Archive for the 'Old Brooklyn' Category

Ladder 42–Subject discussed at Public Safety Committee Meeting

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Last Thursday, I attended a meeting of the Public Safety Committee.  We had a good showing of people attending from the area given the time of the committee meeting. I am going to give a short list of attendees and if I have forgotten someone it is not intentional, but I want everyone to know [...]

building community

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

I have a new page, available also through the sidebar to the right. There are a number of ways we become members of a community, and one of them is by joining organizations and participating in events, or just by hanging out and talking. Some community-building opportunities we have available here in Ward 15, or near it, [...]

Three Words that make my heart go pitter pat

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

Yesterday was just a “very busy day” for the Ferris family with lots of business appointments starting at 7 a.m. and the day didn’t end for any of us until well after 6 p.m. So it was a “Let’s Eat Out!” night. Welcome words to a woman who had tumbled into bed the [...]

B2B at Theo’s

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Yesterday was really busy–0700 saw us at Theo’s for the very first gathering of the Brooklyn Business-to-Business Connect chapter, the 15th such group started in this area since May of 2005. Joe Gardner, one of the Theo’s business partners, is just finishing off his downstairs state-of-the-art meeting room, and we’re all grateful for his hosting [...]

Better for you and Right around the Corner

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Normally, Tim and I don’t do very well when we write out a list of New Year’s Resolutions based on self-improvement. This year we jointly wrote out our New Year’s resolutions and this is number 1 with us. Shop Locally. I added a codicil to share what we find on this blog. Here [...]