Brooklyn in 30 Minutes

Here it is!  I promised it yesterday, and I know you've been waiting on the edge of your seat since then.  I mean, look at you, almost falling off your seat.  You're so awesome.  But, snarkiness aside, I'm seriously excited about this one.  Even if you aren't, I hope that after seeing this, maybe you'll be excited!  Because, these are some nifty pics right here!  At least, I think they're nifty.  Then again, I took them.  I'm biased.  If I didn't think they were nifty, I wouldn't have put them here.  I would have looked, said something along the lines of "Oh sweet zombie Jesus!" deleted these sorry excuses for bad artistic something-or-other, cringed, cried, snuggled with a teddy bear for a few hours in a desperate attempt to regain clarity, and gone on with my day.  It would have been fine.  However, I didn't, so I think that it's safe to assume that something went right here.  Maybe not all of the things; but, something.

These photographs were taken during a 30 minute walk from Carroll Gardens down to South Slope.  I don't remember exactly what blocks I walked.  It was October.  My memory is good, but not quite that amazing.  I wish that it was.  I'd be some sort of wicked supercriminal by down, drowning in my own dollars, donating most of these dollars to the poor, and using the rest to travel the world.  When I used wicked, I meant it like "cool" rather than "nefarious," which should give you a good indication of what I'm posting about tomorrow... (hint: Boston.  I'm posting about Boston.)

Like with yesterday's post (photo essay?) I'm always impressed with how many different sights I can see in half an hour in this city.  It's incredible.  This place rocks.  BK For LYFE...

I didn't pull that off.  Hey, I tried.  Swag points for me?

Here are some photos. Yay.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

PS.  As this posts, I'll be going through security to get on a plane, to go to Texas for Christmas!  I'll probably be getting frisked.  Just imagine, as you read this, an uncomfortable security agent with a straight face might be touching me inappropriately to search me for explosives, drugs, and/ or exotic animals.  

Happy Thursday!

Brooklyn Snowpocalypse

So, New York City has basically been hammered with snow this year.  

I know that a lot of other places get way more snow than we do, but given what we are used to, this year has been pretty ridiculous.  

Last year, the term "snowpocalypse" was coined, and I think it's pretty genius.  It describes especially well those four days in the end of December when everything shut down- the subway near me didn't run. 

 For four days.  

I live off of the Q and B trains in Brooklyn, and they are outside, but below ground, which means that they are essentially in a ditch.  It's kind of hard to get snow out of a ditch efficiently.

The snow has been gorgeous, not going to lie.

I love how it makes this place look- it's rather magical, in fact.

The second huge snowstorm wasn't quite as life-altering as the first one. All of the subways were running just fine within twelve hours, which was quite a feat for MTA if you ask me. 

I was able to get to where I needed to be, which was preferable.  

But some of the results of the snow were still really crazy- signs were unreadable, traffic lights were blocked so that that they only revealed dim glows of pink, yellow and light green.  

Store overhangs collapsed due to snow.  Peoples' cars were frozen solid.  

We even saw a taxi that had crashed and been on fire.  Here's a photograph of the wreckage:

In any case, I'm hoping there isn't more crazy snow.  Light snow would be fine!  Actually, I really like that.  Seeing snowmen around and such is very pleasant, but not being able to get to auditions really isn't.  I'm ready for spring... but I'm enjoying this while it lasts.

All of these photographs were taken in Prospect Park South, Prospect Heights, Flatbush and Park Slope

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA