Now, an open house at 403 Washington ave corner of Greene.

Are you searching for an amazing apartment in Clinton Hill.  Today, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm, is an open house to show an stunning two bedroom in a red brick Townhouse on a tree lined street.

If you imagined a perfect dwelling then this is the place!  From the moment you opens the door, the rich sparking dark floors instantly brings warmth to any apartment seekers heart.  The crown molding, sun drenched rooms and fireplace gives this 4th floor space umph!!!. A quant playground is directly across the street and many restuartans, coffee house and public transportation nearby.

All apartment seekers are welcome today until 1:30pm.  This dwelling will not last on the market long.

Obama Bash and Fundraiser today @ The Candy Rush kicks off at 10am until 3pm

As the election voting nears, one women decided to jump start a grassroots idea and gathered several merchants of Crown Heights together to host a local fundraiser for Obama.  I was able to catch Ms. Raquel Wexler who gave me the skinny on this grand idea!!!!

KrystalKnows: Why did you want to start a fundraiser in your community?

Raquel Wexler:  To get local merchant to participate in fundraising and community mobilization. 

KrystalKnows: What are the details of this event?

Raquel Wexler:  This is the second  fundraiser event which will be held at The Candy Rush.. The bash/fundraiser  begins at 10am.  A pledge of $10 will go to the Obama Victory Fund.and can be made with cash, check and online donation on the spot at the event.   Each person that donates will be given a donation form.   The Candy Rush will offer a scope of ice cream and BCakeNY will provide cupcakes for this event.  Assemblymen Hakeem Jeffries will make an appearance at 10:45!!!

Krystal Knows:  How long have you been a resident of Crown Heights?

Raquel Wexler:  I have lived in the Crown Heights area for five years and originally I am from Houston, Texas. 

So come on down and give to the cause, get a cupcake and ice cream!!!!  See you all at this event........

 

BROOKLYN FIT LAB is now open for all your fitness pleasures!!!

Chadon Charles is firing off on yet another project but this time it is adjacent to the tree line streets of Franklin Ave.   This gentleman took Franklin Ave by storm and opened a Brooklyn Ink Spot, a tattoo shop, then Bella Greens, a salad and sandwich shop and now on Sterling Place stands Brooklyn Fit Lab.  He was able to open all three places in less than five years. However, while Crown Heights residents run to catch up with him for training, Mr. Charles slowed down just long enough to reveal the intimate details of his latest endevor to Krystal Knows!!!. 

Krystal Knows: So tell me about Brooklyn Fit Lab.

Chadon Charles: This 1000 foot studio is a large yet bright space which will be open six days of the week and is “dedicated to all areas of human movement, dance and small group training”.

Krystal Knows: What type of training will be provided to its clients?

Chadon Charles: It will provide the latest training in the areas of Performance Endurance, Pre and Post-Natal , Boxing and Kick Boxing, Strength Conditioning, Lash Therapy and Corrective Exercise. In addition, there will be classes featuring Palates, Total Body Conditioning, NIMA, Sculpting, Yoga and Pole Dancing!!!!

Krystal Knows: Will you provide any specialty classes?

Chadon Charles: Brooklyn Fit Lab will also offer a Ballet for Kids class which will run every semester during a six to eight week session.

Krystal Knows: What is your background in Fitness?

Chadon Charles: I am expert trainer mainly in the area of corrective fitness and I have worked with hundreds of clients over a 10+ career span. I began my career in sales "to sell the idea of the importance of fitness".  However, I was interested in doing more that just selling an idea. So, I made a lateral move from sales to fitness instructor. I enjoy helping people and teaching about weight loss.

Krystal Knows: Where is Brooklyn Fit Lab?

Chadon Charles: It is located at 645 Sterling Place at the corner of Franklin Ave in the heart Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

Note: This fitness space is located in the heart of Crown Heights but steps away from such destinations as the Brooklyn Museum, Botanical Gardens and Prospect Park.   Brooklyn Fit Lab is now open for all your fitness pleasures!!!

 

West Indian Kiddie Parade Today.......

At this very moment, the Kiddie Parade is traveling along Franklin Ae and heading over to cease at the Brooklyn Museum. This parade is amonst my favorite.  Many of the particpants are under the age of ten years old and dress up in Costome dance while the mobile DJ stations blast all the classic carribean tunes from various countries. 

Check out the footage and enjoy this weekend entire events scheduled that lead up the this years annual West Indian Day Parade.!!!!!!

Krystal Knows is back after a long break.....

A fantastic new bar called 739 Franklin ave at the corner of Sterling place

At this very moment this space is swirling with thirsty patrons and offers a live Jazz band!!!

Come on down and enjoy!!!!

Coney Island opens temporarly for spring break!!!!

Spring break is underway and the weather is going to be grand!!!

Check out the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island which opened several hours ago for Spring break.

The official opening is set for April 21, 2012.

Happy Easter everyone!!!!!

Lord & Whisper Skin Care is an amazaing spa expierence!!!!

About Lord & Whisper Skin Care:

Skin Care

A Lord & whisper facial will refresh and revive your skin leaving it silky smooth, clean and radiant. Our skin care services includes cleansing, toning, exfoliation, extractions, hydration and mask. An aromatherapy Décolleté massage completes this relaxing experience.

(from website) Services: 

Illuminating Hydrating Facial
This is the ultimate facial for skin experiencing dryness and dehydration. This illuminating facial will leave your skin with a bright glow.
50 min $130 *Maintenance Facial

Lactic Acid Facial
Perfect for excessive oily skin with break out conditions. Loosens and removes thesurface debris on the skin. This facial will help tame oil which will decrease break outs and leave the skin with a clean fresh feeling.
50 min $100

Skin Equalizing Facial
Extremely oily skin finally has an answer. Skin equalizing facial will help to restorethe skin’s natural acid mantle, and tighten pores. You will feel lighter, refreshed,and have instant glow.
50 min $100 *Maintenance Facial
The Radiant & Bright Facial
Excellent for all skin types. Vitamin C and regenerating anti-free radical agents an essential ingredient in helping the skin produce collagen and elastin. This facial willdeeply hydrate and give the skin a fresh moist look. This treatment is enriched withVitamin C to revitalize and stimulate sluggish skin and help minimize damage caused by sun and the elements. The skin is left feeling fresh and moist with a velvety texture.
50 min $130 *Maintenance Facial

Lord & whisper Clarifying Enzyme Exfoliant Facial
A quick pick me up clean and refreshing facial for someone on the go. Revive yourself with our very own clean and bright facial. Enjoy a cleanse, tone, steam, exfoliation, custom blended mask, and hydration. An aromatherapy Décolleté massage and a brown sugar scrub hot towel hand treatment completes this relaxing experience. (no extractions)
30 min $65

Specialty Treatments

Skin Rejuvenation - $600
To rejuvenate, rebalance and tighten the skin leaving a younger appearance and healthy glow. The use of Beta hydroxy acids increases collagen production by 300%. This intense treatment benefits all skin types. Skin rejuvenation leaves the skin looking younger. Gradual eliminating of scar tissue and lines. Stops damage and help the rebalance of the skin. Tightens the skin and promotes the skin to its fullest potential. Leaving the skin with a light healthy glow. Skin rejuvenation is an aggressive approach, which forces the skin to go through dramatic changes. It circulates new blood to the skin and increase oxygenation. Minimizes broken capillaries. All skin will benefit from this unique and dramatic process. This treatment will take you back in time with its spectacular results. Allowing the skin to function like it used to. This is the only process that can be used to renew the skin. Depending on the skin type, once a year maintenance is recommended.

Skin Rejuvenation $300
This is a perfect light peel to close and minimize pores. Excellent in the reduction for acne scars and excessive oily skin with break out tendencies.

Teen Facial - $65 /50min
This facial is designed for teens to help them with maintaining great skin and good skin care habbits. Deep pore cleansing facials are a must for those of you who suffer from breakouts and blackheads. This great and exciting facial is a complete facial which consists of cleanse, tone, steam, extraction, hydration, exfoliation, and a mask.

Flatiron Facials **Repair Facials

Lord & whisper Skin Care is using Collagen treatments as a "flatiron" to straighten out wrinkles, rebuild collagen and anti-oxidant benefits to help repair damaged skin.

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) - 50 min $130
~excellent anti-age repair facial for sun damaged and redness in the skin. Perfect for firming the eye and mouth area.
Wrinkles appear when skin loses its elasticity. This is due to decreased collagen production. While this process is natural and unavoidable as a part of our metabolism, free radicals interfere with collagen production and cause premature aging. Coenzyme Q10 has exceptionl antioxidant properties. CoQ10 will prevent damage to collagen and elastin production process and help you avoid wrinkles.

CoQ10 Vitamin C Collagen Facial - $140
Wrinkles and fine lines are a part of aging, but that doesn't mean anyone needs to see them. This is an instant firming facial with wonderful results. Collagen offers deep hydration to mature dry skin. L&w's Collagen facial is excellent to use before a special occasion. Our wonderful Collagen facial will leave your skin refreshed, calm and beautiful. It also helps to revive and freshen stressed, sensitive skin.

Red Wine Pomegranate Collagen Anti-Oxidant Facial - $140
~excellent repair facial for oily/acne skin
Concentrated Red Wine (full of phenolic compounds) is combined with Pomegranate to help detoxify and de-stress the skin. Soy-proteins, Hyaluronic Acid, Yeast and Chitosan deeply nourish and plump the skin to create fresh, healthy & younger looking skin. What a wonderful Anti-oxidant boosting facial for instant results. This facial fights free-radical which will help repair damaged skin and detoxify/destressed skin to create a relax and healthy look and feel.

Silver Collagen Facial - $140
• Strengthening Skin Immunity Function A silver ion having the effect of strengthening immunity within the body is absorbed in skin cell strengthening the immunity of skin itself that makes a healthy skin no matter how stressful by outside environment or make-ups.
• Moisture PreservationA silver ion's skin cell activation and the individual moisture preserving material (Hydroxyethyl Cellulose) of Cosil Pack makes a moisturized, elastic and beautiful skin.
• Pore ReductionBy an elimination of dirt in pores, make-up residues, and sebum control, it recovers the original function of pores, and with a constant use, it helps much in pore care & pore reduction through shrinkage and contraction.
• Function of WhiteningBy the elimination of waste in pores and make-up residues the Silver Collagen facial will smooth skin and control sebum. Silver Collagen makes skin clean and clear also aids of silver ion in blood circulation which enable the skin to be more vital and clear.

Gold Collagen Anti-Aging Facial - $150
This incredibly complex formula based facial is a hydrogel technology encompasses the best ingredients to help skin look younger, softer and plumper. With 24 Karat Gold flakes this facial is designed to change the electromagnetic field of the skin improving blood circulation to repair damaged cells. Gold and collagen is added to react with and stabilize the electrons found in the molecules of the skin—protecting them from the damages of free radicals. Gotu Kola, Bilberry and Echinacea are also added to rejuvenate the skin and leave it lively and more youthful looking. 24 Karat Gold is combined with these great ingredients for maximum results. This facial is created to stimulate blood circulation to repair and prevent damaged cells. This Gold Collagen facial delivers its nutrients deep below the skin, thereby fighting the underlying causes of facial wrinkles and aging skin. Not only does it help reduce the appearance of existing signs of aging, but also helps prevent future wrinkles from forming and restores a healthy and radiant complexion. Fight free radicals to protect skin for external environment. Great anti-aging facial which will improve skin elasticity and will Leave skin lively and youthful looking with a bright and radiant glow.

Side Dishes - Additions to any facial

$20~Eye Treatments Gold Eye Collagen Mask - Anti-Aging 24 Karat Gold is combined with other great ingredients for maximum results- Stimulates blood circulation to repair and prevent damaged cells- Excellent eye treatment to minimize puffiness and flakiness- Fight free radicals to protect skin for external environment- Great anti-aging product, it improves skin elasticity- Leaves skin lively and youthful looking.

$20 ~Eternal Decollete Firming Neck Treatment ~ An exciting and rejuvenating, lifting firming treatment for the neck and decollete. The skin in the bust and decollete are is thin and delicate. It shows signs of aging, sun damage, tone, elasticity,wrinkles,and stretch marks. Lord & whispers unique blend of natural oils and vitamin emollients combined with infused hot towel aromatherapy will firm, soften, tighten and give your decollete and youthful and radiant glow.
$30/30 Hot Towel aromatherapy foot scrub and massage.

Prices are subject to change without notice.


http://www.whisperskincare.com/

SWEETS by Sil..... is a tantalizing new baking company which offers cakes,cupcakes and breads !!!!

On one cold day, I was writing, drinking a cup of coffee and eating an amazaing slice of banana bread by Sweets by Sil....It was by chance that I had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful women who bakes one of my favorite deserts. Our meeting was random as Sil was delivering her banana bread at my favorite coffee house called Breukelen Coffee.

As Sil entered the room the aroma engulfed it with hints of nutmeg, brown sugar and vanilla that caused some patrons to stop typing on their laptops or in my case stop writing in mid thought. After we exchanged numbers and I explained that I am a local blogger and interested in a writing piece on her baking. I was immediately invited for a tasting and then the indulging truly began.

Krystal Knows!!!: Do you have a background in baking?

SWEETS by Sil: I do not (warm smile)

Krystal Knows!!!: How did you get started in baking industry?

SWEETS by Sil: I worked as a recruiter for 11 years and loved the job and when the economy crises began there were less job and obese eventually laid off. One day I needed to make cup cakes for my daughters school. I learned that the cup cakes went quickly(devoured). I then began to play with the cup cake receipes and by trying different cup cake receipes and add different ingrediates.

Hungry?  Drop on by Breukelin Coffee shop along Franklin ave in BK and sample one of Sil's delightful treats!!!

Looking for a Yoga class? Check out Ms. Arianna Aquino!!!!!

Many of my friends often wonder how I hold down a full time job, write a food column, blog and at times provide publicitiy. I dont quite have an answer but I know that I need to relax more. So I heard about Arianna who is a amazaing Yoga instructor and litterly ran into her in my community and we chatted about her becoming a Yoga instructor.!!!

Krystal Knows!!!: When did you begin to study Yoga?

Arianna Aquino: I did an in depth study of Vinyasa (Flow combining breath and movement for energy and release) and Hatha (Stillness holding poses for strength and flexibility) Yoga training in College for 4 years as part of my BFA in Dance. After that I continued my training for 5 years by taking classes from various instructors. I feel it is important to stay updated and learn from others gaining not only more knowledge of yoga as a practice but adding variety and variations to my class.

KrystalKnows!!!: Why did you choose Yoga as a career?

Arianna Aquino: I have chosen Yoga as a practice and career due to it's physical as well as mental benefits. The focus of my classes are on the mind and body and how they correlate and respond to each other. In daily life our body responds to our thoughts and what occurs. Therefore in yoga by taking the focus to our body we can release and give the mind the opportunity to clear itself and create both inner peace and outer tranquility. Through Breath and Lengthening of the body we are able to bring life and release tension, strain, and stress. The things that drain the life out of us. And with Strength we are able to endure, carry, and uphold what life brings us with confidence, endurance, and power.

Krystal Knows!!!  Where do teach and practice Yoga?

Arianna Aquino: I currently teach and practice at various NYSC locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan. I also teach private clients as well as small groups.

For more information, contact Ms. Aquino at: musicaslife@hotmail.com

Dr. Wendy-Ann Olivier is a highly sought after plastic surgeon located in Brooklyn, NY

About Dr. Olivier: According to her website,
Dr. Olivier brings to her practice, superior professional training blended with artistic skills. Dr. Olivier works with her patients to enhance their beauty, providing both balance and rejuvenation.

Dr. Olivier is committed to providing her patients with individualized treatment plans to meet their special needs. She uses the latest techniques to give her patients a more youthful appearance.

She strives to not only enhance beauty, but to improve overall wellness. 

http://www.drwendyannolivier.com/wendyannoliviermd/bio/

One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn offers irresistible sweets and sugarholicts have taken note!!!

One Girl Cookies is a husband and wife team offering whoopie pies, cakes & cupcakes and cookies!!!

This quant shop is located in heart of Boreum Hill and has made such a sugar splash that sugarholicts and New York Magazine has taken note. This bakery will "whip up" made to order delights and offers stumptown coffee beans that should pair nicely with each of their treats.

So run on down to this bakery and cure that sugar crave!!!

http://www.onegirlcookies.com/stumptown-coffee/ http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/19384/

Want to take a Pilates class? Check out the amazing Kathryn Meany Buckley at Six Street Pilaties!!!!

About Kathryn Meany Buckley: Ms. Buckley found the Pilates Method as a mat class method and it grew from there. Mat certified with Kelly Kane. Kathryn Meany Buckley indicates that she was lucky to fall into the hands of extremely creative and inspired body workers and now “ she is happy to be a part of the Sixth Street Pilates Community”. In addition to her continuing g eduction, she utilizes her memories as a student to shape the tone and focus of her mat classes, hoping to return some of the many gifts the Pilates experience has given her." http://www.sixthstreetpilatesny.com/instructors.html

Gotham Girls Roller Derby vs. defending champion Brooklyn Bombshells game @ 8pm!!! Where? Tonight only at Hunter College!!!

About Gotham Girls Roller Derby According to the website: "Founded in 2003, and first bouting in 2004, Gotham Girls Roller Derby is New York City’s only all-female, do-it-yourself (DIY), skater-operated roller derby league. The league is comprised of strong, diverse, and independent women from the world's biggest, baddest city." Check out the website: http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/about

SmittenKitchen is a food blog that teaches "Fearless cooking from a tiny kitchen in New York City.

According to the website, The Writer, Cook, Photographer and Occasional Dishwasher: "Deb is the kind of person you might innocently ask what the difference is between summer and winter squash and she’ll go on for about twenty minutes before coming up for air to a cleared room and you soundly snoring. It’s taken some time, but she’s finally realized that there are people out there that might forgive her for such food, cooking and ingredient-obsessed blathering and possibly, even come back for more. In previous iterations of her so-called career, she’s been a record store shift supervisor, a scrawler of “happy birthday” on bakery cakes, an art therapist and a technology reporter. She likes her current gig – the one where she wakes up and cooks whatever she feels like that day – the best. When she’s not prattling on about galley and grub here, Deb is an occasional freelance writer and photographer. Deb likes bourbon, artichokes, things that taste like burnt sugar and baked goods with funny names. She is aghast that there are cooks who actually clean as they go, preferring to leave a bombed-out mess of dishes and a thin film of flour behind in her cooking wake." http://smittenkitchen.com/about/

AS WE SOW, a documentary, by Jan Weber

The documentary, by Jan Weber, AS WE SOW, opens on the desolate winter landscape of the central Iowa plains, and from the very first moments we know something is wrong. Farmhouses sit deserted in the middle of fields planted fencepost-to-fencepost with alternating acres of soybeans and corn; barnyards, where we expect to find chickens, hogs and cows - the staples of the "family farm" - are empty. Animals are inside now, confined in sleek computer-controlled industrial buildings that render the old red barn and the farmer obsolete.

AS WE SOW documents the stories of survival and failure in the real heartland, a struggle pitting family against family, neighbor against neighbor, citizens against their government, and small, independent farmers against the giants of global agribusiness. At the center is the land itself: who will control it and how, and at what cost to people and communities, to animals and the environment, and, ultimately to our democracy.

AS WE SOW is based on over 100 hours of location shooting and taped interviews with hog farmers and grain farmers, independent farmers and contract farmers; CEOs and large-scale livestock producers; grassroots activists, rural advocates, and environmentalists; town clerks and mayors; legislators and lobbyists; rural anthropologists, sociologists, economists, and educators. Through their voices, the documentary bears witness to the changes occurring across rural America and the powerful forces behind the dramatic and rapid transformation of the family farm to the factory farm.

www.aswesow.com

HAD Assoicate is a accounting firm located in Crown Heights!!!

HAD Associate provides a range of accounting services both during the tax season heights and year around. Its ongoing specialties include auditing, book keeping, and general accounting services. In addition it provides simple office services such as faxing and copying. http://franklinavenuemerchants.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/tax2.jpg

Casey Miller Consulting

This consulting firm offers over 10 yeas experience working in community organizing in New York City, with a deepo understanding of and commitment of human rights, international developement, grantmaking, social justice movements,migration and policy.

Casey Miller Cunsluting specializing in "Program Developement & Project Management REsearch, Writing & editing Monitoring & Evaluation Data Collection & Analysis Event Planning".

For more information visit:

www.caseymillerconsulting.com

Staci Rosen is the director of Concerning Learning Tutoring and Enrichment Center!!!

This learning center says" Get your noggin Joggin!" www.concerninglearning.com

Need child care? Call Joyces Joy Daycare in Brooklyn!!!

This daycare " offers a safe nuturing environment where you child will get the attention and care that he or she needs." Joyces Joy Daycare is state licensed as a home day ce faicility and have met or exceeded all health and safety guidelines. Every child will participate in developemntally appropriae activities throughtout the day such as Story Time, Puzzles and Games, Arts and Crats Music, Movement, Early Learning Activities and More. Joyces Joy Daycare tele no. is 347. 291.6447.