The G Train Now Stops in Park Slope. Great.

For years, Central and South Slope residents have had to rely soly on the F train for subway transportation. Weekend closures, re-routes along the A line and random switches to 'express stops only' have been frequent occurrences that we've had to learn to live with. I didn't think it was possible for a subway line to suck any worse than the F train. But the G train has surpassed it!

The MTA, in their infinite wisdom, has added the G train to the 7th Avenue and 15th St/PPW stops. Not the V train, which would simply have had to continue along the F line as it does throughout Manhattan, but the friggan G train. A line that doesn't even make Manhattan stops, but instead meanders through Brooklyn and Queens. A train with only four or five cars that doesn't even reach half of the platform, yet seems to now run more frequently than the F each morning. Thanks MTA for making absolutely no improvement to the transportation options of Park Slope commuters.

Park Slope Moms

Still annoyed that a Park Slope Mom cut me in line at the Farmer's Market near 15th St this morning. They really think they own the neighborhood, don't they?

Tonight in Prospect Park

The NY Philharmonic performed in Prospect Park's version of the 'Great Lawn' tonight, complete with a fireworks display.

Off-leash in Prospect Park

Living in Park Slope has many advantages - for dog owners, the biggest advantage is the 'off-leash' rule in Prospect Park. Every morning (before 9am) pups can chase each other senseless in the open expanse of the park adjacent to the baseball fields. The shitty thing is, no one seems to be on clean-up duty in this park. Yesterday (and pretty much all last week) there was a huge pile of trash in the middle of the field.

But hey, dogs wouldn't go near dozens of bags of leftover food... right?