Park Slope Stroller Nazi Story Getting a Little Stale
We’re not exactly sure why this was a front-page article the the NY Times Sunday Real Estate section—seems more like City section material to us—but, there it was, another article making light of the number of strollers (and implicit bourgeois existence of their pushers) in Park Slope. The fact that there are a lot of…
We’re not exactly sure why this was a front-page article the the NY Times Sunday Real Estate section—seems more like City section material to us—but, there it was, another article making light of the number of strollers (and implicit bourgeois existence of their pushers) in Park Slope. The fact that there are a lot of young families (some of whose matriarchs aren’t averse to a little public nursing) in Park Slope just ain’t news anymore, so let’s just settle the fight for the soul of the slope once and for all in the hopes that another article never has to be written on the subject. In the words of The Times article, is Park Slope “Hipster Hell” or “Parent Heaven”? Update: As of 4:30 today, there were 216 votes for Parent Heaven and 158 votes for Hipster Hell.
The Park Slope Parent Trap [NY Times]
Photo by Kansas Liberal
What in world is wrong with breast feeding?i find it rather a turn on,think iam going to hang out at the Tea Lounge.
All the so-called hipsters bitching here today are tomorrows harried SLoper parents (unless they move to Ditmas Park – described by the Village Voice as where aging hipsters go to retire, i.e., breed…
There’s a drop-down menu underneath the Search box
Where? That’s what I was looking for — and I remembered it being there in the past — but I’m not seeing any such list.
Park Sloper at 1:58,
There’s a very long list of brooklyn blogs on the right hand side of the page.
I assume the comment at 2:35 PM wasn’t really by Brownstoner? Doesn’t sound like you, JB!
the chime: thanks for providing me lots of laughs the last couple of days!!! great posts, really!!
fyi: some of us had our twins the old-fashioned way: by having sex! so all you folks complaining about double strollers — assuming you choose to procreate, and even if you never “deign” to use fertility drugs — be warned: you may find yourself pushing one someday, basking in the dirty looks of passers-by like yourself. unless, of course, you choose to carry them both in a snugli… (why didn’t I think of that??)
By the way (and I’m cross-posting this comment on the “Park Slope Stroller Nazis” thread and on the “Monday Links” thread), the comments on the Park Slope Stroller thread have distracted attention from the other recent New York Times article on Brooklyn (and Park Slope) about Brooklyn bloggers, “Cracker Barrel 2.0.”
Granted, the existence of a large number of prolific Brooklyn bloggers is also old news, but the article mentioned our own Jon (Butler) Brownstoner, along with Park Slope’s beloved Louise Crawford of Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn, as well as Dope on the Slope, Flatbush Gardener, Big Sky Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights Blog, DumboNYC, 110 Livingston, Ditmas Park Blog, Brit in Brooklyn, Kensington Blog, Clinton Hill Blog, Gowanus Lounge, even Curbed.com, and three that were new to me, Kinetic Carnival, BushwickBK and Self-Absorbed Boomer. I’m sorry I missed the Second Annual Brooklyn Blogfest that Louise C. organized recently at the Old Stone House, but I look forward the third annual festival next year!
And thanks to all of you (as well as many not mentioned in the article, such as [in no particular order] [Son of] Planet PLG, across the park, 423smith, Daily Heights, Daily Slope, A Brooklyn Life, Brooklyn Streets (aka firstandcourt), Atlantic Yards Report, Develop Don’t Destroy, No Land Grab, Big Cities Big Boxes, Brooklyn 11211, Found in Brooklyn, McBrooklyn, Set Speed (aka onehansonplace.com), Runs Brooklyn, Brooklyn Ramblings, Old First, B61 Productions, Found in Brooklyn, Who Walk In Brooklyn, Only Coney, Callalillie and Bed-Stuy Blog, as well as lots of others I undoubtedly haven’t discovered yet) for your inspired blogging about wonderful Brooklyn! And let me also give a shout out to Design*Sponge, which is a design blog, but run by a writer in Carroll Gardens and well worth a look!
And Jon B., in putting this list together, I noticed that your site no longer has a list of links to other blogs. Shame on you! Bring them back, please!