ferrys and hooks

homemade bklyn

"diamonds in the back, sunroof top, digging the scene with the gangster lean.."  Instead of a Cadillac, we rode the IKEA ferry, and there was no sunroof, but checking out Governor's island on the way to Red Hook, put me in that ready-for-summer-dammit mood. The stage is set to explore NYC when it begins with a sunny day.  Include a free ferry ride to our own seaside town - I'll put whatever label I want to put on Red Hook - and it's a match made in new york heaven.

The day certainly had a bit of a rough start for me, as I was still recovering from Cielo Friday night, and this story is sounding all too familiar.  What else should I have done, stay home when the nite was beckoning? And so it began -  dinner with friends, then Cielo for lots o dancing.  Nickodemus, Jeremy Sole and Wiseacre dropped records all nite, until we looked up and it was over, just like that.  Got a gigantic limo to take me home for only $5, then the rest of the crew went off for 6am breakfast.

Saturday was a blur, and i felt almost no guilt for staying in watching movies, while LCD Soundsystem blew the roof off Madison Square Garden.  I said ALMOST!

vegan organic goodness

But, hey, Sunday was here before we knew it, and I got down to Wall Street, met up with Toni on the pier, and had a lovely ride over to Brooklyn.  Red Hook is so chill and picturesque,  as Fryske put it, like a movie set.  If EVER I decide to move from Manhattan, and Jamaica is not ready for me, i might just like Red Hook.  Old buildings, cobbled roads, red brick landscape and a giant IKEA...sounds perfect.

champagne for everyone

To round off the homely feeling, where else would we eat but at Homemade Bklyn, and the restaurant lived up to it's name, with an organic feast, that made my grumbling belly sigh with joy. Getting three new peeps to join in, sitting in the garden in the back, with the sun perfectly still on our faces...spring is here!


Our host, Morgan was amazing, and she entertained us with sweetness, red-neck stories, and opening a champagne bottle with a knife.  What? Off with it's head, and into our glasses!

smiles collaborate

The food was the best, with spicy potatoes, fluffy truffled eggs, omelets, fresh salads, bread soaked in oil, and freshly squeezed orange and grapefruit juice for our Bellini's and champagne loveliness.

It turned out to be a perfect Sundaze, and talks meandered around why we love NYC so damn much - LCD Soundsystem, why rainbows are perfect - Kermit, and why is love so damn weird - Violent Femmes. and before we knew it, it was 4:30, and more was waiting for us.  John did his dick-extension dance - because it had to go there, and it was hard to break up the gang.

dill and pickle + martini

floating balcony

Oh well, back to the ferry, and a cab ride to the penthouse at Cooper Square Hotel, for an African jam session that we rsvped for, lounging on the wooden balcony, looking over at the LES in all it's grunge-filled graffitti covered madness. The air is shure better up here.  Maybe I can move in?  A little too many hipsters joined us, and I needed some real life, so we left, got some niblets at Five Points,  and of course there was a choice for some dill on the menu!. Finally, made it back to the Village.

Another brunch on the out, but we will be back next week.. for shizz! Only if we can dress up like Vanilla Ice!

BRUNCH #11

PLACE: homemade bklyn

EATS:  truffled egg & parm scramble, baby arugula, lemon & evo, parm reggiano w/ grilled toast , omelete, bellinis, and mimosa goodness.
TRACKS : LCD Soundsystem - NY I love you , Phil Collins - Take me home, Kermit - Rainbow Connection, Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby,  The Beatles - When I'm 64
OUTSTANDING WORD: collaboration