Easter Bread Embedded w/ Eggs?

At he Grand Army Farmer's Market.

What are these about?

Somebody bought that big cross.

Two Butts!

I saw two butts on Tuesday, in public, in the day light, in Park Slope. I went for a walk with my trusty dog Jack to Prospect Park on a fine Spring day and saw two separate asses. The first one occurred between Carrol St. and Garfield Pl. on Polhemus Place, a weird little block connecting Carrol and Garfield. A woman was finishing her business (peeing) on the side of the street behind a couple of garbage cans that hadn't been brought back from the street. Upon seeing her large ass she looked back at me, with no reaction and pulled up her underwear and pants. I kept walking out of fear of some sort of half naked interaction.

After a nice walk in Prospect Park we returned back home. About one block away from home, basically on the corner of 6th Ave and Berkley Place, another ass was up in my face. This time the ass was attached to a local mentally disabled man who I have seen on a few occasions. As I came around the corner I saw this man pull his pants down, make a fist, punch his butt, and announce, "Kiss my Ass!" to a young girl across the street. He then proceeded to throw a few bottles from a nearby trash can in her general direction.

So what does this all mean? I don't know. Two asses in one day a lot, no?

Up Here in the Trees

A new city zoning resolution will require a tree to be planted every 25 feet on streets with new developments and accompanying some types of building additions and conversions. This is all part of the city goal of 1 million new trees.

I have lifted the following fun and important facts about trees from Gothamist who say they lifted it from MillionTreesNYC:

• One tree can remove 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually.
• Street trees intercept 890.6 million gallons of storm water annually.
• They provide $52 million each year in increased property values.
• They provide food and shelter for many species of birds, insects, and other wildlife.

Too bad the 4 story tall tree that used to shade our apartment was torn down to make it easy for a new shoe store to take out there trash and charge 300 dollars for a pair of sneakers. Speaking of that tree, here is an ode to its beauty written a little while back.

Brownie Post

I saw this sign in a bodega on 5th Ave a few days ago while waiting in line to pay money to withdraw money from the place I put my money. What does it mean?

"Brownie. Did you taste it?"

NYC Marathon

The Marathon came through the neighborhood today, on 4th Ave on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus. The area doesn't exactly have inspiring backgrounds to work with but this one is pretty good. These guys were in the third group of men to pass by. It was a pretty fun time watching on-lookers yell out country names or runner's names in support of the runners and watching the less serious runners showing their appreciation for the support.

There were also goof balls...


And by the way, in case you were wondering what you did if you had to go to the bathroom while running a marathon...

Park Slope: Jungle Stoop

While on a Park Slope Stoop Sale Sail we came across this intentionally overgrown building on St. Mark's Place between Flatbush and Carlton. The vegetation formed an arch over the doorway and the stairs were lined with stones. The door and windows were filled with lefty posters about global and local issues.

From the Slope: The Dog Park

This is the first in a series of photos and stories from in and about Park Slope, the neighborhood we inhabit. It's a photoblog within a blog. It won't be that boring...



Yesterday we went to the dog park with a friend. Many people sat on the ground despite the clear high levels of dog urine saturating the very green grass. The majority of the dogs on this and every other day were small and expensive. There were a handful of mutts who may have been saved or rescued at some point.

I am normally pro dog-rescue and find it a little strange that prospective dog owners spend a lot of money on an expensive dog when one in danger of being put to sleep can be attained for free. Also, given that the level of inbreeding among the mutts/mixed/America breed (this is really what mutts are sometimes called!) you would think they would be less likely candidates for weird genetic diseases.

Yesterday, however, at the dog park, a mutt pissed on my dog. As they were smelling each other the big mutt raised his leg and pissed a good 3-5 tablespoons onto my mutts back right shank. The big nasty mutt's owner seemed apologetic although she did laugh about it to whoever she was talking to on her cell phone. She said her dog has only done it a few times in his life. My dog was then followed around the park by a pack of dogs sniffing and smelling, waiting for a good opportunity to mark him as their territory.

Now, my mutt does do some gross things. He eats cat litter, rolls in other dog's piss, gets way too friendly with the cat, and well, actually...

...he has pissed on people before.

Never mind. That's worse.