“Before I Die" - a public collaboration in downtown brooklyn [12/15/2011 editor’s note: This is now gone and there is a Shake Shake in its stead.]
Tag: brooklyn
"An Unrehearsed Poem" by M received this evening in a swap at the Swap-O-Matic at Ample Hills Creamery. I’m fascinated by this project’s purpose and social commentary, and even found myself weighing the options of what I wanted to take through the lens of what it would say about and mean to me. (If I… Continue reading
"Tangential Brooklyn" My buddies Lindsay and Jared are beyond amazing. They made me the most incredible art ever. The photo I took of it in dull apartment lighting doesn’t do it justice. They walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, taking pictures as they went. After getting a bunch of incredible shots and editing, they printed on… Continue reading
So excited about the new bioswales that now grace Dean Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The four bioswales, which are enhanced tree pits that retain and filter 1,870 gallons of stormwater per pit every time it rains, are part of a $2.4 billion Green Infrastructure Plan to manage stormwater runoff, reduce combined sewer overflows… Continue reading
Brooklyn Museum (best ever; seriously, become a member) brought the 1920s to life tonight! It was super fun (evidenced by the video and use of the Diddley Bow) and super creepy (evidenced by the 10+ people, mostly old men, who overtly took out their camera phones to capture the relative normalcy of Valerie and me). The exhibit was neat (though I need… Continue reading
Do you want to live with me?
LOOK AT THIS FACE?! How can you say no?! A few months ago, I posted that I was looking for a roommate, and I got a good one freshly imported from Colorado for 3 months, but she’s now looking for a much cheaper spot. SO, I’m looking again for Nov 1. The curse of a… Continue reading Do you want to live with me?
Long hallway.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is absolutely wonderful. And it was really neat to see everyone there enjoying it. Click an image to enlarge and see captions.
Prospect Park Zoo, August 7, 2011. Watch the various techniques. And volume on, please.
This is why I love my neighborhood.
Thoughtful philanthropy + awesome drinks + fun places. Brian Floyd, bartender at The Vanderbilt, has come up with a pretty awesome method of showering local charities with much-needed gifts. Through his initiation, a loose group of NYC bartenders–The Barman’s Fund–pick specific shifts, often their first of the month, to donate all their tips to a… Continue reading This is why I love my neighborhood.
Jen Bokoff 
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