tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89287560507346305722024-03-14T09:05:41.927-04:00Under the BQEOnce upon a time, a girl lived on the edge of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, just Under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, in the mythical kingdom of North Brooklyn. She walked around and talked to people, took pictures and thought about things. She wrote things down and was happy.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-28285976867141950062009-12-16T14:07:00.003-05:002009-12-16T14:19:18.692-05:00Farewell!I have had such a good time maintaining this blog over the past (almost) two years. But I find myself flagging, less because I have nothing to say than that I've found new ways to say it. In many cases, this <i>saying</i> involves really going out and talking to people in North Brooklyn and the wider world. In others instances, it requires tying myself to a chair and hitting my mind against words...which is to say, working on poems. In all cases, my commitment to the dialogue has not languished so much as my resolve to post conversations to the void. So, dear void, I end as I began (but with a new image, one recently pulled off the pavement at the corner of Lorimer and Withers):<br /><br />My Community is Under the BQE and on either side of it, with Williamsburg to the south and Greenpoint to the north. I'm on the edge where streets that have been running nearly east-west tilt to run northwest-southeast, all the way to the East River. My community is changing like a prairie on fire, but that's okay. I'm not here to decry the new but to bear witness to the amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience of living in a New York City neighborhood that is changing faster than probably any other neighborhood (at least visibly) and which has a once-in-a-city experience to transform its skyscape in a short period of time. We who live here now will never again see as much sky as we do now, or as the Italians who've been on my street for decades or the Polish who've been on Nassau for decades or the artists who've been on Bedford since the 80s saw even before the Changes started happening. We're all blessed, in this little corner of the world, on this little pinhead of time. One of my favorite poets writes, <br /><br /><i>"How wondrous strange it was at that moment<br />to be in the flesh."</i><br /><br />And it is.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmsKKHAMR_WtyvNSc0v3dsbJcUOJHUCLM3sjscENQAKeJzaU3WgAmwyTj-eydpYOO4OGjOo4jfBkt_QMLYLqBK58v9tLxWRF2czaqVyAy9vqhz2-C0APBEeDfddjPpCPXIIIQgSD2ZH4/s400/IMG_0550.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-90741977236193841372009-12-12T14:07:00.002-05:002009-12-12T14:20:04.302-05:00Deck the Streets<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoSBCz6VfkBhM7K6sJtTRGkTzLDsUtIXm60G27dE_fJjwfRKsfW1p9YcDNjCmeLAKjISG8Sbu9sxFkm5lAZ_E2Tyfi57ocWehNl9ioWsGvG0cT1X5VGSCLsdFdYEueZ59WnFk3x6B6TU/s400/IMG_0549.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-32234172697512669562009-12-02T20:45:00.005-05:002009-12-02T21:07:55.900-05:00Notes on DecemberIt's unseasonably warm outside (perhaps the most dispiriting weather of all), but I'm listening to <A href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/carols_history.shtml">Christmas carols</a> (from the time before "Greensleeves" was "What Child is This?"), and I just was outside walking by <A href="http://www.myspace.com/unionpool">Union Pool,</a> which smelled of childhood campfires (ode to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala">amygdala!</a>). Related to this: <A href="http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/2321/3036basmati_rice.jpg">basmati rice</a> smells like popcorn, cats smell like cats, and a nearby candle could be a very sweet and waxy apple pie.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-31584548311843660182009-12-02T20:45:00.001-05:002009-12-02T20:45:23.278-05:00Poem Interlude<b>Crown Heights</b><br /><br />The bells were made<br />of November or it might<br />have been the other way <br />around. Perhaps both were<br />merely points on a spectrum<br />of yellow, as the tree on your<br />street, which, more than<br />anything, turned love into<br />something we could see.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-48071963723547360362009-11-09T20:31:00.000-05:002009-11-09T20:33:00.905-05:00Under the BQE: Literally<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWNOYXHpdtKWwl5Zy5qg0ydaaPK7ln07b1rUAGaJ7lUst_m9y42yxbVrS3eXMc2JYxgWGmX5gazcSIBk0sp2YeAX-BENeZyn91YopT-GYFaAIr4xXzN4u51OefYEkw5-Vk1Rqhidi9sg/s400/IMG_0432.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-11441591973396301522009-11-06T21:37:00.000-05:002009-11-06T21:38:16.573-05:00Poem Interlude<b>There Is No Mountain</b><br /><br />Heading toward the mountain:<br />watch for deer<br />watch for falling rocks<br />watch for school buses<br />watch for oversized loads<br />watch for chain-up areas<br />watch for hydroplaning<br />watch for historic markers<br />watch for sudden snow<br />watch for reduced speed zones<br />watch for motorcycles<br />watch for median weigh stations<br />watch for gas stations<br />watch for single-lane construction zones<br />watch for roadside diners<br />watch for crossing horses<br />watch for cops<br />watch for scenic routes<br />watch for birds<br />watch for loose gravel<br />watch for snow plows<br />watch for blind spots<br />watch for highway hypnosis<br />watch for narrow shoulders<br />watch for steamed-up windows<br />watch for low-flying aircraft<br />watch for log trucks<br />watch for hitchhikers<br />watch for tailgaters<br />watch for roadkill<br />watch for mistRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-34469622147111216722009-11-02T22:15:00.006-05:002010-10-14T19:02:04.998-04:00Being a Leaf for a Halloween Marathon?*<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SvjCkEvam6I/AAAAAAAACok/O2byxjOMmfk/s400/IMG_0401.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cF3dOrpoYXZgChTiiqA2Hiu5Z9Y05EDZMCHrkcIY9JtHwe3MWlXkpLGfy-4_u9fmyJctaWjeK-zZN3CKjn4EJEiSmoIucVm0rS0W9oxBNmy77s-3bgptkOjfxr12XMTVTs-_cYagg9E/s400/IMG_0417.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NTMzf6qT99EmC4AeqJ5eN5Xk_G1oLBRQWnsguF5YhnFp_nVHrYCjlCcYPj8hh8_cP4dO2BNemcEStzg18x2LWYAhJHzkyYDzmkDJfxGBBpTdn0FaC4MEe43mcA19Y6IQwBvR4FIu3fM/s400/IMG_0420.JPG" /><br /><br />*I did not run the marathon, but I did run <i>by</i> the marathon...and was inspired. I also was not a leaf, but I was a multitude of leaves, as in autumn, and I cavorted with a weight lifter and a recycled bag lady before heading into the drenched phantasmagoria of Manhattan on All Hallow's.<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/Su-jVWzW6SI/AAAAAAAACns/jUhdq89Z9_E/s400/IMG_0409.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-9756666666652013532009-10-18T14:34:00.001-04:002009-10-18T14:34:52.132-04:00Under the BQE: Literally<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02Li4QPFuHrOafvSXloXoTqcQmp7sPXtKRnOkeFZxVaSAx8AkabjL2La4MQ-ADqMlVgMblwuxbCuTYw31cb6Wke5BtJ7eHhfZ69Bj5frdfn0uQ19F2wZaZdbWhqL868OXUEaOHshQzic/s400/IMG_0397.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-80610711710174700602009-10-15T23:22:00.000-04:002009-10-15T23:23:17.226-04:00Poem Interlude (Draft)<b>On Growing Up</b><br /><br />“Balloon lands but boy is not found inside.” <i>The New York Times,</i> 10/15/09<br /><br />Boy lands but balloon is not found<br />out for its role in the adventure.<br />Nor does anyone ask what it saw.<br />Or what the boy said. He has been<br />afraid of becoming the kind of man<br />who will never use his shadow<br />as useful ballast. Who would be<br />baffled by questions like, Why is<br />this day special? Appointments,<br />possible birthdays, anniversaries,<br />national holidays, feasts. Never<br />the lift-off, never the simple sky<br />arching overhead. Because the sky<br />arches overhead, and today I may<br />pretend to have wings for a while.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-60540858954862156372009-10-08T14:09:00.002-04:002009-10-08T14:18:47.338-04:00Skills! Share Them!The first <A href="http://brooklynskillshare.tumblr.com/">Brooklyn Skillshare</a> will be held this Saturday, October 10th, at the <A href="http://www.gowanusstudio.org/upcoming.php">Gowanus Studio Space</a> (119 8th Street, Brooklyn btw 2nd & 3rd Avenues) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (with free breakfast and lunch).<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYq7-TjnomuWxX_KuQARJNSbvALkPmbH2nx6xFkxNV4JC1rii3r39j3xFwgAavRJ6Au2cPdSKQbgLouP3JDmwp89BX4Mk5DY3BOxvXt2cUgILGL0LMR44Vgd48OWw-LfvsbEdYi47WW0/s400/skillshare.jpg" /><br /><br />The Skillshare is a community-based, community-led, and community-building learning event organized and taught by Brooklyn residents. It is a one-day event of learning, making, sharing and doing, led by volunteers and supported by donations. Come for one session or all five, on topics ranging from kombucha brewing, bike mechanics, screenprinting, DIY electronic audio, cooking with raw food, burlesque, making ricotta, and more. <br /><br />And speaking of sharing, I recently was given a tour of the elusive, exclusive <A href="http://foodcoop.com/">Park Slope Food Co-Op,</a> which was a <A href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2009/07/20090720_grenier_250x375.jpg&imgrefurl=http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/07/adrian_grenier_still_hasnt_bee.html&usg=__9VC-RhM5nTfydrl1u_boDDXUNcM=&h=375&w=250&sz=25&hl=en&start=23&sig2=1-qIyjEuRRjYdYwHBTdVQg&um=1&tbnid=BUKz94hvKRoWwM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=81&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpark%2Bslope%2Bfood%2Bcoop%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1&ei=rSzOStChN8bJlAeZkeHyCw">zany experience,</a> in that it involved seeing guys in button-downs and ties working cash registers, women in work pumps stocking vegetables, and the lowest prices ever for fine cheese, <A hr ef="http://www.burtsbees.com/">Burt's Bees</a> products, fresh herbs, and anything else you can imagine.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-70475148254452511622009-09-29T20:46:00.007-04:002016-11-01T08:37:02.157-04:00Civic Engagement Ahoy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The run-off elections for <a href="http://www.hawthornestreet.com/2009/09/vote-aga.html">Public Advocate and Comptroller</a> were held today in our fair city. In the last open Council election, <a href="http://www.nag-brooklyn.org/blog/2009/09/live-here-vote-here-today.html">only 16 percent</a> of all eligible voters actually turned out, and North Brooklyn scrounged up even fewer. Tonight I went to the polls wagering that there would be a three percent turn-out...and found that my district's table had seen 20 people all day. <a href="http://rovingstorm.blogspot.com/">A fellow Brooklyn voter</a> said that he was voter #30 at his district's table, and a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9z-DYaOhP0&feature=channel">Manhattan suffragist</a> felt that more people were working at the polls than entering them. So let's do the math! There are currently around <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_registered_voters_are_in_New_York_City_New_York">four million voters</a> in NYC. Of these, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_New_York_City">66 percent,</a> or 2.4 million, are registered Democrats. Given that there are around <a href="http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/pdf/documents/boe/rfi/2009/05_Header/2007_Vendor%20Selection%20Cost%20Eval%20Plan102606%20v-1%205%20Sent%20to%20Board%20103106.pdf">6,200 election districts citywide,</a> if the average turn-out/district today was 25 voters, then 155,000 Democrats voted, or 6.4 percent of the population. Also note that an election requires around 30,000 poll workers, which means 1 in 5 people at the polls today was...truly civically engaged.</div>
Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-54915705150013948902009-09-19T12:29:00.006-04:002009-09-19T13:00:09.302-04:00Saturday Morning Sightings*<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30ZKjNfRlU">Jay Bakker</a> interview in the <a href="http://thewgnews.com/">WG</a><br />*<A href="http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/39934295/brooklyn_ny/savino_s_quality_pasta.html">Homemade ravioli</a> on Conselyea<br />*Semi-truck repair lot on Skillman<br />*"Holla It's Ten Dolla" stoop sale on Metropolitan<br />*<a href="http://www.a-i-u.net/biblio_grapefruit.html">Grapefruit</a> sighting on Lorimer<br />*Two NYC Bridge workers buying sandwiches ("You ever try the pepper jack? It's good.")<br />*Tabby cat in McGorlick<br />*Little dog in McCarren<br />*Photo shoot on Monitor<br />*Yellow flowers in <A href="http://redshedcommunitygarden.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-pictures-courtesy-of-julie-hagan.html">Red Shed Garden</a><br />*Coney Island photos in window of <A href="http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/7348368/brooklyn_ny/klenosky_paint.html">Klenosky Paint</a><br />*Perfect day brunch at <A href="http://www.enids.net/">Enid's</a><br />*Roof workers with mallets<br />*History in street names: "Lorimer Street recalls the middle name of John and James Graham (after whom Graham Avenue is named), two famous land-jobbers, active in 1836 selling building lots in the area." (Development comes full circle.)<br />*PAC Chinese food renovations<br />*Strollers (Which reminds me: I would like to see a <A href="http://resources.tourcorp.com/images/sf_duck_tour/duck07.jpg">Duck</a> stroller that can roll over the ground and also be launched as a ferry.)<br />*Runners (one with <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/">"Vandy"</a> on her shorts - Nashville in Williamsburg!)<br />*A door<br />*A hall<br />*Another door<br />*A bagelRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-11207874826054691322009-09-15T22:17:00.002-04:002009-09-15T23:17:02.949-04:00Just Got Home From IllinoisAnd Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Indiana. Forty-one states left to go! Thousands of words related to why I ate a head of broccoli on the drive from Nashville to Illinois (via the <a href="http://www.generalpatton.org/">Patton Museum</a>):<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBLw0p-X6I/AAAAAAAACYA/YpHB4AjnMAI/s400/IMG_0079.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBL5g_g_VI/AAAAAAAACYI/vK1XC8IeS7U/s400/IMG_0081.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBNBzHx1SI/AAAAAAAACZY/k45dES0xwe0/s400/IMG_0118.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBNIe8RAFI/AAAAAAAACZc/v9PASjiWtPg/s400/IMG_0120.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBNZiB57LI/AAAAAAAACZw/RZG31o-_mjI/s400/IMG_0126.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBN8-XPoNI/AAAAAAAACaQ/K2YonmWeXxc/s400/IMG_0139.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBOszlne5I/AAAAAAAACbc/Lzfc4oqCzrk/s400/IMG_0167.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6tXX0A309pk/SrBPVx4I-oI/AAAAAAAACcI/Pna23pvOAxM/s400/IMG_0187.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-17349769503350481852009-09-03T14:22:00.002-04:002009-09-03T14:25:56.666-04:00Claw-Foot Tub Anyone?If you're in the market for all manner of furniture, lamps, and assorted doo-dads, stop by this sale this weekend. Because nothing says autumn quite like a new chair.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosiqyfunHLwj2LjY8UCH5tbUH7zOkJXNCDi8dr1u4XO9pC6497HXRhQcJYnhi9LOM5dL3LPHv3LTSR6AE_2eC2Q4rqVQHRec6i2HI_8DWOl2IE2QisYC5BOjNnVPKw0YUMD4mffXVGBI/s400/475KentAvenue306.jpg" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-79471898775678083742009-09-03T11:39:00.003-04:002009-09-03T11:46:56.529-04:00Back to the LandWhy it means something to support local farmers, or, a letter from <a href="http://www.heartyroots.com/">Hearty Roots Farm</a>:<br /><br />Dear East Williamsburg CSA Member:<br /><br />It's been a while since you've heard an update directly from the farmers at Hearty Roots - unless you've talked to one of us<br />personally, in which case you're probably tired of hearing complaint after complaint about this season's weather!<br /><br />Well, I'm afraid that we're not ready to stop complaining yet. "Merciless" is the only word that seems appropriate for the conditions that we've faced in the Hudson Valley this season. Our neighbors, who have been at it much longer than we have, are saying that it's the most difficult growing season they've ever seen. Certainly that's true for us.<br /><br />We did finally have one week of summer weather just now-- warm days, and an inch-and-a-half of rain, that's just about perfect. Unfortunately, during the rest of June, July and August the skies were not so friendly. Rainstorm after rainstorm turned our normally very well-drained fields into swamps. Unending wet weather brings with it disease, which affected our carrots, potatoes, lettuce, onions, radicchio, and, of course, <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18tomatoes.html?_r=1&hp">tomatoes.</a> Flooding in the fields wiped out newly seeded plantings of beets and salad greens. Unseasonably cool days prevented our pepper plants from producing as they should. And muddy fields meant we couldn't get on our tractors and cultivate (i.e., weed) our crops on time, nor plant them on time.<br /><br />At one point in May, I remember looking at our fields of newly planted carrots and worrying that we would have TOO many carrots this year. Then, when the floods came, the water table rose above the bottom half of all of those carrots, causing them to turn to mush in the standing water.<br /><br />So we regret very much that our late summer shares, which we always plan to keep bountiful, are less than ideal this season. Please understand that we've done everything we can to keep the shares plentiful - including no longer selling any produce to restaurants, which we normally do with surplus veggies, in order to make sure that our members are taken care of first. And we've re-tasked some of our crew members, who during a normal year might be picking tomatoes right now, with planting extra salad greens for the shares in upcoming weeks.<br /><br />What's the bright side? Well, the weather has taken a turn for the better, for now. This is allowing our fall plantings of cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, radishes and squash to perk up, and we have been tirelessly weeding them to keep them happy. So we're hoping to have a rebound in the coming month's harvest.<br /><br />The real bright side, though, comes from you, our members. A season like this one could easily cause a relatively young farm like ours to go under. If we were dependent on farmers markets for our income, we might have ended this season in unrecoverable debt. While we are definitely taking a real economic hit this year, both personally and as a farm, the Community Supported Agriculture model will allow us to get through this season, and onto more bountiful seasons in the future. And we will be stronger for it - having learned how to deal with even the most difficult weather conditions, we will have learned<br />to grow even more bountifully in the future, and we promise to share that bounty with all of you. Thanks to all of you, very sincerely, for your support this season.<br /><br />--Benjamin & MiriamRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-54867349840061288162009-08-31T23:33:00.002-04:002009-08-31T23:42:01.164-04:00Faded AdsWhat a <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fadingad.com/blog/brooklyn/greenpoint_ftd.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/ftd-greenpoint-floral-co-greenpointbrooklyn/&usg=__PPehyTDuDIZvO_8BQ2eQZLAOcd0=&h=375&w=500&sz=272&hl=en&start=3&sig2=Ncl4BuH8xkkbzRNfqbihYg&um=1&tbnid=WXIfM4oenZlQxM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgreenpoint%2Bbrooklyn%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=QJWcSvjvAsOpmQerlY20BA">lovely project.</a><br /><br />"Florists’ Transworld Delivery was established in 1910 as Florists’ Telegraph Delivery. The Mercury Man logo was adopted in 1914 to emphasize speedy delivery."<br /><br />Jump's photo:<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPcoS6ugSVCJLl4BUT4pIAkGF3tGs7mEhpDam-QdHelLMEoKxrt1pE5o4VkGCSzUNu0FT1twNJQYyDYu81dAjWW8EnLrPwUBevgfb3q9MwpZ5z0coDQkiN0jAp71bSoNdek43tdEBjvg/s400/greenpoint_ftd.jpg" /><br /><br />My photo, obviously some time later:<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS65Go1oFFQpFH2wW2p4hp_kkITD6umpgNEt0cgfrC6Cz3NXew9SAeZAqiLhLNzaUMRmCO8bDmU08lt5RoDEcfiNDchmQ2ykFOZMpyUupB_Ks2W9_S3fPGAkAgKju54HyUz9AyuyNclkc/s400/IMG_1139.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-69293365092942138802009-08-31T23:19:00.004-04:002009-08-31T23:33:19.453-04:00Quotes<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/condos-and-parks-on-hold-in-greenpoint/?scp=1&sq=greenpoint&st=cse">"For now at least, Greenpoint’s stunning views of Manhattan are still mostly clear, unobstructed by the kinds of high-rise developments that are starting to sprout — and wither — in Williamsburg."</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brooklyn11211.com/">“'The macroeconomy of the city is affecting the development of open space in Greenpoint.'”</a><br /><br /><a href="'http://hipstershepcatsohmy.blogspot.com/2008/04/die-electric-electricity-consciousness.html">"A lot of the renters, these young hipsters, are very energy conscious.'"</a>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-32952296050268948792009-08-25T21:41:00.002-04:002009-08-25T23:37:42.652-04:00Green Skies...A North Brooklyn Story Project member, Liza de Guia, created this minimentary on <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/5682415">rooftop farming in North Brooklyn.</a>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-46619209594858370802009-08-22T18:20:00.002-04:002009-08-22T18:40:45.400-04:00Fruits of SummerSomething about a hot, sticky week to inspire one to prepare things for the coming cold... Something about swiss chard stems... Something about a cat and a melon...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGrD9UThyCzIs7En2NqnMTy2rZvwVhDI7HSJgwivGvhCkg0ifhkzHINobbHtMrbwXaL-oohov7Y7hNnJhVQkxQqvrLvZRBKiOU5p62g3IaDbandQZLbawvT2Ufif7TwLzhTQBeszX3fQ/s400/IMG_0049.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJzSzNsFYbQXERIQY8IAxSe6IX3o5V3pNHoVtzP6iD8b_HUV73OPSBcHMmuQp9SYFSDDvPK6aAgacYli7SXeD2kyekulOI5V_ejKzoV7AHSNcboBTKrhN5OyurRDG2R3u4M5jk3_SKC8/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_vEbZvsL76eHHzzGrBJqELTw_X7M5HKZc0sHKXRFRkRBYx3oJFzIMdyuytN4LysAl2cdKMRGANK_3fSJsajTqF2S6JhwKwmwaI6U64CM93u6USDfELgxKvon7VrHXv7pnNCuZs8TweA/s400/IMG_0052.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mRXVxcbNIz3_42bF2drNthIPU8l-HRVkzDYgSHct11DuLICXxzsf-Xn545ihDNNLaZbj-GRmm8I5ZYNWBJBfID8k23AWsVKqNlbSHPMoGuygOGYPzvqjtAdzAY5m-Q-wgDWQsmViLk0/s400/IMG_0053.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHH3e5DaN_7LWbc0Up7Zfnz97C3_plXtREtADDA4K2X2EVLRsFzS_RlBoL0OpzJ9ozmA_Czw1iSLpSA48VHqU9r0opXcfH3un89NxevBM0kWvM-PTNVElEc8McNDeadLXEiy2-zAFcTA/s400/IMG_0054.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGalgM60C2DYRLLmko4ILeivCMU06DNVH29ZlSfaRtcMuPdasj_aZZyf3Mkz3C6rNRP3Xtz7phMnHAjQM16-ynedU3c8IFw1AuQSfhAMasHKcINto4PIUPqABvr2YPQMyIsvHceol49a8/s400/IMG_0055.JPG" />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-34197715442909241992009-08-13T21:37:00.001-04:002009-08-13T21:38:34.918-04:00AndOh. My. Sakes Alive. <A href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/54d5ab3da4/auto-tune-the-news-part-6">Thanks Lady H!</a>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-78776441548505331172009-08-13T21:19:00.005-04:002009-08-13T21:31:34.178-04:00August and EverythingLovely: <A href="http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/restaurants/archives/2005/03/_miyako.html#more">Miyako</a> (Berry and North 6th) then "creme ice" at <A href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/ralphs-famous-italian-ices-brooklyn">Ralph's Famous Italian Ices</a> (Graham between Conselyea and Metropolitan). And yesterday Crown Heights: the roof overlooking what was once <A href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steeles/Ebbets%20Field.jpg">Ebbets Field,</a> wine, and back to 1985 for <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid">Live Aid,</a> whose most striking performer in my mind is the magnanimous and confident and gracefully theatrical <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FNoIDgNE6o">Mr. Mercury.</a> Anywayz. Great week in a great summer.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-1479760726906288732009-08-13T21:09:00.002-04:002009-08-13T21:19:47.493-04:00Poem Interlude<b>And Then the Rain Began</b><br /><br />I was walking blind<br />through the drowned mini-universe<br />of summer, to the café where,<br />shortly, I would hear<br />speaking of Gospels at an adjacent<br />table the very punk pastor<br />I'd learned of for the first time<br />earlier in the week.<br /><br />Holy coincidence, Batman!<br /><br />Water will find<br />its level, neither better nor worse<br />than where it was, and it's fair<br />to say that fear<br />holds no sway, as cement<br />cannot make the tides come faster.<br />So in spite of ourselves we climb<br />to gods who themselves climb to seek.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-50910188664983585332009-08-01T18:13:00.002-04:002009-08-01T18:15:27.092-04:00Also Tonight at Pete's<a href="http://www.myspace.com/philcody">Phil Cody.</a> He plays at 8, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/musicforpree">Pree</a> (mentioned in earlier post) goes on at 11. Singer-songwriters and those who love them, rejoice!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-69746073677850851812009-08-01T14:46:00.004-04:002009-08-01T15:09:23.832-04:00New LensI have a new <a href="http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/6/canon-powershot-sd1100is.jpg">camera</a> and took it for a spin today, home to the garden and back...where I cooked breakfast/lunch with freshly picked-up vegetables.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3G77F5sw2FutNZ-h2OtBXCKzer1SMCsHJpklBDWkIjs6EAGYxurlpONPsfsEVFJG1mVmXoO35DBuUFRZpBKuGCKubbkk0CQst1bCIialUdZonMVOYous3qk4JhDjDtmZkAJuN87qkCw/s400/IMG_0004.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_eDOWKRUAC90SZNwmdfZiRjNtoRb1_tv4jLhSIefLTRjmLdTyrl-h34WbD3E-xhok1TkLVOeq6MeXOPJaaAK83YP3fd6xIrtpPgSr-9WLcAR6az3dUGnGQQ5CukD43rsLk3kO9RT2yw/s400/IMG_0008.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6MgEb7IAQXc_EemrZD-nNEIFnTm50bhDSMGnTe3Pi75U_ZePDZLVzmJqULFEiE-Cg5bUIC6vt8BC1QvAJDAYvmkAJABoM2v0yP4dCyEXnRw46EjkC6Iz5njH9tsrv-TCpc4nYVLWdSE/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDS8BDlOT7VNLsSP9UNiffjzBd7Cz704GjdVHmRnoakjCyjKrBqK4yNaUWoV1Lfe-PEvnwA3RyTPzZ5fr1Ls3Bi0R83OQK31_ssNBjrBMIAedG-K4hfP0_sTZ0LxAk_mIFheAfJRpGId0/s400/IMG_0010.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg39KTKnIc1Kgb2lKLK-zsCHerhba_XM5-UsO4KZtWchBhRwusfnnuCo-tjC50wRLaFMqVhyphenhyphenhsGlsOyKNXSN3FVvPOhjU19a3pKvPCXtfZfde2_ZUw_8A3nvM3yYLMoXdQ6xHcepj8rU/s400/IMG_0011.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n_eMwjKhLLLFLGUCSUnTkCfQ3HNJ5SVVJiBwGf5kRFMq6eE3qQD6vRvr4CCgB8uRr2i-Jf75TGT4OkRcODqfzIcWxmTmoJiik6nM4MzLiKocXdiLjCyoRgWWNx44KjVBxX2ivOyorWs/s400/IMG_0012.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2PyWg7r7Jay0Z_6RHh1cYlrUPHW5KGMJPMbvyMsHs0H4h0pXGR-Hlxa66lIUWKApBlRKFHCBwswXYuwDYja1xQqBMpY4SBHZUU-BOV_rT9cEroUwB31a0I9djMpb3w0ytfRx9ljQvR0/s400/IMG_0014.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjXvpc2akYUDi2FjZR-ZTqOKm8fp3UKoL9w30a6sJV2cc9usgSa9wxBDDScpwsrQZqvDrNnOzAMw9wakcjWS3oSXYT8Lf7dGZHu37uWmU695u3dFczWHVgNkwGdayQf5SRK4jJ0C0ruI/s400/IMG_0013.JPG" /><br />(These semis never fail to intrigue; they are usually being scrubbed down and tuned up.)<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmdkCRqZEtt7anJoGxrj66ZU4xWgUiIyY1r2KvL7budKWAbKa3hCgeGxywvatWcfVe2zApuSNcgUlCR7gIvdxOcfTPiNvYynW6fZ7wq50rJSTQQ9AIQcWAquW0GEpBMgw3CgdKLrCG70/s400/IMG_0015.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNl1r3H6z9M4g2K3VWfQj3qXSaDPLycDWnYZEn8t7laBu8BvFs7q905CTyQFbhyyD5mAVn81EmOfIY1sFODVeg7CPW270mFOvGhw2jP103HHX_k5eJeiyTlavtMmu2TKeBR19Xt6Vvsw/s400/IMG_0016.JPG" /><br />(They've re-landscaped and made a great deal of space from very little, through windings and switchbacks.)<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjforvhkUXpTdBffzZ04-mU6nIRxQFijpR0ivXxI_9WogQJbDYdiZuDnbFpiVpB9eat7Y9F4oaCYKTZcLxZMZbc6b5Q6ogR_TQlqs4y9-1ITYhi1PJTu_xKgdkq3wZQg3tU9rQ0iU84zF0/s400/IMG_0017.JPG" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC0NmZ3epvrdVAtQUpDFoPddEZgNZdwRfOLs3U3pNVKCpfkk0h4H0Cnb7HBUAfmM0lWijUk-35Axl1XPzLLlxAKHH4LsxgiHsx6Ch_Le5SCwwIlcUDqqwXknvlrPpDLw42BI-Z22eoU4/s400/IMG_0019.JPG" /><br />(From <A href="http://www.heartyroots.com/">Hearty Roots:</a> potatoes, peppers, onions, chard, cucumbers, dill; from the Greenmarket, which <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/24/32_24_bm_greenmarket.html">may be moving:</a> milk, mushrooms; from elsewhere: eggs, vegetarian sausage, and, of course, ketchup.)Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928756050734630572.post-85036852675464425862009-07-31T10:34:00.002-04:002009-07-31T11:04:27.357-04:00Sunny Day MusicNewsflash: there will be one day of sunshine coming to a neighborhood near you! To celebrate, come out to <A href="http://www.petescandystore.com/">Pete's Candy Store</a> Saturday evening to hear <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101617638">Pree,</a> the Washington, DC-based band described by some as the lovechild of <A href="<br />http://maliciousglee.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/joanna-newsom.jpg">Joanna Newsom</a> and <A href="http://albionblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/modest1.jpg">Modest Mouse.</a>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029796929532870479noreply@blogger.com0