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%u2022 i.P a r t i 7atHoytGardenHere%u2019s your chance to lend a green thumb to the Hoyt Street Garden,that colorful plot of land at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street.The Hoyt Street Association is sponsoring a midsummer party to raisefunds for the garden and other greening activities in the neighborhood.The party is scheduled for Saturday evening, July 22, at 160 Hoyt Street(that%u2019s between Bergen and Wyckoff). Festivities get under way at 8 p.m.and include dancing, food and drink, door prizes and good old neighborlycheer.Tickets are $3, which includes one drink. For tickets, see any member ofthe Hoyt Street Association or drop by the Melting Pot, 340 AtlanticAvenue. When a neighborhood turns green, that doesn%u2019t necessarily meanit%u2019s jealous%u2014it can be blossoming with plants, a beautiful experience inwhich you can participate this Saturday.Wanna BeWine Wise?A glass of wine with a meal can transform plain old%u201ceating%u201d into %u201cWining & Dining,%u201d but, as with everythingelse, there is a right way and a wrong way to savor the tasteof the aged juice of the grapes. Everyone knows that whitewines won%u2019t go with some meals, nor will red go with others,etc., but as far as the world of wine gourmeting goes%u2014that%u2019sjust the tip of the iceberg. If you%u2019re well versed in the ways ofwine, or if you just want to know how to keep from making afool of yourself during beverage discussions, you might wantto thumb through a magazine recently distributed by St.George%u2019s Wine & Liquor Shop at 50 Clinton Street. Amongother things, it gives the reader a guide to over a hundredtable wines, a list of ten great values for a summer whitewine cellar, some summer drink hits, amusing andinformative articles and a list of 160 recipes.The magazine, entitled %u201c Good Hosting,%u201d is offered atabsolutely no cost to customers of the St. George Wine &Liquor Shop, who, incidentally, makes free deliveries. Thephone number is TR 5-7426.The magazine%u2019s a seasonal circulator, so look for it againthis winter with the season%u2019s %u201c Christmas spirits,%u201d but untilthen, you can wise up on wine with this copy.Give a Life, Insure Your OwnVacationing? Have you remembered everything? Called the milkman...spoketo the mail man... wrote to the utilities company..but did you ensure a limitlesssupply to your family%u2019s blood system, should you meet with disaster?During the months of summer vacation, a lot vacationers take off withoutconsidering donating blood. Yes, it%u2019s a charitable act, but ala) a self-preservingone; a single blood donation provides a donor and his immediate family withunlimited blood replacement coverage for one year. Donor credits may betransfered in any area of the United States and Puerto Rico. In fact, twodonations per year entitles the donor to extended coverage tor ms parents,in-laws, grandparents, brothers, sisters and all dependent children over 19 yearsof age.And because so many people vacation before considering this point, bloodbanks are usually in need of the stuff at this time of year. If you%u2019re interested,call the Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, 8 donor substation for The GreaterNew York Blood Program, 780-3462. Help save a life by protecting your own.I Scream. You Scream, We AlIce cream is %u201cthe%u201d official summertimetreat, but as each summer unfolded, andtemperatures started to rise, Cobble Hillresidents noticed that their neighborhoodwas lacking in icecream stores. One of thesepeople was 24 year-old Robert Burns ofKane Street, who solved the problem a fewmonths ago when he opened the Cobble HillIce Cream Store at 198 Court Street. As wellas serving ib flavors or aii-naturai ice cream,the store has other cool treats, such asorange and coconut glaces (fruit halves filledwith ice cream), solid frozen yogurt,sherbert, and hopes to soon have a fruit baras well.Burns says that aside from qualityproducts, the major attraction of the store Is%u201c ice cream prBrooklyn.%u201d Areasonable: 5cents for a dcalso gives fr&seen these da %u2022Cobble Hillmarket than ?neighborhoodwho wilt seiiHook, Park %u00a3Because of tfprice of the lotthat he%u2019ll be scThe Cobble Ievery day froiscoop or two.-Page 14, THE PHOENIX, July 20,1978