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You canā€™t be from Brooklyn if you didnā€™t drink Sunnydale juice šŸ¤£ Pina Colada was my favorite!!
05/09/2026

You canā€™t be from Brooklyn if you didnā€™t drink Sunnydale juice šŸ¤£ Pina Colada was my favorite!!

Our Brooklyn bakery
05/07/2026

Our Brooklyn bakery

One word to describe this food?
05/06/2026

One word to describe this food?

Our Brooklyn bakery.
05/05/2026

Our Brooklyn bakery.

šŸšØ BREAKING: Brooklyn has officially put Punxsutawney Phil on sanitation duty.After giving the borough three suspiciously...
05/01/2026

šŸšØ BREAKING: Brooklyn has officially put Punxsutawney Phil on sanitation duty.

After giving the borough three suspiciously warm, ā€œmaybe winterā€™s overā€ afternoons ā€”
Phil immediately flipped the switch back to cold rain, subway steam fog, and that damp chill that hits different when youā€™re waiting for the B train.

Officials say heā€™s been issued a bright orange city jumpsuit and a trash grabber
and will spend the week cleaning puddle-filled sidewalks under the Brooklyn Bridge
while locals clutch iced coffee they refused to give up too early and whisper,
ā€œYeahā€¦ that was on us.ā€

Reports confirm at least five residents packed away their puffer jackets.
One person wore sneakers without checking the forecast.
Another confidently said, ā€œI think weā€™re past the worst of it.ā€

That was mistake number one.

Authorities say Philā€™s community service will continue along Atlantic Avenue and through DUMBO
until the sun shows up for more than 12 consecutive hours
or until Brooklyn collectively learns that Foolā€™s Spring is a trap.

In the meantime, heā€™ll be out there in the drizzle ā€”
reflective stripes on, tiny grabber in hand ā€”
thinking about what heā€™s done. šŸŒ§ļøšŸŒ‰šŸ§¹

05/01/2026

šŸ“ŗ Donā€™t mention your ageā€¦ just name a TV show you watched as a child šŸ‘€šŸ˜‚

04/30/2026

First mall you remember shopping at in Brooklyn šŸ›ļøšŸ‘‡

04/30/2026

Would you return extra money if a cashier accidentally gave you too much?

04/29/2026

I can remember when the pizza was 25 cents a slice...

Nobody prepares you for driving into Brooklyn. One minute youā€™re cruising toward the skyline feeling cinematicā€¦ next m...
04/29/2026

Nobody prepares you for driving into Brooklyn.

One minute youā€™re cruising toward the skyline feeling cinematicā€¦
next minute youā€™re bumperā€‘toā€‘bumper wondering why three lanes just turned into one for absolutely no reason.

You hit the BQE thinking itā€™s just another highway ā€”
but itā€™s more like a personality test.
Construction cones.
Lane shifts.
That one exit you *almost* made but didnā€™t.

Traffic?
Fuggedaboutit.

Parking?
Start praying early. Circle the block once, twice, twelve times.
Finally find a spot? Check the sign.
Alternate side. Street cleaning. Tow zone.
Good luck with that.

Miss your turn?
Congrats ā€” youā€™re touring the entire neighborhood now.

Head deeper into the streets and it gets tighter.
Doubleā€‘parked vans. Delivery trucks blinking like they own the road.
Someone honking before the light even thinks about turning green.

And the people?
Hipsters on bikes.
Skaters weaving through traffic.
A guy walking his dog like the crosswalk is optional.

Weather keeps it interesting too ā€”
Sun shining over DUMBO.
Wind whipping off the water.
Random rain just to humble you.

Winter? Slush and potholes.
Summer? Heat bouncing off the pavement like a challenge.

No straight lines.
No easy exits.
Just grit, skyline views, and attitude.

Chaotic. Loud. Unapologetic.
But somehow ā€” perfectly Brooklyn.

Fuggedaboutit. šŸ˜Œ

04/29/2026

My daughter says this isnā€™t trueā€¦ who remembers metal ice cube trays with the lever?!!

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