worth repeating

youngmanhattanite: pareene: jawnita: aberjona:

ALSO, can we stop creating this false dichotomy between Portland and Brooklyn? People are comparing a small-sized city with a legitimately white-majority population, to some myopic media perception of maybe like one or two neighborhoods in THE MOST POPULATED BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY. Brooklyn has 3 fucking million people living in it, and Mr and Ms Media Reducto over here are reducing it to a few banal and dated stereotypes about the privileged white people who live on Bedford Avenue and/or Park Slope. GUESS WHAT, Williamsburg existed before “hipsters” moved there. This borough is 42% white, 35% Latino, 34% Black, AND ALL LOVE. Whereas Portland’s community of color is largely relegated to outlying suburbs and neighborhoods still affected by the segregating effects of redlining in the 1940s, and is stuck with a “liberal” white community that is so scared to admit it might be racist that its lack of dialogue and overt white-niceness towards blacks and Latinos there completely otherizes them in a totally condescending way. ANYWAY! STOP SAYING THE TERM “BROOKLANDIA,” and also PORTLAND IS NOT A UTOPIA FOR NOT-WHITE PEOPLE.

Crown Heights Locals React To "Pro Cro" from Gregory Stefano on Vimeo.

It was recently reported that real estate brokers and developers were calling part of Crown Heights “Pro-Cro,” in an attempt to lure new residents who prefer the supposedly more desirable Prospect Heights. It’s generally agreed that the eastern border of Prospect Heights is Washington Avenue, but as newcomers find themselves increasingly priced out, realtors have been bringing the neighborhood to them. So we stopped by Pro-Cro recently with filmmaker Gregory Stefano to find out how local residents feel about the ‘hood’s hip new name.
(source: gothamist)

via the boy nomad

same view, different vantage point

dinner in brooklyn

hot sauce...

CSA dinner

multicolored carrots, ginger and garlic scapes sauteeing in olive oil

dinner's ready! barley, CSA stir fry of bok choy, leeks, and the above mixture, pork chop, and CSA salad of cucumbers, romaine, red leaf lettuce, and red oak lettuce, carrots, sunflower seeds and egg

Rockaway Beach

We spent the Fourth of July holiday weekend locally in Brooklyn.  The city is very quiet on these long summer weekends, with lots of people retreating to beach or country homes.  

On the 4th, we took the A train to Rockaway Beach -- our first time there.  The area is getting a lot of attention lately with their Rockaway concessions, and no denying, 

that's what brought us out there.  We had a beautiful day all-around, though.  I doubt I'll ever get totally used to crowded beaches after growing up visiting the foggy beaches of the Oregon coast, but I am learning to appreciate this kind of beach life too.

a view of Rockaway Beach sun worshippers

from Rockaway concessions (top to bottom):

Ode to the Elephants veggie spring rolls; Rockaway Taco's "Cucs" (cucumbers, jicama and pickled mango in lime and chili flakes); Ode to the Elephants' Bangkok Burger

concerts, recently

the kills @ terminal five

css at webster hall

sleigh bells @ webster hall

gordon voidwell @ music hall of williamsburg

theophilus london @ music hall of williamsburg

smith westerns @ terminal five

yeasayer @ terminal 5

punch brothers @ prospect park

justin townes earl @ prospect park

chiddy bang: truth

in brooklyn!

this week's obsessions

patio dining - it is currently 61 degrees!

home made lotion made with bees wax, jojoba and sweet almond oils

Popover with Nutella

made today

-bed
-French Press coffee
-english muffin with marmalade
-to-do lists
-little painting
-popovers with nutella

apartamento

made this morning

-bed
-jasmine tea
-ginger/sugar infused cocktail ice
-chicken/carrot/bok choy/napa stirfry with brown rice
-grocery list
-coffee
-oversized knit sweater

scenes from a sunday

pretty things for the nest

finally got some of our prints framed!

snow day

Merry Christmas Morning

radiator humidifier

According to my iPhone, it's going to snow tonight and tomorrow in New York City.  It's certainly been cold enough around here.  Our landlord has cranked up the heat accordingly, which I'm grateful for, except when it comes to dry sinuses and skin each morning.  I whipped up this radiator humidifier this evening out of an old rum (?) bottle and some cotton yarn, which I crocheted freeform around the glass.  I'm kind of in love with the way it looks, cobwebby and imperfect like a Rodarte gown.  I'm making another for the bedroom radiator out of a green Jameson bottle and probably a finer golden yellow cotton I have lying around.

i kind of love this