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brooklyn ice cream factory: creamy delic...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, food, ice cream, treats on 05 17th, 2010 | No Comments

happily, ice cream season is back, with 70 degrees days all weekend long . we topped off our saturday afternoon with a visit to one of our long time favorite spots down in dumbo where the lines are long but the reward is great. we have been indulging in ice cream at the brooklyn ice cream factory...

mini guide: dumbo...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo on 02 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment

we love, love, love hanging out in dumbo, especially in the warmer months along the waterfront at empire-fulton ferry state park. i’m sure the place will be an even bigger draw once the epic brooklyn bridge park is complete. a typical day might start with brunch at 5 front (not spectacular...

dewey’s candy: all the basics now ...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, food, treats on 02 8th, 2010 | No Comments

maybe because i wasn’t allowed much candy growing up, i now have a serious sweet tooth, or candy tooth that is. when we lived in manhattan, i would make regular visits to economy candy to stock up on my various cravings which included traditional jelly beans (no jelly bellies for me), black...

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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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