Free comic books! Free salvation! Meh Dry Cleaning!

Picking up my dc (not darling child, I'm talking dry cleaning), I was given the opportunity to have my soul saved. Soul saving comes complimentary in the form of proselytizing mini comic books at the register of Park Slope's Grace Cleaners. I know what you're thinking, 'Why do you go to Grace Cleaners when they are expensive and lose clothing items?!' Well, I feel bad because they had to rebuild after the devil burned down their business in March '09.  Also, my apt is right down the street and I'm a lazy mother-Sloper. So, all you slope heathen motherfuckers, has Grace Cleaners saved your soul or lost your pants? Do tell.

Guest post by Felicia, PS Breeder

New baby sea lions at the Prospect Park Zoo

According to a well-placed source (okay, fine, my friend's kid who goes to camp there), two new baby sea lions arrived yesterday day at the Prospect Park Zoo. They are both rescues, and reportedly one of them will eventually go to the Central Park Zoo. Head on over soon to catch a glimpse of the super-cuteness.

Whassup: Bar None Edition

via localbozo.comIt may never make it onto a list like this ( although Southpaw did, so you never know), but Bar 4's upcoming closure should still inspire its share of sadness. Yesterday, the neighborhoodly little bar with the tiny stage and tremendous open-mic night announced it would be turning the rock sounds off on Aug. 15. Park Slope, Brooklyn and NYC at large just continue to change, and there continue to be casualties along the way. Bar 4 opened in 1999, when South Slope was far from the main site of Slope gentrification. (It was also a good year for the Indonesian restaurant diagonal from Bar 4, apparently, which continues to display the recognition it received from Time Out in '99.) Before the 4 shutters, take advantage and see a show: Coming up is the open mic night (Tuesday), which has a stellar rep among musicians, or Motherfucking Bingo (on Wednesday), which has a swear word in the title. Or just come suck back a cheap(ish) beer. Welcome to Whassup: Bar None Edition:

* Friday, July 26: Sexy Summer Friday, Babeland: What's an overworked, over-ambitious New Yorker to do when an astonishing dollop of FREE TIME arrives in the form of summer Fridays? Like, relax? HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THAT?? Alcohol and sex toys are a good start, which is why Babeland's summer Fridays happy hour is just what your constricted sphincter needs. 3pm-5pm, FREE. 

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Just what we need: A social club for teenagers

No sooner did the State Liquor Authority deny a liquor license to Kemistry -- the moronically spelled and hotly contested bottle service club/lounge on Flatbush -- than the owners decided to accept their fate and turn the place into a club for teenagers. In an e-mail to Atlantic Yards Report, one of the owners outlines their plans: 

We still plan on being good tenants as we move forward these next years to come and in giving it great thought we will revised our plans into a social club for teenagers. Fully equip with the latest electronics , Arcades and Social Media devices. Sounds and lasers from the future. We will operate 7 days a week and cater to a 13-19 year old crowd. We would like to sit down with the board to discuss reasonable hours of operation and come to an agreement on operations. therefore hopefully in time when we revisit the SLA the community will not denied us and see us as responsible neighbors.

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[What You Should Order At...] Juventino

Juventino, one of my fave restaurants in the Slope, has a hidden secret (and I agonized about whether to share it, but my kindness has bested my selfishness): Their Wednesday night dollar oysters are the best in the city, and you should all go there immediately. Immediately. Like tonight!

We’re not just talking about run-of-the-mill Blue Points for a buck. NO! I mean at least eight, and often as many as 20, different varieties of oyster, all for a dollar a piece! West Coast, East Coast, Canadian, Japanese … all served with a “smoked chipotle-tomato vinegar” mignonette that kicks the ass of any other raw bar condiment I’ve ever had.

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