The Week in Boerum/Cobble/Carroll

Welcome to the end of the first week in August. The last month of summer is here, and time sure flies when you're having fun doesn't it? Here's your weekly round-up of news.

On Monday we ran a slideshow and story on the . Were you on it? Check the pictures and look for yourself and your friends.

Also on Monday, we spoke with Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President Carl Hum who told us, on the eve of the debt ceiling vote in Washington, that either way .

Do you like beer? Do you want to make beer? Take a look at this story we did on . Fernow home brews in a nook off his bedroom, and has won many awards for his frothy concoctions.

News broke that . Senator Squadron is hailing this as a win though, because the amount of housing will could be limited to just one tower in Dumbo, leaving Pier 6 with only parkland. This all depends, of course, on the Jehovah's Witnesses. If they sell, future residential housing won't be necessary. But will they by the Jan., 2014 date?

Did you know that on your block? The nostalgic idea, born from watching the scene in so many movies, need not be delinquent!