Thursday, May 04, 2006

I Am In Love...

I Am In Love…
I have fallen in love with Brooklyn. I live here. I work here. I rarely leave here.

My small tribute to why Brooklyn is my new home for awhile.

I love that when I walk down the street there are trees.

I love that I am surrounded by beautiful brownstones.

I love that I can go fishing in the park. Yes, it’s true you can fish in the park. Its catch and release and I am going this weekend.

I love that I can lie on my hammock and look up and see three different trees (one with pink flowers, one with red leaves, and one with white flowers).

I love that on Saturdays the streets are filled with little kids in soccer and baseball uniforms.

I love that I can find three waterfalls in Prospect Park.

I love that Brooklyn feels like a small town but Manhattan is only 15 minutes away.

I love the Tea Lounge.

I love that I can ride my bike to Coney Island.

I love all of the stoop sales, the flea markets, and the farmers market on Saturday and Sunday.

I love that when I walk down the street I say hi to my neighbors and they say hi back.

I love Brooklyn. CHEST POUND!

4 Comments:

Blogger Girl Ray said...

I'm cheering this entry! How do you get to Coney Island on your bike, is there a bike lane there or are you just really brave?

10:00 AM  
Blogger Holly Sheppard said...

Uhh...what is a bike lane? Brave wouldn't really be the word. more like lucky. No I took Ocean Ave There must be a safer not so busy way but I don't know Brooklyn enough.

10:28 AM  
Anonymous Stephen said...

Preach it!

Oh, I may get in trouble for this, but we were in your neighborhood this weekend checking out the Cherry Blossom Festival at the gardens.

It was really cool, but really crowded.

2:10 PM  
Anonymous brian said...

was just catching up on you on your blog and i was moved enough to respond. it makes me happy to hear people talk about how much they love brooklyn and living there. and for the same reasons i do. miss you, holly. we should catch up soon.

1:30 PM  

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