1- The night before the big day, freeze a large bottle of water in your freezer. 2- Go to bed. 3- Wake up and get some breakfast and coffee. There […]
Tag: summer
Posted inSunday Snaps
Sunday Snaps: Just Pretend
To cope with the heat just imagine you are in a tropical place, far far away. I put up this photo of Jon and told everyone we found a cheap […]
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Mayor Mike “Dufus” Boomberg: “The McClarren Park Pool … to make Waves in Williamsburg.”
Yep, the pool is open! There was a line around the block after the ribbon cutting when according to Gothamist, the mayor mispronounced it as “McClarren” and then said: “Today […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 14
Summer literally just began and already it’s a scorcher! My balcony garden has seen it’s fair share of extreme weather in the past 14 weeks, but I still wanted to […]
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The Big Splash! at McCarren Park Pool 6/27!
It’s official, McCarren Park Pool is opening on Thursday June 28, 2012! For real! This weekend, a park employee named Guy (as in Gaetano) told me in the best Brooklyn […]
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Sunday Snaps: So American
Take a moment from sale shopping and hot dog eating to think about why you get a day off this week. Formerly known as Decoration Day, because Southern ladies and […]
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Recipe: Rhubarb Mint Tea
Last week I picked up some rhubarb at the Greenmarket, even though, short of pie and jam, I have no idea what to do with the stuff. I bit into […]
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Newton Creek Shore
Here at Greenpointers, we have a very strict “always say yes” policy, or, to be more accurate, a strict “always volunteer Peter to say yes” policy. Case in point: a […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 6
Last week was magnificent for gardening! The day after my trip to Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply I decided to really give my balcony garden some of the TLC it […]