books

i'm really liking this short story collection by rick moody right now. i've heard he lives in Brooklyn. 

snobs

i was reading a really stupid article in nymag.com yesterday about the show NYC Prep on Bravo and have decided that it really annoyed me. it went on and on about how NYC is on a downward trajectory because of all the failed stock market bug wigs. later in the article it also talked about the Real Housewives of NYC and how one couple was afraid of what people might think and say when they decided to move from manhattan to brooklyn. 

this made me think about new york and brooklyn and me. it's a really great and exciting time to live in this borough. just take a walk in williamsburg (okay...just ignore the hipsters) and you cannot deny that art abounds. we have amazing communities forming in all of the neighborhoods and there is such a sense of life and vitality growing here. 

so i think this article was pretty dumb. the only way you could possibly think that ny is on it's way out is if you spend all of your time on wall street and uptown. as far as being tragically unhip and fearing people's opinions of you because you live in brooklyn...fuggedaboutit. brooklyn is definitely where it's at.

urban living

this planter is perfect for urban dwellers such as myself. it is an entire series, including a flasher and a guy getting mugged. just perfect :) buy them at www.charlesandmarie.com.

Happy 4th from Brooklyn

you just can't beat the muppets. animal rules in this clip.

ode to an icehouse

best brooklyn bar if you're into dives.

best bartender: carey
best beer: black label $1 happy hours
best feature: free bowls of candy on the bar (BRING BACK THE KISSES!!)
best music: hall and oates to the who
best food item: a tie between the cheesie petes and sweet potato fries
best moments: my husband being offered a baby pitbull, "hipster del barrio"

don't go here. it's mine.

gerd bye :)

today is my last day at my current job. i am both happy and sad, as i always am when i leave a place. i have made some great friends whom i will miss. at the same time, i am pretty nervous about my new position and all of the new things i will be going through in the next week. it's fun to have a blank slate, but at the same time you're creating a new, indelible mark of yourself at your new job. it's hard to undo first impressions. maybe this time i won't hide my severe goofiness, like i tend to at first...then again, i probably should.

nonetheless, it's a new beginning and i must be brave.

windsor terrace

this picture pretty much sums up the neighborhood i live in brooklyn....we are moving to carroll gardens.

stella

for star...

irony

33% of the workers at american apparel in los angeles are illegal immigrants.
http://gawker.com/5305467/american-apparel-33-illegal

Un Cat Nap

this is from my recent trip to greece. dogs are like squirrels in athens and crete. they roam freely and are very friendly and safe. this guy was just sleeping in a busy square. we thought we has dead at first, but he eventually got up.

Masstransiscope restored 2008

one of my favorite things in Brooklyn :)