This is the 6th installment in an on-going series on my experience training to be a court reporter . On a frigid Monday in February, I waited for the  … Read more

Don’t miss: In the Year of the Dragon”, a reading celebration of Asian and Asian-American writers presented by Brooklyn Reading Works at the Old Stone House on Thursday, March … Read more

It’s always exciting and a bit startling when friends make a big change in their lives. A new job, a new home, a new child, a new city, a new … Read more

Brooklyn Reading Works presents Funny Pages: An Evening of Humor curated by Marian Fontana on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 8PM at The Old Stone House of Park Slope. … Read more

So I’m starting a new business. It’s called Brooklyn Social Media. Check me out on Facebook and LIKE ME. If you wanna LIKE ME. Back in 2004 I was a … Read more

Who can resist a hard-luck girl with a haunting secret and a love letter to New York? Don’t miss the launch party for two new novels written by Brooklyn authors … Read more

May 10, 2012 at 8PM: Brooklyn Reading Works presents the 6th Annual Edgy Moms, an annual reading of writing about motherhood and mothers by writers with sharp pens and razor … Read more

May 10, 2012 at 8PM: Brooklyn Reading Works presents the 6th Annual Edgy Moms, an annual reading of writing about motherhood and mothers by writers with sharp pens and razor … Read more

I am helping a friend get the word out about a new novel with a great name on a topic that might be of interest to the OTBKB, Brooklyn Reading … Read more

Apropos of yesterday’s post about Betty’s (Little Basement) Garden, a Supreme Court judge in Brooklyn is making news because he has come out in favor of medical marijuana. As always, … Read more

This is the 5th installment of an on-going series about my experience training to be a court reporter. There is a long and interesting history of written and machine shorthand. … Read more

This is part 4 of an on-going series about my experience training to be a court reporter. The afternoon of the orientation for new students, maybe sixty of us were … Read more

This is Part 3 of an on-going series about my experience training to be a court reporter. In Janaury of 2011, I put my doubts aside and decided to register … Read more

May 10, 2012 at 8PM: Brooklyn Reading Works presents the 6th Annual Edgy Moms, an annual reading of writing about motherhood and mothers by writers with sharp pens and razor … Read more