Park Slope Family Circus Brings The Funnies

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We just discovered this brand new blog, Park Slope Family Circus, which is a mash-up of the old school comic Family Circus with the comedy fodder that is our beloved neighborhood of Park Slope. Bravo to creator Erin Bradley for making me spit my large All Greens with a shot of wheat grass all over myself. Hilarious.

Whassup: Curse the Rain Edition

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Well, I didn't see that coming. But I guess that's the thing about weather. So, Mooga got scrooga'ed this time by the fickle gods of thunder and rain. This was undoubtedly inconvenient for people who wanted to attend, but damn: think of all those local vendors. That's a lot of wasted food and lost income. So to do the most Brooklyn-pride thing you can with your leisure time this week, I encourage you to patronize the biggest losers of the Mooga rain-out: the vendors. Go buy and consume some delicious shit from them this week. Welcome to Whassup: Curse the Rain Edition:

* Thursday, May 23: Celebrate BK Dance Party, Bell House: The weather woes continue, with Celebrate Brooklyn relocating this week's dance party from Brooklyn Bridge Park due to forecasted storms. But the REAL thunder will be on the dance floor, AM I RIGHT, GUYS?? Anyway, as the lameness of the previous sentence should make obvious, I do not dance. But for those that do, this will be an awesomely funky party led by Zapp, whose shit was so stank it stank up both '70's funk and '90's gangsta rap. Funky. Dance your mess around. 7pm, FREE.

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First look at Brooklyn DA TV Show

Have you been following the controversy over this show about the Brooklyn DA's office that CBS will start airing next week? Basically, the producers of the six part documentary are saying it's a news show, but two candidates challenging current Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes, in the fall primaries claim it's nothing more than a campaign ad, giving Hynes an unfair advantage. Well, set your DVRs, because we'll all get to decide for ourselves starting next Tuesday night at 10 p.m. CBS just released this preview of the show, which doesn't really offer up that much excitement. Still, the them song sounds pretty cool. Will you be watching? 

Matt Bomer's super-hotness filming on 8th Avenue

It may be annoying when film crews come and screw up alternate side parking for days on end, but at least today we have a little payoff with this out-in-the-open-up-close-and-very-visible sighting of White Collar's Matt Bomer. In a tuxedo, no less. Dayum. Maybe that's why the air is so hot and steamy today. Thanks a lot, Matt Bomer!

Park Slope's Prodigal Son Launches Mayoral Campaign

Sigh. In this video shot partly from the stoop of his childhood home in Park Slope, Anthony Weiner makes it official: he's running for mayor. He very brieflly cops to making "some big mistakes" (Dick pics!) but his main focus here is how he grew up middle class in Brooklyn, the son of a school teacher and a lawyer, as well as his prouder moments as a congressman from New York (fighting for health benefits for 9/11 first responders, etc.). So, good for him, I guess? Second chances and all. Still. Dick pics.