Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

What’s it like to supply a community in crisis with milk, meat, produce and precious atta—the whole wheat flour used in making that staple of Southeast Asian households: chappati, or griddle bread? It’s hard, but it’s handled with generosity and grace by these tireless Pakistani grocers, inshallah! Read how one manager, two butchers and a shelf-stocker allow Ajwa Grocery to perform great community service in time of great need.

For Women, From Women: Jazeeba Beauty Salon

Naeema Kausar runs her beauty business out of the parlor floor of a two-family brick row house in Midwood. For Women, From Women: Jazeeba Beauty Salon is a cozy, inclusive haven where Muslim, Jewish and Christian patrons are all welcome to dip their heads back into the wash sink, exemplifying the best of what Brooklyn offers.

The Art Studio Under the El

Alyona Badalova is the indefatigable founder of My Way Child and Youth Development Center in Kensington. Read how Alyona and her world-class instructors, have built this goldmine beneath the rattling F train, and brought so much young Brooklyn talent to the surface, where it shines at bklyner.com .

Marine Florists: Carrying on a 120 Year History

George Tsentzelis is the youngest of four brothers who runs Marine Florists.  Read how this 120-year-old business has grown and blossomed at  bklyner.com Thanks!

Training for Warriors: Double High Five, Keep it Alive!!

Cathy McDonnell LaCognata is the owner and head coach at Training for Warriors, Brooklyn.  Read how this mom of three first got herself into shape, then got ordinary Brooklynites from Midwood to Marine Park motivated to adopt a fit gladiator lifestyle with a fierce sense of community at  bklyner.com Thanks!

CROSSFIT: A PATH TO TRUE FITNESS FOR REBELS AT HEART

I'm feeling toasty to the core and super grateful to my editor Liena Zagare, for humoring me and publishing this profile on my big brother, an extreme sportsman, owner, and coach at CrossFit Red Hook. Read about the understated cool of a community cat making fitness fun for South Brooklyn at bklyner.com Thanks!

Always Smiling – Three Generations of Dentists, Stories and Holiday Cards

The Moshman dentists have been tinkering with my teeth for more than forty years and my chompers are holding up great. Read about this family's love of teeth, technology, photography and above all,  the patients they serve, at bklyner.com Thanks!

Confectionately Yours

JoMart is the destination for chocolate-covered marshmallows and creamy caramels. Savor this story of sweet success: three generations of chocolate makers, now in their seventh decade of hand-crafting chocolates and confections for all of Brooklyn and beyond.  Read about the art, science and melting love of ahh, chocolate.... at  bklyner Please leave comments at that site. Thanks!