Brooklyn

Greenmarket Update: Summer scenes

In April, when we visited Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket , the focus was split between the vestiges of winter (root vegetables, cider, meats and cheeses) and the harbingers of spring (bedding plants, flowers, and hothouse tomatoes).  …

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Strictly for the Birds…

I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention….

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Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn, NY: Where Gumbo Was (#81)

As my fellow New Yorker Jonathan L recognized right away, Gumbo was at Erasmus Hall High School, the oldest public school in New York, and certainly one of the most beautiful.     The exterior seen in the puzzle picture, in “Collegiate…

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Greenmarket Update: Summer scenes

In April, when we visited Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket , the focus was split between the vestiges of winter (root vegetables, cider, meats and cheeses) and the harbingers of spring (bedding plants, flowers, and hothouse tomatoes).  …

Read More