A friend has been staying for the last week, which has been lovely and gave me a renewed vigour to explore the neighbourhoods surrounding where we currently live. On an especially warm day we decided to stroll through Prospect Park to Park Slope on the other side, for some lunch. As we are both born […]

While walking through Brooklyn to the pub one evening, I spotted this. I'm not much for church, but I'm tempted. Personally, I've gone off him, suspecting he might be a bit of a pretentious arse. However, I think I'm in the minority, so knickers were dropping all over Manhattan for this one. A very patriotic […]

I'm back in NYC after a lovely little trip back to London to see friends and the many wee bairns that they've popped out since I've been away. While I was there I had lots of enquiries about whether it was weird being back and whether I'd missed my home town. The honest answer is […]

I'm taking a little holiday from my extended life holiday, heading back to the UK for a much needed catch up with friends, who I haven't seen for over a year. To tide the blog over until my return, a few pictures of some of the things I've been doing over the past couple of […]

Coney Island is situated in the South Western corner of Brooklyn and is the easiest beach to reach from Manhattan and Brooklyn, for us, just a 1/2 hour ride on the subway. It's not a glamour beach and certainly not where the monied elite of New York go to get their surf on. Having read […]

The humidity of the city has finally abated, leaving sunny days and cooling breezes behind. I try not to complain about the heat of the New York summer, as I can't overstate enough how much I love living somewhere with seasons (rather than the lackluster changes we find in the UK, where a day in […]

If you take the A train almost to the end of the line at the near tippy top of Manhattan you'll be treated to the wonder of Fort Tryon Park, which sits on the bank of the Hudson River. As we exited the subway at 190th street the evening sun was low in the sky, […]

Labour Day in Brooklyn means time for the West Indian Day Parade or, as the rest of the world refer to it, carnivaaaaal! The children's parade and Panorama (steel band competition) are held on the Saturday, with Dimanche Gras and J'ouvert on Sunday (mentioned in my last post) leading into the main procession on Monday. […]

Yesterday saw the end of our time in Midtown and our move into Brooklyn. A lot of the reason we took this new place was the bargainous price (less than half what we paid in Manhattan, for a two bedroom rather than a studio) but I'm also a strong believer that we should experience as […]

On Friday after drinks at Antique Garage, we visited Spring Street Natural in Soho for some dinner. As it's somewhat of a celeb haunt, I tried to keep my beady little eyes pealed for anyone of note. Turns out a guy from Glee was sitting behind me, and I managed to completely miss him. I […]