Prospect Heights is an area of Brooklyn with a lot of brownstones…hard to throw a stone without seeing one. Along with those brownstones are a series of diverse mini-front “yards” and large (often neglected) back yards. In one of these (neglected) back yards, a three person indie band assembled (imagine Sleater-Kinney mixed with The Gossip) for an impromptu performance. [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 7, 2007
50 Books
50 40 Book Contest:1) Sweeney, Aoibeann. Among Other Things, I’ve Taken Up Smoking. A2) Espinoza, Alex. Still Water for Saints. D-3 ) Groh, Brian. Summer People. B+4) The Last Enemy. A5) Bearing the Body. B+6) God of Animals. C7) Loving Frank. A-8 ) Rules for Saying Goodbye. A+9) Sabotage Cafe. C10) The Baby Lottery. D11) Mullaney. [...]
July 6, 2007
4th of July! Fried Chicken, Collard Greens, Watermelon Shrimp Salad and Fireworks!
For the Fourth of July, Aimee, Anika and I had plans to go to Long Island City to watch the fireworks at a party located in an apartment directly across from two of the four Macy’s fireworks barges. That morning, Aimee and I had mosied down Washington to Tom’s Restaurant. I had the french toast [...]
July 5, 2007
Crepe Paris
The Lower East Side is pretty much packed full of bars, restaurants and tiny eating stands like this one, Crepe Paris. If you go to the street fairs in NYC (just go to one, ever. … if you’ve gone to one, you’ve gone to them all. They all sell the same things.) you know there [...]
