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At Pieces: party dresses and shimmery accessories. Photos by Eric Reichbaum.

With $3 drafts and afternoon-long happy hours, Prospect Heights is a small sliver of Brooklyn where the drinks alone should be a cheapskate draw. But with some mouth-watering daytime fare, sale racks that overfloweth and well-stocked knick-knackeries, the neighborhood isn’t a find only for the pocket-change imbiber. Desperate, hungry shoppers, read on too. Here are my Prospect Heights picks from beer glass to last-minute stocking-stuffer. Read the rest of this entry »

Some finds at 1 of a Find, open late Saturday

Here’s another reason not to leave Brooklyn for the entire holiday season. This Saturday (Dec. 5), the Prospect Heights-promoting Heart of Brooklyn is holding its second annual Holiday Sip & Shop on Washington and Vanderbilt Avenues. The afternoon will include free hot chocolate from the likes of Cataldo’s, Ortine Café, Teddy’s Restaurant and The Usual; and there’ll be trolley tours from 4 to 10:30 p.m. on the neighborhood’s HOB Connection. Hot chocolate on a trolley? It’s like in a movie, but real! A few local boutiques also will stay open late for your gift-gathering convenience—an arrangement that should lead nicely into that post-shopping drink at one of the local watering holes. HOB is also offering 42 coupons. (Our favorite: 15 percent off clothing and shoes at Pieces.) Print them all here (good through Jan. 16) or pick them up Saturday at participating Sip & Shop spots.