I only write positively about things that I support or like. If it’s something I dislike I will either tell you or I will simply choose not to write a post on it. I’ve turned down some invitations to view buildings that I knew were hovels, because I’m not going to write something that I don’t believe.

Every condo, apartment and dining establishment we’ve reviewed has been on our own dime. As Alexa said, we didn’t get any money, we paid for our own meals and we certainly didn’t get any free condos for our posts. We should be so lucky…

hmmmm … I wouldn’t say we are marketers for anybody in Bed-Stuy, but we do try to present a positive image of the neighborhood. In part because we live here and like it, and in part because there’s already a TON of negative portrayls–some from people who have never even been here.

I think thechangeling was correct in revealing that she knows the owner. That’s a piece of information you can use in evaluating what she’s written. We certainly don’t get paid for anything we write here, and I haven’t experienced a quid pro quo–nobody’s given me an apartment, or a free meal or anything.

Anyway, it’s a blog, not the Times, the rules aren’t all that clear.