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celebrate brooklyn!: yet another reason ...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, happenings, ideas, music, park slope on 07 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment

it’s not like we need a ton of reasons to visit beautiful prospect park, though sometimes we do take this olmsted amenity for granted. in the summer time, celebrate brooklyn! puts together a fantastic roster of music and other events that attract crowds both at night and during the day. ...

mini guide: prospect park bandshell...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, brooklyn: south, mini guides: new york, park slope on 07 31st, 2009 | No Comments

the northern edge of park slope, which is the edge closest to where celebrate brooklyn! is held at the bandshell, has not exactly been leading the way in style, and tends to make park slope feel and look as dowdy as it sometimes can seem (at least food and shopping wise). the main drag of 7th...

annie’s blue ribbon general store:...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, boerum hill, books, brooklyn, gifts, green things, home, kids, kitchen, miscellaneous, pets, shops, super useful, toys on 07 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments

at annie’s blue ribbon general store in boerum hill, i have now found my source for whenever i need whatever random thing might come up. open since the fall of 2007, this little shop set in a very cute building on state street really does have a little bit of everything combined with some...

high*way: a little edgy, a lot cute...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, manhattan, nolita, shops on 07 29th, 2009 | No Comments

high*way, which has been in nolita since before it became so crazy, when things were a bit more affordable and a bit more fun, is still around carrying these great, reasonable and stylish bags in all shapes and sizes. mostly flat with lots of zippers and pouches, the bags that jem filippi designs...

lula’s sweet apothecary: for the v...

Posted by cherrypatter in cheap, east village, food, ice cream, manhattan, treats on 07 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments

i confess, i am not a vegan, and probably could never ever be a vegan unless i had some incredibly deadly allergy that prevented me from eating all those forbidden treats like milk, cheese and eggs. however, if i were, lula’s sweet apothecary is the place i would head every summer afternoon....

roberta’s: this is our family̵...

Posted by cherrypatter in american, food, outdoor dining, pizza, take out on 07 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment

it’s hard to believe that a place with a hard core hipster following has become our family’s favorite friday night pizza joint, but roberta’s has somehow become everyone’s top choice. for the past few months, we four have headed out to bushwick many a friday for a great...

socrates sculpture park: an excellent re...

Posted by cherrypatter in ideas, long island city, public spaces, queens on 07 24th, 2009 | No Comments

socrates sculpture park is one of my all time favorite oases in all of new york. and while the actual patch of land located right on the water in long island city is not particularly special, the garden exhibits large sculptures that are juxtaposed in front of an incredible manhattan backdrop. ...

mini guide: socrates sculpture park in l...

Posted by cherrypatter in long island city, mini guides: new york, queens, queens, bronx, staten island on 07 24th, 2009 | No Comments

long island city, at least where socrates sculpture park is located at the end of broadway in queens, is not exactly a food mecca. there is the costco right next door but unless you want a vat of chicken wings and a huge sheet cake i suggest maybe going somewhere else. and there also is not too...

jacques torres: rich, creamy, and most i...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, food, ice cream, manhattan, soho on 07 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

i was pretty excited when chocolatier jacques torres announced the opening of their ice cream shop this year. brooklyn seems to be missing some really great ice cream, and even if the ice cream is ok, the space is not. i want an old fashioned ice cream soda shop like what i remember growing up...

red hook pool: robert moses did some thi...

Posted by cherrypatter in ideas, public spaces on 07 17th, 2009 | No Comments

now that it is finally finally feeling like the hot and sticky summer that i have come to expect from new york, the red hook pool has got to be one of my favorite parts of our summers here, especially that we now have kids. at 330 feet in length, this public pool is really glorious. with four...

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with two small and darling kids and one lovely husband who all occasionally need some amount of tending to as well as a full-time job, this blog is an excuse for me to explore the streets of new york, with a focus on brooklyn -- my home -- and manhattan, for those great little finds that seem to appear randomly on all sorts of blocks around new york but are sometimes hidden from plain view. i gravitate toward small, beautiful, independent places with interesting things, fantastic and friendly service and mostly affordable stuff (or at least an excellent value) and food that is extremely tasty, reasonable and in a great space -- though taste will trump design every time. to help put all these ideas in one place, i also will provide a series of new york mini-guides. in each of these, i will highlight something fun to do and then give some food, shop and doing suggestions nearby. these mini-guides, soon to be accompanied by mini-maps, will help to fill an afternoon -- where to pick up a snack, what shops to check out nearby and is there a really sweet little park along the way for a much needed rest. and i am always looking for ideas -- so if you have any suggestions for where to eat and shop or what to do please let me know. . you can also follow me on twitter at cherrypatter.

and for those of you more interested in the photos, i have absolutely no photography training and while i have been picking up a few tidbits here and there, mostly i think the credit for the photos goes to my lovely camera. it is a canon rebel xti, and the lens i use most of the time is the 50 mm 1:1:8. i also have a 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 for longer views.

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celebrate brooklyn!: yet another reason ...

mini guide: prospect park bandshell...

annie’s blue ribbon general store:...

high*way: a little edgy, a lot cute...

lula’s sweet apothecary: for the v...

roberta’s: this is our family̵...

socrates sculpture park: an excellent re...

mini guide: socrates sculpture park in l...

jacques torres: rich, creamy, and most i...

red hook pool: robert moses did some thi...

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