The Week in Boerum/Cobble/Carroll

With the holiday season comes much talk of crafts and gifts, holiday concerts and shopping locally. We covered all of that and then some...

Columnist Eva Whitney exhaustively toured Atlantic Avenue's home decor shops and came up with quite a few .

Your mom, who always makes the best omelette with toast that you enjoy on the back patio, will love these toulouse juice glasses. A set of 4 comes in an adorable carrying rack. 

Heather Mayer  and support your neighbors, and about why that's important.

Not only does shopping locally often make possible unique, one-of-a-kind purchases, it keeps money circulating in the community.

Eric Thomason reported on the , now in state Supreme Court, and how one school feels about it.

In late November more than 70 people marched in front of , the elementary school on Henry Street, chanting and making noise with drums, bells and a triangle for Principal Melanie Raneri Woods.

The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation has teamed up with Living City Block to work on affordably 

"People get really excited about making their homes energy efficient," said Managing Director David Krieger in an interview. "But at the end of the day you still need to take out a home equity loan."

The Whole Foods is definitely coming to Gowanus. Melanie White gets neighborhood reaction in "." Some offered suggestions:

Whole Foods could trade green for green, said Jerry Armer, by planting trees along the sidewalks in the gritty neighborhood.

"Why wait for the mayor's million trees?" he said, referring to the city's plan for more verdant streets.

And lastly, James Franco, yes James Franco,  "Maladies" at The on Monday. We were there and snapped a bunch of photos for you.