Superheroes, Ferraris and a Farewell Brunch.

09Oct12

Sunday saw the end of my lovely pals visit, so to avoid sadness we headed back over to Park Slope to find ourselves a bottomless brunch (endless mimosas being the perfect antidote to sad goodbyes).

5th Avenue was randomly filled with police and Ferraris, I find cars massively uninteresting, but maybe you don't, so here they are.

Much more interesting were the gruff policemen and hilarious euro trash woman hanging by an especially Italian themed car.

Winning! If expensive cars are what make winners, which they don't if you ask me (I'm guessing blondie disagrees).

Park Slope is the home to Brooklyn Superhero Supply. I like to think that this little old lady is just Antman, or some other equally glamorous superhero in disguise.

Inside they sell everything a superhero could possibly need.

To explain, the shop is actually a branch of 826NYC, a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping children with their writing skills. The organisation have shops all across the country (each one different and unique) and all profits from their sales go back into their work. It's a brilliant idea, and something I would have been beside myself with glee about when I was a little'un. My pal purchased some items and had to recite the vow of heroism. For anyone interested, her superhero name is Gstar, which I can't believe I never knew before. It seems I'm a terrible friend. I also didn't buy anything, so I guess I am destined to sidekick status.

For our bottomless brunch we went to the same place we'd been to on Friday night before going to Union Hall for an ill fated attempt to hang around with a load of drunken children (fake ID's, yo). Fortunately, we'd been set up with the most delicious fish ever (we're so enamoured of each other, my pal and I, that sometimes we like to copy one another) and so were buoyed through feeling old and ended up having the perfect evening, feeling appropriately aged at a cocktail bar. I can't for the life of me remember what the restaurant was called, but its on Union Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. It was bloody lovely, offering a delicious brunch with endless champagne/mimosas for $18.95. I forgot to take a picture before we started tucking in, and it doesn't do the tastiness justice…. But here it is anyway, just for the sake of completeness.

Drunk and happy, we headed home for a little while before the taxi arrived to whisk Gstar off on her journey home to fight crime and injustice. Bye bye Gstar! Xxx

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1 Anna on October 12, 2012 said:

There’s a similar shop in London http://www.monstersupplies.org/

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- 2 wanderingsteph on October 24, 2012 said:
  
  I actually might go back and use that joke on the staff Sage, it made me do a little lol… And, Anna, I’m so happy that the idea has spread… I wonder if Dave Eggers is involved in that one too?
  
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3 Chris Lesage (@chrislesage) on October 15, 2012 said:

That is an awesome shop. I remember reading about it a while back. But… the jars of… “matter”? hmm. I eat matter for breakfast!

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