2) The Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden. I didn't go to the Astoria Beer Garden at all last year. I will not make that mistake again.
3) The Catskills. My favorite little big mountain range.
4) Celebrate Brooklyn. When I was a kid my parents would bring me, and they would sit on a blanket and drink beer while I ran around and danced with other kids I had just met, and would never see again. When it gets dark there are fireflies.
5) Magnolias at BBG. For me, magnolias aren't the plant whose flowering signals the start of Spring, but the plant whose flowering confirms that we are really in Spring. It's not just starting; it's here. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has such spectacular ones-- especially the star magnolias, which you don't see people growing in their yards very often.
6) Brooklyn Brownstones. Not really something to do or see. Just something to pay attention to.
7) My Parents. I've never lived so far away from them in my entire life.
8) The Cloisters. This place always felt transformative and magical to me when I was little. They have a great garden, too.
9) Root Vegetables. I know-- they aren't in season now, and you can get them in the Bay Area, but still... They make me think of the Autumns I will be missing from now on.
10) Coney Island. My favorite place in the world, or one of them.
3 comments:
stumbled across your blog because i have a google alert for "vernacular architecture" for a project... for a love of the vernacular, whatever.
what i want to tell you is that i agree with list. very much so.
i too stumbled across your blog (while googling 'history comics' for my ESL class, therefore hastings 1066), and enjoyed your post very much....
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