I think I'm starting to get the hang of Brooklyn; life in this fair borough, at least in the summer, requires ambling. In Brooklyn in the summer, we amble up, we amble down.
In Brooklyn in the summer ladies in shops speak of tzatziki and watermelon. There is yoga beneath an old Catalpa, the sun twinkling through the beans like the star nobody thinks to take it for. In Brooklyn in the summer there is the Brooklyn Farmacy, all counters and egg creams and fans that spin. In Cobble Hill the men gesture at one another, discussing baseball even when not discussing baseball.
We confer about groceries the way New Yorkers everywhere do, referencing the Fairway with great frequency, pricing chickens with vigor. But in Brooklyn we know the secrets of stoops, say "ball field" more often than the others, possess an astonishing enthusiasm for beer, carry children on our shoulders, amble slowly beneath the fragrant trees.
13 maids a-milking:
This is probably a stupid question for someone as well-read as you, but have you read Paul Auster? If not, one's first summer in Brooklyn would be an appropriate time to read him. :)
you and this blog are making a habit of breaking my heart.
there's nothing astonishing about enthusiasm for beer.
please, please, please, amanda... take me to the brooklyn farmacy.
Mmmmmmmmm .....
Also, I had a severely disappointing experience with my first (and only) egg cream. I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but it wasn't it. Did I have a bad one, or do they simply not live up to the hype? (And by hype, I mean how delicious they sound when you hear the name)
mmmmmmmmm. do they still have all the terrific vintage beauty/medical/personal products on display at the Brooklyn Farmacy? I was quite enamored with the old trojan + summer's eve packaging when I was there before the renovation...
I see you there in Brooklyn, right now. I see you and I miss you in Brooklyn.
I cam almost taste it now, summer in Brooklyn. I very much want to go back.
@A&L: I haven't; I've actually been saving him for autumn. Where shall I begin, dear lady?
@Celia: Yes
@Rachel: I maintain that egg creams can only be enjoyed in Brooklyn. Any other egg cream I've had anywhere else has been disgusting.
hi hi! i just stumbled upon your sweet sweet blog via my best friend lily's blog (bigbang) and it's lovely! i look forward to following your adventures in the future! xo, kate
brooklyn sounds like a fairytale
land. :)
Junior's on Flatbush for egg creams
and for Auster please begin with New York Trilogy
This is a million years late, but the only Auster I've read so far is Brooklyn Follies, which is a really sweet little novel and definitely a good late summer/early fall read. It is definitely about loving Brooklyn (and Park Slope particularly). G. has read almost all his other books and is a huge fan, but I think they tend to be a bit heavier.
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