New Neighborhood Blog: The Q at Parkside

I'd like to welcome The Q at Parkside, a blog for people "for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain," to the Brooklyn blogging family. The blog is run by Clarkson resident Tim Thomas, who has lived in the neighborhood with his wife (and now daughter) for 7 years.

The blog has hit the ground running, with a comparison of our four neighborhood grocery stores and a review of Melany, a Dominican restaurant on Flatbush and Lenox (gmap) that I wasn't aware of (and will now be checking out). He also beat me to joking about the DNA testing ads on the dollar vans, which I obviously waited too long to poke fun at.

In addition to blogging, the Thomases started the Clarkson FlatBed block association, which apparently kicked off strong: there will be a clean-up day on June 4 and a block party in August.

Welcome aboard, Q. Don't take too much of our traffic.

(Image via The Subway Nut)

Nap Time for the Blog

Hey folks, we are delighted to introduce Sidney McLaren Star, a new arrival at Hawthorne Street HQ... which is our way of saying that Carrie and I are going to have to take a break from blogging for a while. I'm sure that we will periodically wake up cranky and complain about something. We may even take the time to write something nice about things we like — but if you think we're smiling it's probably just gas.

Now if you'll excuse us, we need to go learn the secret handshake for the Stroller Mafia.

Reading this blog

Hello and welcome. Before creating any misconceptions, let me say up front that we're going to be posting irregularly: anywhere from a couple of times a week to once every two months.  Quality over quantity!

With this in mind, I highly recommend using a newsreader so that you know when we update. If you are one of the people who have no idea what RSS is, trust me when I say that it would make reading online a whole lot easier. A news reader will tell you when your favorite sites update and allow you to keep track of articles that you intend to read later. (I use Bloglines, so that's what I'll recommend. Here are some instructions.)

Thanks. We look forward to reading your comments!