Brooklyn Chic

 Going back as far as college, I had heard of this mythical place called "Brooklyn," where young folk with tight pants and handlebar mustaches went to the farmers market to buy hand-made candles and soap on their way to the Whole Foods. And yet, despite its reputation as being the ultimate in hip and chic, I had never felt the need to enter its warm thrift store jacket embrace.

That all changed when I had almost ten days off in a row and Nicole thought we should try something different if we went to New York, and perhaps not go to Manhattan for once. I also had a friend from college who now lived in Williamsburg, so it was a fine excuse to cross over into this strange new world.

After some lunch and stimulating conversation, we embarked on a walk searching for filming locations from a TV show called "Younger," that Nicole and I enjoy watching. Brooklyn is basically a character in the show about a woman in her 40s who pretends to be in her 20s to get a job in the publishing industry. The temperature was tricky -- cold and then warm from one block to the next. We felt that people were also on top of us while we tried to walk. I guess we are just two slow California kids out of their element. That being said, it was a lot calmer than Manhattan.

Eventually we hopped on a ferry and took it to Dumbo, or essentially where the Brooklyn Bridge is. I wanted to get some pictures of Manhattan considering I've previously been too close to it, and having that bit of separation across the river might afford some good photography. We walked along the river a bit trying to find a good vantage point when the clouds started rolling in.

Later on it started to rain and this cleared out all the obnoxious kids trying to do obnoxious selfies doing obnoxious things, so I could do some photos without getting someone's crotch in my picture. It was greatly appreciated.









And all the pictures in this blog are just the ones from my cellphone. How about them apples? Apples that are farm-fresh, organic, and grown on a co-op no doubt.