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Franny practices banjo

Posted by Heather McCabe on Thursday 14 April 2005 at 10:11 am

Plink plonk. Click to enlarge A charming glimpse of
one of Prospect Heights’ foremost restaurateurs: Francine Stephens (of Franny’s brick-oven pizzeria and wine bar on Flatbush Avenue) practices banjo in the backyard of her restaurant before opening hours. She apologized for the disturbance on this particular spring day, calling herself a “beginner,” but it sounded pretty good to us. (Picture taken from my kitchen window)

Franny’s appeared in The New York Times earlier this month in “Honey, There’s a Fish in the Bathtub.”

Brooklyn Express at Nevins St.

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 14 April 2005 at 8:11 am

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Illustrator and PH resident Jon Keegan just created this postcard to promote his work: “I’m eager to send this out, as it has been a while since I carpet-bombed all ofthe Art Directors of this fair city.” See a larger version here.

Jon’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com, and on the cover of “The Lambkins” by Eve Bunting (HarperCollins, publication date TBA): “great kid’s mystery story about a crazy old lady who shrinks kids down and kidnaps them to live in her dollhouse.”

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