Since launching the delivery service to Dumbo last year, DinDins has seen growth for their organic toddler food delivery service. They’ve been active on Twitter @dindinsfood and Facebook and have gained quite a following, not only for the convenience for busy parents, but the healthy options that parents in Dumbo (and other boroughs) have. They are having a tasting event on Friday, March 18th at 4 pm in J Condo (100 Jay Street):

Jodi Greebel, an nutritionist started DinDins (www.dindinsfood.com), homemade organic toddler food. (She recommends it for babies 10+ months.) She’s a wealth of information for moms on all subjects related to feeding your little one. The food is delivered fresh to your apartment, but can be frozen for up to three weeks. Their menu changes, but includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options like Banana French Toast Stix, Veggie Crusted Pizza Triangles, Mini Turkey Meatballs and more. Her company has been featured on several popular parenting sites, including Big City Moms, Plum District, as well as Daily Candy. She will be serving her food at a tasting event, being held in the J Condo Media Room (4th Floor) on Friday March 18th at 4 pm. If you would like to attend, please rsvp to Lara at lara.damashek@gmail.com. And if you can make it, please bring your child to taste some of their menu items and feel free to bring some home for their dinner. And of course, if not of the right age yet, then you’ll have learned of a great, healthy option for when they’re ready!

Previously: {DinDins Food Starts Delivery to Dumbo, 20Jul2010}

(Homes burned and ships were piled in a mass of debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.)

Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on Friday, March 11, 2011. The magnitude 9.0 quake, followed by a deadly tsunami that slammed into Japan’s coast, leaving a huge swath of devastation in its wake. Thousands of people are dead and many more are still missing or injured. Japan’s Prime Minister called the disaster the country’s worst since World War II. Japan has been one of the top donors for foreign aid by country, and now they need our help. Please make a donation for relief and emergency services to victims of the earthquake and tsunami. For the next month, DumboNYC will donate all advertisement proceeds for the Japan quake and tsunami relief fund via the American Red Cross.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s statement on the Japan earthquake and tsunami:

“The devastating earthquake in Japan—one of the worst in recorded history—and the ensuing tsunami have resulted in devastation beyond anyone’s imagination, and our hearts go out to our Japanese brothers and sisters in need. Our proud Brooklyn motto is ‘In Unity There is Strength,’ and Brooklynites have been united once again—as we have been in responding to natural disasters in places such as Haiti, Pakistan and Italy—in opening up their hearts, wallets and pantries to the victims of this catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, as well as their family members here in Brooklyn. For information on donating through the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, please visit the Borough President’s website at www.brooklyn-usa.org and click on the “Japan Earthquake Relief” button.”

If you’d like to donate to the Red Cross efforts, text “redcross” to 90999, and you can make a $10 donation to the organization or go online at redcross.org.

(Photo European Pressphoto Agency via NY Times)

(Photo by fred connolly)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• A Gourmet Slice of Home at Vinegar Hill House, 07Mar11, inside NY
• 70 Washington St, #10I, 1417sqft, $1.395M, 08Mar11, Brownstoner
• Brooklyn’s Tobacco Warehouse example of shrinking public spaces, 09Mar11, NYDN
• 1/3 of Brooklyn Bridge Park Still Isn’t Funded, 07Mar11, BK Eagle
• BK Increases in Population and Wealth, 06Mar11, WSN
• CB2 Vote on 9 Old Fulton St., 07Mar11, BK Eagle
• Ahron Weiner on the Verge: Bringing “The Flood” to Brooklyn, 09Mar11, Luxist
• Dine in Brooklyn: Not Just Business, But Community, 08Mar11, BK Eagle
• Progress at 205 Water St, 07Mar11, Brownstoner
• SUPERFRAICHE Starring Sky Ferreira at Galapagos, 10Mar11, Broadway World

A live drawing event to benefit Dumbo Arts Center

Sunday, March 13, 2-7PM
Kids’ drawing station from 2-5PM

$10 / person, $20 / family (up to 2 children and 2 adults)

All drawings $50 each
Location: 81 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Fulfilling DAC’s mission “to catalyze interaction between visual artists, the local community and the wider public,” the Monster Drawing Rally is a unique event that invites members of the public to witness what is usually a private creative process.

Audience members will watch as 20-30 artists at a time create work in-person and on the spot. Using materials supplied by DAC, each group of artists will work for one hour, in shifts starting at 2, 3, 4, and 5PM. A wide range of drawing styles and working methods will be on display.

The event fosters a sense of community and camaraderie among the participating artists as they get an inside look at the creative methods of their fellows. For the seasoned art patron, the Drawing Rally provides a fresh look at favorite artists and a chance to discover new talents. While the entire mystery of art making and inspiration will never be fully understood, this event reveals the work, inspirations and magic that go into art. For the audience as a whole, the Monster Drawing Rally will be both an exciting spectacle and a rare opportunity to bring home original artworks at an affordable price.

All drawings created in the Rally will be hung as finished and may be purchased as soon as they are completed. All work will be for sale at the same low price of $50, in the spirit of accessibility and equality that is integral to DAC.

Kids can get involved from 2-5PM at our children’s drawing station. Drawing Rally artists will be on hand to offer guidance and all materials will be provided by DAC.

Dumbo Arts Center (DAC)
111 Front Street, Suite 212, Brooklyn, NY 11201
gallery@dumboartscenter.org
www.dumboartscenter.org

On Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 5:30 to 9pm Brooklyn Exposed (“Your Guide to Everything Brooklyn!”) will celebrate their one year anniversary at The Dumbo Loft (155 Water Street) presenting Tasting Brooklyn. We’re proud to be a sponsor celebrating Brooklyn’s diverse food culture at Tasting Brooklyn, their first annual food and drink tasting event. There are 25+ food and drink purveyors who will be representing the best of Brooklyn with live cooking demonstrations from Fairway Market’s TV personalities Dan Glickberg and Mitchel London. Proceeds will go to charity partner Brooklyn Food Coalition.

Tickets will not be availble for purchase at the door, so get tickets before they are sold out.

The following is this week’s anticipated construction work schedule (7am – 3:30pm work hours), field conditions permitting for this week. Please note that parking may be restricted in work areas.

• 3/4/11 through 3/11/11 – Water Street/Adam Street intersection near the Manhattan Bridge, Continue installation of chambers, valves and manholes
• 3/4/11 through 3/11/11 – Washington Street between Water Street and PLymouth Street, Excavate and prepare sewer trench for Auger piles and final section of sewer pipe
• 3/4/11 through 3/11/11 – Washington Street intersection at Plymouth Street and inside the DEP yard, Continue excavation for the installation of valves, chamber and manholes
• 3/4/11 through 3/11/11 – Front Street/Washington Street intersection between Main Street, Excavation and removal of boulder; installation of the final sewer and water connection at this location

NOTE: The B25 Bus line has been returned to the original route along Water Street.

Looking ahead:

• Water St. from Main St. to Adams St.: Continue the installation of new granite curb, sidewalk and Belgian block roadway.
• Washington St. between York St. and Water St: Continue the installation of new granite curb, sidewalk and Belgian block roadway.

For more information, please call Paul Kidder, the Community Construction Liaison at 718-643-2850 or email: waterstreetccl@gmail.com

Previously:
{Construction Update in Dumbo (Feb 2011)}
{Pile Driving on Washington Street, 17Dec2010}
{Two Way Washington Street, 10Nov2010}
{Washington Street Construction (Oct 19 Update)}
{Washington Street Construction (Sept Update), 22Sept2010}
{Asbestos Abatement Project, 27Aug2010}
{Washington Street Construction Update, 13Aug2010}
{Construction Around Dumbo Through 2011+, 10May2010}
{Notice: Cars Parked on Dock Street, 12Apr2010}
{Water Street Reconstruction Update (Mar/Apr 2010), 10Mar2010}
{Water/Washington St Reconstruction Project Update, 03Dec2009}
{Belgian Block Reconstruction to Begin, 04May2009}

According to The Real Deal, Two Trees has offered rent free space for one year to The Edible Schoolyard at 55 Washington Street at a 857 square foot office space. According to the story:

Edible Schoolyard NYC is a new non-profit organization that partners with public schools to build gardens and kitchen classrooms to teach students the connection between food and health. Last October, Edible Schoolyard NYC established its first roots at P.S. 216 in Gravesend by transforming a former parking lot into a half-acre organic farm. “Edible Schoolyard NY is a fantastic new cultural and educational addition to the borough for children, and we at Two Trees are so happy to be able to support this initiative,” said Natalie Ungari, associate director of leasing for Two Trees, who represented the landlord.

The Real Deal also states that Two Trees recently leased free space to Sculptors Guild (55 Washington Street), a non-profit arts organization that presents local and traveling exhibitions in commercial buildings and public venues. Of course there are many other non-profit organizations based in Dumbo, such as Brooklyn Community Foundation (45 Main Street) and The New York Foundation for the Arts (20 Jay Street) as well as companies such as Big Duck (45 Main Street) who work exclusively with nonprofit organizations to transform the way they communicate.

(By the way, non-profits based in Dumbo, please contact us at dumbonyc@gmail.com. We’d like to add you to our list of non-profits for future donation consideration. Thanks!)

Related: {Disability non-profits in Dumbo}

Here’s a nice video of Shawn Schwartz, owner of Halcyon the shop in Dumbo by Liza Eckert.

halcyon the shop
57 Pearl St.
Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY 11201
ph: 718.260.9299

Meet Fred Lee of Sang Lee Farms to learn about Dumbo/Vinegar Hill CSA program and sign up for the 2011 season.

Tuesday, March 8, 7:30pm at the Phoenix House (50 Jay Street between Water and Plymouth Street). If you cannot make it, membership for the 2011 season will be open March 8 to new members. Email core@dumbocsa.org. Also check out dumbocsa.org.

(Photo by nycbyfoot)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Verge: Art Brooklyn, 03Mar11, BK Eagle
• The Verge of Catastrophe: First Brooklyn Art Fair Debuts, 04Mar11, Artinfo
• Two Mysterious Sculptures Spotted at Art Brooklyn, 04Mar11, LMag
• Farragut Houses in Shadow of Dumbo’s Wealth, 27Feb11, NYDN
• Brooklyn Industries New Dumbo Store, 28Feb11, Racked
• Beautiful Burnout @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, 01Mar11, NYT
• BHA and Tobacco Warehouse Suit, 02Mar11, BHB
• Tobacco Warehouse Issue Is Back in Court, 02Mar11, BK Eagle
• 220 Water St Development, 01Mar11, Brownstoner
• Beep Says Brooklyn Is NYC’s Economic Engine, 03Mar11, City Limits
• Claire Mazur co-founder of Of a Kind on Modern Anthology, 01Mar11, Racked
• Chamber, Two Trees Sponsor ‘RED Nite’ at 1 Main St, 01Mar11, BK Eagle
• Brownstone Brooklyn Is Booming, 02Mar11, Gothamist
• Beautiful Burnout Hits St. Ann’s Warehouse, 01Mar11, BK Rail
• Artist Amy Bennett in her Dumbo Studio Working on Subway Station Mural, 03Mar11, NYDN