This giveaway has closed. Congratulations to the winner, Jodi F. I love it when someone I know starts something great! My friend Dara started a company called With Love from Brooklyn that curates items and collections from Brooklyn artisans, so that you can have the best our borough has to offer shipped right to you…
I sort-of can’t believe this is my house
When I last wrote about my house we had finally, after five years, started renovating the last unused floor, the second floor (or, in Brooklyn brownstone parlance, the parlour floor). And by “we” I mean “the people we hired,” lest you get the mistaken impression that we can do anything more complicated than hanging up…
The “face” of winter
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Halloween craziness
So to say my neighborhood gets into the Halloween spirit would be a bit of an understatement. It goes crazy. There are several streets that get closed down. There are live shows. There are insane numbers of people. It’s quite impressive. We actually live on the outskirts of the neighborhood now, where there aren’t as…
Do you need a car in NYC?
Another one of my posts just went up on the RealDirect website, about whether or not it’s practical and worth it to keep a car in Brooklyn. I still don’t know what I would have decided if we were moving to Brooklyn today, with HopStop and Zipcar and Fresh Direct and other conveniences here to…
Hurricane Irene, with the benefit of hindsight
I spent Saturday getting ready for Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival in NYC. I thought I was well-stocked, but then woke up to realize I was out of turtle food. Not wanting the turtles to escape their tank and try to eat the cat, I decided to go out before the weather got too bad. It…
NOW I’m stocked #hurricaneageddon
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Hurricane prep, Brooklyn style
So my family was supposed to leave tomorrow at 1:30pm for Florida. I need them out. I’ve been looking forward to having the house to myself for a little while. I want them gone. But for the first time since 1821 (according to my quick and not-at-all thorough research), a hurricane is on track to…
