but I’ve never gone for spa services in Brooklyn so I think I’ll try this one! Clicked ‘Buy’.
In God We Trust is gearing up for their next Backyard Bazaar. An open air market featuring over a dozen vendors including Dusen and Dusen, Buyers Remorse, Osborn Shoes, M. Carter, custom portraits by Nathan Gelgud, Lila Rice Jewelry, vintage and antiques. Plus, there’s 10% off your entire purchase at the Greenpoint store, snacks, free beer and mimosas!
Backyard Bazaar
Saturday June 25th, 2011 from 12-6pm In God We Trust
70-72 Greenpoint Avenue
btwn Franklin & West
It’s a Greenpointers Giveaway! Rooftop Films has supplied us with ten pairs of tickets to a series of short films Home Movies and Commerical Kings to giveaway to our lucky readers!
We have the chance to giveaway the tix anyway we like. But I like things that are easy, so if you’re interested just shoot me an email with your full name at greenpointers@gmail.com with the subject: Rooftop Films Giveaway and I’ll randomly choose 10 folks to win a pair each! Winners will be notified by email on Thursday 6/23 morning and their names will be on the list at the event. Details below:
Home Movies and Commerical Kings is a collection of home movie inspired short films, including a special sneak preview of IFC’s new show The Commercial Kings. Before the show, Erika Spring of Au Revoir Simone will play live. It’s being held in the brand-new-not-yet-open-to-the-public outdoor bar in Williamsburg, Crown Vic.
ROOFTOP FILMS: HOME MOVIES AND COMMERCIAL KINGS (Short Films) A special collection of short films that let us peak into the lives of strangers, plus a special sneak preview of Commercial Kings, a new series on IFC. For decades people have been making home movies; capturing what they feel are important times in their lives. Home movies are made up of personal and special moments that someone wanted to document and never forget—and most of the time they rarely get seen again. But it’s a pleasure to watch them, to peek into someone else’s life, to feel a little voyeuristic. This year’s edition of Rooftop’s “Home Movies” draws inspiration from the tradition of the home movie, building off tropes of self-documentation to create accomplished works of art, and honoring the life and death of a town, paying homage to wrestling fathers and grandfather’s unknown, and giving voice to boozy family members who make you laugh and truly scare you at the same time.
The Films:
MY BIG RED PURSE (Giancarlo Iannotta | Chicago, IL | 4 min.)
GRANDPA LOOKED LIKE WILLIAM POWELL (David Levy | Brooklyn, NY | 4 min.)
WRESTLING WITH MY FATHER (Charles Fairbanks | Lexington, NE | 5 min.)
FAMILY NIGHTMARE (Dustin Guy Defa | Salt Lake City, Utah | 9 min.)
FOR HOME VIEWING (Mikhail Zheleznikov | Russia | 29 min.)
WEE REQUIEM (Jenn E. Norton | Canada | 7 min.)
WELCOME TO PINE POINT (Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons of The Goggles | Canada | 14 min.)
COMMERCIAL KINGS (Todd Cohen | USA | 23 min.)
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Crown Vic – Backyard
60 South 2nd St. (at Wythe Ave.)
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music
9:00 PM Films Begin
11:30 PM After Party at the Crown Vic
One of my favorite local spots – The Habitat – are taking Wednesdays off for the Summer so the crew can have some fun of their own!
The Habitat will be on a Wednesday hiatus throughout the summer until September. We can most likely be found sipping cold beers on the beach, hosting backyard barbeques, or bar hopping with the locals. Please continue to enjoy our delicious amenities every other day of the week. Happy Summer!
Earlier this week, I greeted my work day aboard the upper deck of the East River Ferry, which just started service from Greenpoint’s brand new India St. Pier. My fellow passengers and I lined the ships railings like wide-eyed pilgrims, taking in the curious wonders of the shoreline as we passed. We arrived at 34th street in under ten minutes, our sea legs barely earned.
Passengers lined up Saturday for Greenpoint's new East River Ferry service.
Once in Manhattan however, the connecting shuttle bus detailed on the pier’s ferry map failed to materialize and I ended up walking the twenty or so blocks to my midtown office. I did eye some possible pre-ferry/after work watering holes within the squeaky clean blocks of Murray Hill (Pinetree Lodge you may have a Greenpoint regular). I would recommend bringing your bike as the travel options from that far east on the island are pretty limited and are not eligible for a transfer. Over all the experience was pleasant but not entirely practical.
The weekend service was a different story. On Saturday, my girlfriend and I waited for twenty-five minutes amongst a growing crowd on the pier, which was shadeless and hot in the mid-morning sun. The boat eventually docked and soon a ferryman approached us from the opposite side of the gate. “Only 6 of you…” He told the crowd of about fifty, a dozen of them a group of teenage bicyclists perhaps hoping to spend the day riding and picnicking on the lush greens of Governors Island. The lucky few hurried on board, the rest of us left to wait another half-hour on the pier, or to give up entirely.
I’m sure ridership will drop-off significantly once NY Waterways begins charging four-dollars a ride and I do understand that they need a few weeks to work out the kinks (they’ve already issued and advisory addressing capacity issues), but their slogan “Relax. We’ll get you there.” might take some time to stick. Our neighborhood has been underserviced for a long time and the Ferry is certainly part of the solution, but it may take some coordination with the MTA before a sea voyage becomes a practical part of many Greenpointers commutes.
Tickets are just $15 Adults, $10 Children/Students/Seniors and available
at the Polish National Home (aka Warsaw) (261 Driggs Ave) or the Forum Agency (616 Manhattan Ave).
Rzeszów Festival Preview Concert
Sunday June 19th, 2011 3pm Polish National Home
261 Driggs Ave
Eater has the lowdown on the new spot opening Monday to grace the NaBedLo triangle (gotta love Kea for that coinphrase!) – Nights & Weekends. Coming to you from the folks of Five Leaves, it sounds promising with “a menu inspired by the West Indies and Cuba, and a cocktail list that includes a number of rum-based drinks”.
Peachfrog via New York Magazine Today’s Groupon offers $60 worth of merchandise from Peachfrog for $25. An extra incentive to spread the word: if more than 1,000 Groupons are sold, the value of the Groupon will increase to $70. Check out Brokelyn’s review. If you’re a bargain shopper, this is a must buy!
From the Groupon site: Peachfrog filters the finest overstock and liquidated apparel, accessories, and housewares, diluting them down to their purest and lowest-priced form by offering savings of 50%–90% off retail prices.
The website lists this under Greenpoint although I’m pretty sure this is in Williamsburg.
From Groupon site: For more than 20 years, Two Guys Auto Plex’s car-wash services have kept automotives as beautiful as the day they hatched in the factory. The facility’s horseless-carriage whisperers groom cars of all sizes, pampering exteriors by gently scrubbing windows, polishing tires and rims, and exfoliating auto bodies with a complete wash and waxing. On the inside, touch-ups include the vacuuming of muck from mats and the shampooing of seats to protect their longevity. Armor All is also included to round out your speedy companion’s spa-like experience.
From the Groupon site: Jennifer’s Day Spa tasks itself with ensuring the comfort of its patrons, pampering them from head to cuticle with a wide array of services. 30-minute massages ($40) can wick away pent-up stress with patented Swedish techniques or delve into musculature with a sure-handed deep tissue massage, a modality designed to realign subdermal layers of muscular and connective tissue. A body scrub with sea salts accompanies each massage, further relaxing customers and earning them the olfactory love of mariners everywhere. Other spa services include 40-minute foot reflexology sessions with Chinese herbs ($40), waxing sessions for areas such as the lower leg ($20) or underarm ($10), and detail-oriented manicures ($10) and pedicures ($15).
