• Argentinian farm girl models her way from down on the farm to – where else? – Williamsburg.
• Hey fatty fatty! Robert Sietsema breaks out of the September gate with a review of 1,470 calorie meals at everybody’s favorite racist restaurant chain.
• HuffPo dons a Bushwig and covers the annual drag festival, ready for its third year closeup, this weekend.

• Well, this is nice. Greenpoint bar Coco 66 plans to host a couple of bands with alleged neo-Nazi ties this weekend, so, if you’re looking for something to do, you’ll probably want to do it someplace else.
• Catbird jewelry to open wedding outpost on Driggs Avenue.
• 400 more units of residential housing coming to Clay and Dupont.
• Holy Hannah, this map of 12 new residential conversions in Greenpoint shows a neighborhood that is about to change, dramatically.

• Can you help solve the mystery of the disappearance of The Tamale Man of India Street?
• And then there were none – demolition of 5 Pointz has begun.
• East Wiliamsburg’s video streaming service Livestream used by people on the ground in Ferguson, Mo. to broadcast live footage of the clashes between cops and protesters. View the feed, titled “I am Mike Brown Live from Ferguson, MO” here.
• Jim Jarmusch talks to Indiewire about the future of independent film and his latest film, “Only Lovers Left Alive,” which is now available to watch on Time Warner Cable Movies on Demand as part of their Indie Film Month.

• This is one Brooklyn warehouse that will not be demolished. At 79 Quay Street in Brooklyn — about a block from the waterfront — Cayuga Management decided not to demolish the existing structure on the site, but will instead build townhouses formed from the warehouse.
• In other gigantic amounts of money development news: a developer is shelling out $36 million for a warehouse in Eastern Bushwicksburg.
• Ribbons and medals were handed out to “Brooklyn Made” winners, including Greenpoint’s specialty kitchen knives maker Hussar Metals.
• Which children’s book character are you? Find out with this quiz from the New York Public Library.
• Riding your bicycle could get you a $625 fine and a warrant for your arrest. Be careful out there.

• The photo above is courtesy of Dewey Thompson of the North Brooklyn Boat Club. Check out tomorrow’s Canoe Game Night at NBBC on our events calendar.
• Memphis indie legends The Grifters just announced and played their first shows in 17 years, and they’re coming to Glasslands on November 7.
• Justin Warner, Do-Or-Dine chef, uses Gowanus Canal water for his version of the ALS ice bucket challenge.
• Finally, here are some people who undertook the Ice Bucket Challenge with better water, worse results.

 

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