Vue Opens At Hotel Le Bleu

photo: Nicole Bengiveno/New York Times

According to the NYT, that rooftop resturant lounge, the Vue,has opened on up at Hotel Le Bleu--i.e. Park Slope's only boutique hotel.

Now, I love the shit out of boutique hotels, but I've heard some interesting things about Hotel Le Bleu. Like:

*It's ridiculously overpriced.

*The bathrooms in the hotel rooms are open to the actual room itself, so you'll be taking a shit in front of your husband/kid/one-night-stand/professional escort.

*Hardly anyone is staying there.

*Despite the "views" they talk about in this NYT blurb, the most significant "view" is that of grimy 4th Avenue.

*This restaurant was supposed to open eons ago.

Now granted, I've never been to the joint, so this all could be untrue. Maybe the place rocks so hard, you won't even notice that there is a homeless dude with a shopping cart full of cans loitering outside the lobby, or that your hotel (plus balcony, mais oui!) overlooks the taxi cab garage next door. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones and check this place out for my damn self.

Anyone been??

Awww...Williamsburg Trustafarians Have Fallen On Hard Times Too

image via: Look At That Fucking Hipster

The NYT reports:

Famed for its concentration of heavily subsidized 20-something residents — also nicknamed trust-funders or trustafarians — Williamsburg is showing signs of trouble. Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city’s most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their children new luxury condos, subsidizing rents and providing cash to spend at Bedford Avenue’s boutiques and coffee houses.

Thank Gawd everyone in Park Slope is still rich as shit!

(via Brokelyn)

Read Brokelyn R-I-G-H-T N-O-W

I usually hate everyone and everything, so imagine my surprise when I came across a rad new Brooklyn blog that:

*is chock full of sweet ass tips on how to survive in the BK as a recessionista

*doesn't look like a piece of shit (like not at ALL)

*AND has a clever name

All y'all need to go read that sucker Brokelyn toute de suite...or else.

Park Slope Breeder Kills It on Jeopardy

If the topic of our BREEDER vs. BALLER column this week was trivia...and if BREEDER's column was guest written by Justin Bernbach, BALLER would be totally fucked.

Bernbach, a Park Slope resident, has so far won more than $80k on his recent winning streak on the popular gameshow Jeopardy.

I was totally impressed with this information...until I read about this: the dude got confused between Twitter and Facebook!?

F-A-I-L.

(via NY Daily News)

Old People: They're Just Like Us

Aww....

This whole article just really warms my heart (maybe I *should* join the Food Coop after all!).

NY Mag checked in with one young hipster Park Slope rez and one old timer Park Slope rez to find out why the Christ they live here, and (GASP!) they like some of the very same shit!

It's quite riveting...read it for yourself.

(Also, can someone please tell me what the fuck a yoga deck is??)

(via NY Magazine)