A few weeks ago, James and I snapped a few photos of our neighborhood for a mini travel guide to some of our favorite spots in Brooklyn Heights. It felt so good to get out…
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It never feels like summer has fully arrived until there are field tomatoes and peaches at the market. The tomatoes are gnarled and bulbous and leaking with ripeness; so ugly they’re beautiful. The peaches…
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I sometimes get a little misty-eyed for country life. All those fresh flowers and roadside stands and wide open spaces. But when it comes down to it, I love this city too much to…
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Just a few photographs of what morning walks have been looking like lately.…
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It’s going to be hard to think of reasons why we shouldn’t pack up the kitchen and head down to the park every single night this summer. Last night: grilled asparagus and mushrooms, homemade…
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Last week, the newly built Squibb Park Bridge, connecting the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with the fantastic Brooklyn Bridge Park, opened to pedestrian traffic. As a near-daily park walker, I am thrilled with this newest development.…
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we have a new weekly ritual: a walk to brooklyn bridge park on sunday with picnic basket and cozy blanket. snacks, the newspaper, and a little bit of shade complete the picture. what’s your…
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five little things that made my week. 1. this boardwalk. {because starting things off with a morning on the beach is never a bad thing}. 2. this neighbor’s window box. {because even though i…