As excited as I am for the upcoming three-day weekend, the thought of summer coming to a close is a sad one.

If you, like me, are suffering from the end-of-summer blues, then I suggest you cheer yourself up by planning a fun Labor Day in Brooklyn. From West Indian-American Day celebrations to a back-to-school bash at Habana Outpost, the holiday promises to be a festive one.

Has anyone been to the new grocery mega-store that opened last week in Midwood?

The supermarket, Pomegranate, contains 20,000 (!) square feet of shopping space, all of which is devoted to organic, kosher-certified food. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the new store offers everything from just-baked challah to gourmet cheeses and even a selection of sushi. The store's slogan, in fact, is "Everything. Better." What do you think?

Pomegranate's website is still in the works, but you can get more information about the store by calling (718) 951-7112. Pomegranate is located at 1507 Coney Island Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn.

Full disclosure: I'm addicted to Brooklyn blogs. This is a borough, I'm telling you, filled with amazing writers who write amazing content every day. Just keeping up with a handful of the (hundreds?) of well-written Brooklyn-based sites could be a full-time job (though I do try, mostly when I should be sleeping).

It's for this reason and more that I am currently so enamored with A Walk Around the Blog, a site devoted to profiling Brooklyn bloggers. Produced by Nerina Penzhorn, the videos featured on the site (bloggers discussing their areas of expertise) are part of a program called "Brooklyn Review," which airs on Brooklyn Independent Television.

Episodes on the site now include Ned Berke of Sheephead Bites discussing the fishing industry in Sheepshead Bay, bloggers from Brit in Brooklyn and Not Another F*cking Blog talking about photoblogging and the Atlantic Yards demolition web cam, and a piece from the man behind Williamsburg is Dead on the state of Williamsburg's art scene. It's blogging gone wild! I love it.

Photo by Johan Larsson

Louise Crawford of Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn writes today about the tragic death of Ginelis Jimenez, the 3-year-old who was fatally beaten by her parents last week. It's a sad story for the Brooklyn community--but one that will hopefully affect how child abuse cases are dealt with in the future.