What will you do to celebrate the anniversary of the moon landing, if anything? Well, here are some local activities, kids!

The Hayden Planetarium, of course. Whoopie Goldberg narrates the current space show “Journey to the Stars“. Showtimes are every half hour. If you’ve never been to the planetarium, shame on you. Disclosure: I’ve only ever seen rock laser light shows, but still….I was there! Take time to visit the museum too!

Swing out to Bethpage, Long Island for some activities at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. The museum houses an IMAX theater as well as permanent and special exhibits.

The NY Hall of Science in Queens features “Rocket Park”, a 5000 square foot outdoor exhibition.

Leave the kiddies home for tonight’s burlesque show at Public Assembly in Williamsburg. Clams Casino and Neil “Armstrong” O’Fortune present striptease artists/conspiracy experts to uncover the plot to fake the moon landing.

Plan ahead! On July 30 @ 11am, The Intrepid will host a talk with NYC native and astronaut Mike Massimino. Fun fact: Mike was the first human to tweet from space.

Some wine connoisseurs pair wine with cheese or meals, but Soho’s City Winery pairs wine with music.

Just found out about tonight’s event via Gothamlist. Stevie Wonder! “Songs for the Cup of Life”. 30 wines. 30 tunes. 30 bucks.

This is not a live Stevie performance, but check the City Winery calendar for those. They do have some pretty decent live events.

I emailed invitations and posted it to the Brooklyn Blogade Google group, but I never posted it here. Wow, I’m losing it.

Reclaimed Home is hosting the rolling Brooklyn Blogade on June 28 @ 11am. It will be at Kush in Clinton Hill, hopefully in the lovely back yard.

There are usually themes and/or guest speakers for such meetings, but guess who hasn’t gotten her act together yet? Morgan of Save Bedford Stuyvesant may co-host with me IF he can wake up early enough that Sunday. I’ve also asked my web designer, Veronica of Nose Round Productions, to speak.  She always has her pulse on the next big thang since she’s only a 20 something.

At any rate, it will be good company and good food. Wanna come? RSVP here. If you already did, I got it.

It finally feels like Spring today and I’m looking forward to some outdoor fun. What beats seeing your favorite band live minus the smell of sweat, stale beer and smoke? Nuthin’, I tell ya!

Jones Beach is such a great venue for a show. We caught Depeche Mode there a few years ago and I’m still raving about it. The seating and acoustics are above average and the ocean breeze is unbeatable. This year they have Kid Rock and New Kids on the Block, Aerosmith with ZZ Top, some heavy metal and a splash of pop. Although Blink 182 is the only concert I’d travel to Long Island for, the line up isn’t bad…No Doubt, Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction. Eh.

Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park bandshell is F-R-E-E, with a suggested admission of just $ 3. Some of the shows are benefits and require a $30 ticket purchase. We paid thirty bucks one year to see Cake and Flaming Lips in the rain and were peeved that people parked themselves just outside the fence and saw the same concert for free. Anyway, they were worth the ticket price. Here’s what you do. Bring a picnic. Hang out. Cheap, awesome evening. Some 2009 performers: David Byrne, TV on the Radio, Burning Spear, Buckwheat Zydeco and Big Daddy Kane.

Central Park SummerStage has an eclectic selection of performances ranging from spoken word to comedy dance to music. A Ziggy Marley benefit concert is sold out, as is TV on the Radio. Josh Ritter with NY Pops is playing, so is Matisyahu and Q Tip.

You’ll have to download the PDF to see the River to River Festival event calendar. There’s some folk, ballet and movies going on. The one that caught my eye is The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 on July 13th. The original! That is one of the best NYC movies of all time!

The Seaside Concerts in Coney Island isn’t updated with the 2009 schedule, but keep an eye on those. There’s always something wonderful at the Seaside.

McCarren Park still has the 2008 schedule up, which I just got excited about until I realized this is 2009.

It’s been a crappy weather all week (although there is something bright in the sky today), but still….Spring is in the air! Can you feel it? I can. That’s why I never leave home without my supply of Allegra. Anyhoo, there’s a lot going on this week.

Starting with….The Blogfest! Yeah, that’s tomorrow. Come get support, praise and beer from fellow bloggers. It’s the annual event where we get to pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. Who’s going? I’ll be hosting a break off schmooze group after the formal speeches and I don’t want to look unpopular, so come say hello!

Brooklyn Designs 2009 goes from May 8-10. Maybe I’ll actually make it there this year. All the wonderful, gorgeous up and coming designer stuff I can’t afford.

If you’re heading north for the weekend, Mario of those Mario and Reclaimed Home estate sales is holding a tag sale at his house in Beacon. He’s partnering up with Iron Fish Mark this time, who just closed his eclectic vintage/antiques shop on Main Street. They have tons of goodies filling up the 2 story garage space. And Mario always prices things to SELL! It’s at 69 Verplanck, this Saturday. Rain date is May 16.

BTW, May 9th is Second Saturday in Beacon, meaning all of the art galleries and shops are open late and serving up some free wine. There’s also an open house at Common Ground Farm from 9am-12pm and a frock swap. But the best thing is, if you spend the night in Beacon, you can help work on our porch on Sunday!

Back in Brooklyn, May 9th is the grand opening of the Park Slope Flea. That’s in Park Slope South, to be exact. On 5th Ave, just above 20th Street.

What am I doing? I’ll be working. I’ll have my usual space at the daddy of all fleas this Saturday.

You know those goofy home shows that take place in school auditorium or civic centers? Yeah, well, the Architectural Digest Home Show is probably slightly better than those.

This year’s show takes place at Pier 94 starting on March 26th. Apart from the exhibitors, there are design and culinary seminars and a sustainability conference.

Dude, you should go.

Previously

We’ve been working like dawgs putting this sale together! We’ve been going down to Westchester every other day to price and display. Still pulling things out of closets and from boxes in the garage. These people were Pack! Rats!

Here’s some last minute finds that I didn’t get to photograph….

The couch above? Yards and yards of spare fabric. Is that called a bolt? I don’t even know. Anyway, I’m pricing it at about $60. Not a tag sale bargain, but definitely good for that Schumacher fabric. Between you and I, I don’t really want it to sell because I’d rather use it myself. There’s also some spare wallpaper and other fabric from around the house.

I found all of these old movie cameras in some closet upstairs. They’re probably 1940’s. There’s even shot film and 35mm family slides as well. Also a 1950’s compact chrome tripod and a subminiature camera. Very f**in cool!

This woman had an obsession with ducks. Or maybe it was her husband, but I doubt it. There’s gotta be like 50 duck related tschotskes. I’m going to have duck nighmares. Aflac!

There’s a bunch of newer stuff as well, which I always tend to overlook. Toys, small kitchen appliances, Ball jars, a tractor (anyone need a tractor?), Christmas junk, cooking crap, glassware…..

A couple of very cool vintage dresses, shoes and belts. There’s also some never worn crocheted skirt sets.

Many of the smalls are $1-5 and some of it wasn’t even worth a dollar, so I’m hoping people fill boxes so I don’t have to start counting quarters. Furniture that needs work starts at $5 for chairs and small tables. Some of the better pieces, like small china cabinets, are priced at $120-$180. The two couches are $75 apiece. The most expensive piece of furniture is $500 for the rounded oak china cabinet. Most expensive item in sale is the $700 cash register which may be more of an auction item, but we’ll try!

So much stuff. Hope you can make it. I’ll be the one pulling my hair out by the front door.

That’s 28 Jennifer Lane in Hartsdale, NY. This Saturday and Sunday, Feb 28th & March 1st. 8:30am-4pm

Only cash will be accepted for this one. Here’s a list of local ATM’s, so no excuses!

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