This week’s ProHo* Cutie(TM) comes courtesy of Jose, who writes: “This is Bob the bichon, the pooch Jessie and I got at the Brooklyn shelter last November. The little guy only stands 10.5″ at the whithers, and thinks he owns the streets of Prospect Heights. Ah, the Napoleonic Complexes of tiny dogs!”

From the Dog Breed Information Center:
“Used as watchdogs and to perform tricks, this breed is competitive and obedient. Like a lot of smaller breeds, the Bichon may be difficult to housebreak. The Bichon Frise was one of the “Yuppie Puppies” very popular in the 1980’s. As a result many were carelessly over-bred and some Bichon lines can be snippy. When seeking a Bichon be sure to find a reputable breeder to get the best personality traits this breed has to offer.”

Jose responds: “So true; so true — except for the housebreaking part. Bob came to us housebroken. The little booger can hold it for 24 hours when necessary.”

ALERT! The cutie reserves are dangerously low. Please to be sending a picture of your cutie (human or animal) here: cuties@dailyheights.com

*ProHo: A funny parody of SoHo that we use, in jest, to joke non-seriously about how ridiculous it would be if somebody actually referred to Prospect Heights as ProHo. Get it?

Alternate side parking regulations are suspended on Thursday, May 5 for holiday observance (”Solemnity of Ascension,” which sounds like it must be a Catholic holiday). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.

Click here for the full-year calendar.

UPDATE: Heather found out (see Comments) that Solemnity of Ascension is a feast recalling the completion of Christ’s mission on earth: “I had no idea this is worthy of suspension of alternate side parking regulations. Maybe it should be called the “Solemnity of Suspension.”

Image: Salvador Dali, The Ascension of Christ (1958) [Salvador Dali Gallery]

Maybe one of our Newswalk resident readers can arrange a guided tour for us?

JOSH DEAN writes in New York Magazine: “There are 36 vintage Corvettes in the garage below the former Daily News printing plant in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. They’re dusty, and secure behind a chain-link fence, as if being held as evidence: one Corvette for each year they were made, starting with a pearl-white ‘53 convertible and ending with a red 1989 model. Some of their windows are open. Some have flat tires. A lone white ‘61 rests outside the fence. On its back end, someone has scrawled NO ONE LOVES THESE VETTES! in the grime.”

(Photo Credit: David Allee)

Thanks to Captain Marvelous for the tip!

LINK: It’s Peter Max’s Car, Man: How one artist’s big PR dream left 36 Corvettes in the dust in a Brooklyn basement [New York Magazine]

CHRISTOPHER PACETTA writes in the Daily News:

“The Impact Theatre is tucked between a Chinese restaurant and a corner store on a quiet avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Once you’ve squeezed through the ‘foyer,’ you find yourself in a tiny room filled with tattered blue seats and a creaky stage. For the next few weeks, this charmingly shabby space will serve as the kingdom of ‘Polly Princess and the Penniless Fry Cook,’ a fresh take on fairy-tale royalty as portrayed in children’s theater.”

PHOTO: BATES for News

Today’s big surprise is that the Prospect Heights Guide has been updated, not a spambot (as usual) but by an actual human being. Thanks to whoever added new listings to this website about Prospect Heights, Brooklyn that everybody (including you) can edit. You can start a new page simply by creating a new link.

New entries:

New Prospect Cafe | 393 Flatbush Ave. at St. Johns Pl. 718-638-2148.

In the neighborhood for nearly 20 years, this is one of the best and least pretentious spots to eat in Brownstone Brooklyn. It’s my home away from home.

Le Gamin | 556 Vanderbilt Ave. at Dean St. 718-789-5171.

Comments… Delightful, “frenchy” atmosphere. Eurostyle sandwiches and salads. Careful service and a lovely, spacious garden for a quiet lunch when the weather moderates. Reasonable prices. Has sibs in Soho, Boston, and perhaps elsewhere.

LINK: Prospect Heights Guide