How’d Pac-Man get up there?!
Tag: brooklyn
I cannot find either of these games on Boardgame Geek (my authority on board games), but I saw them today while walking through Williamsburg. There has definitely been an evolution in ‘mainstream’ boardgames (the ones we all know: Monopoly, Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, etc.) to depict a more racially diverse crew of kids on… Continue reading
Free outdoor space WiFi!? Why can’t more neighborhoods do this?
I’m hugely supportive of this effort… good work Dumbo! What a great way to draw people to public spaces and provide a very tangible service at low cost. Free outdoor space WiFi!? Why can't more neighborhoods do this?
My Staycation: Memorial Day Weekend
Best Staycation Ever. Here’s the recipe: Ingredients: sunscreen, water, canvas bags, a credit card, some bagels, and good attitude Friday Afternoon (summer fridays!) and Night: lunch w/ a hilariously dressed Murray Hill master and some wine, purchasing beautiful oak drawers from people around the corner who are moving, solid and low-key evening out in brooklyn with… Continue reading My Staycation: Memorial Day Weekend
Brooklyn
Grandma Asked: Why is the Bronx THE Bronx and Brooklyn is just Brooklyn?
The Bronck family was a wealthy family living on many of the Harlem river’s surrounding acres. Jonas Bronck, the family patriarch, was a narcissistic man and wanted to name everything after himself. Thus, around 1639, the river became Bronck’s river. Once the Bronck’s started croaking and immigrants other than Swedes (Irish, German, Italian, Jewish….) settled… Continue reading Grandma Asked: Why is the Bronx THE Bronx and Brooklyn is just Brooklyn?
Park Slope?
The Battle of Brooklyn
I always thought MA was the site of all the big deal things in the Revolutionary War. But, after a visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society this past weekend, Margaret and I learned otherwise; the first and largest conflict of the Revolution was the Battle of Brooklyn! Here’s a cool map of how the battle… Continue reading The Battle of Brooklyn
I hosted a Nomad; here’s what he said about it.
via the Nomad (Ed’s) blog (not same as his tumblr). The NYC Nomad in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (On Prospect Place) March 26, 2011 Stayed With Jen, a fellow (younger) Tufts Jumbo who met my good friend and former host Pauline at an event. As it was described to me, they were sitting on a comfortable couch together… Continue reading I hosted a Nomad; here’s what he said about it.
Outside of my apartment.
Jen Bokoff 
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