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New from Stay Free! magazine

I just posted Eugene Mirman's "About Town" column from the latest issue (#24). Mr. Mirman reviews Brooklyn restaurants, but this is worth reading even if you plan to never step foot in Brooklyn or its restaurant 'cos Eugene is brilliant. From the introduction:

Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Park Slope are beautiful neighborhoods filled with everything from delicious restaurants to shops that sell weird crappy glass things from Europe. Hey, do you know where I could get a children's shoe made of silver to hang in my kitchen? Yes, there are five stores for that. Where can a guy go to get a glass penis with eagle wings (hand crafted in Vermont!)? Where can't you buy that, fuckface? Is there an accessories store whose tag line is "Peace is always in fashion"? Yes. Finally, a skirt that says (through its spirit of design), "We should not have entered Iraq under false pretenses," or a pair of mittens that frown upon America's actions in Chile. Come with me on an adventure through BOCOCA (Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens) and Park Slope. Pretend I am an unmagic, 30-year-old male Mary Poppins, who has no interest in child care, but instead loves fish and steak. Come with me on this adventure and let's enter a world of deliciousness and betrayal (except the betrayal). (CONTINUED)

Eugene is a local comic, whose record you should pick up forthwith. He he just got back from touring with Patton Oswalt, so New Yorkers can catch him on Wednesdays at Cinema Classics. (Schedule here.)