Tagged: brooklyn, brooklyn heights, cobble hill, gourds, Halloween
Posted on October 26th, 2010
No city does Halloween like New York and its boroughs. Last year, in between our frantic apartment touring (around this time, actually), we paused and enjoyed the stunning Halloween decorations, gourds, and harvest scenes that adorned nearly every brownstone, house, and apartment we walked by. This year, we’re living among these fantastic decorations, and even [...]
Tagged: brooklyn heights, brownstone, cobble hill, Halloween, mums, pumpkins, stoop
Posted on October 20th, 2010
To sit on, to read on, and most importantly (in Brooklyn at least) to decorate for Halloween. Today I walked all over Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill taking pictures of the festive mums, gourds, and decorations. I’m looking forward to sharing these pictures with you next week. In the meantime, enjoy the stoop!
Tagged: brooklyn heights, cadman plaza, photography, sculpture
Posted on April 1st, 2010
Cadman Plaza is our neighborhood park. On warm, sunny days it feels like it’s everyone’s neighborhood park! Redone in 2007, Cadman Plaza features a sustainable turf field, an amazing running track that goes through the woods, benches, and enough outdoor space for everyone. When Justin and I were first looking to move to Brooklyn, Cadman [...]
Tagged: brooklyn heights, photography
Posted on January 6th, 2010
Tagged: brooklyn heights, iris cafe, stumptown coffee
Posted on December 2nd, 2009
Thanks to Brownstoner (a great way to stay up on Brooklyn’s comings and goings) and a glowing tweet from Mike White of Gimme Coffee, we walked over to Iris Café for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. We’re always looking for (relatively) quiet places to read, sip good coffee, and hang out for a bit. Iris Café [...]
Tagged: apt 138, brooklyn, brooklyn heights, cobble hill, greenmarket, tazza
Posted on October 15th, 2009
After our mini-moon, Justin and I had to take an unexpected trip up north to Massachusetts. On the way back, we decided to spend a night in Brooklyn. We’ve been talking about doing this for many months and figured ‘there’s no time like the present’. We stayed at seemingly the only hotel in Brooklyn (which [...]