A BK Love Blooms + 18 Year Old Faces Murder Charge • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! It's Saturday, Oct. 2. Allow us to kick off your weekend with the tale of a Brooklyn love affair that first blossomed 32 years ago, then led to seven children and now the couple's newest baby: a flower shop. See their inspiring story below.

Today's weather: Perfect Bagel Fest weather! It'll be sunny and nice. High: 77 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories in Brooklyn today:

1. How did a single rose lead to marriage, seven kids and a new Bed-Stuy flower shop? (Patch.com)
2. Bed-Stuy resident Aramis Gonzalez, 18, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another teenager from the neighborhood earlier this week. (Patch.com)
3. Local legends LCD Soundsystem will stage a 20-show residency at Brooklyn Steel. (jambands.com)
4. Here are half a dozen cool things to do in Brooklyn this weekend. (Brooklyn Paper)
5. Several teens have been busted in a string of attacks on Brooklyn seniors. (New York Daily News)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Brooklyn Daily? Email me at kevin.phinney@patch.com.