When we made our New Year’s resolutions a month ago, we pledged to breath new life into our blog. So, we’d added new features and columns and started posting more frequently, and we have to say, there are some real gems on the BB blog. Here are a few of our favorite posts from the past month. Read More »

It’s become a habit of ours to close out each year with a mixtape–an audio toast to all that was great about 2011 as we get ready to kiss it goodbye. This year, we asked our music savviest contributors, Liza Eckert, Laura Leebov... Read More »

It’s been quite a year here at Brooklyn Based. In 2011 we expanded our Immersions with Brooklyn Brewery from one event to four, finally figured out Twitter (#latetotheparty), started a weddings and engagements announcements page on our site and hooked up a few lucky readers with home improvement projects like new wallpaper. Oh, and we also had our best year ever, editorially speaking. We spent more time sussing out great events for each week’s Tip Sheet, with the help of a few excellent new contributors. We introduced you to cool new businesses and the Brooklynites behind them, kept you abreast of local food news, clued you in to trends you didn’t know existed and reveled in Brooklyn’s storied past. Read More »

The Dyker Lights, a massive holiday light display in Dyker Heights, have been a Brooklyn tradition for more than 25 years. Every December, neighborhood residents go all out with their displays–it’s not just lights, though there are plenty of those, but also mechanical sculptures and large-scale figurines. It’s truly a spectacle that’s worth an annual trip to the southern reaches of the borough. Read More »