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Springtime in Brooklyn

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At the end of April my sister and I met up in New York City and spent a couple days together in Brooklyn, exploring the Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-stuy) neighborhoods.

I always get a kick out of the “I love NY” sculpture at La Guardia airport where I flew into from Denver:

(if you check out this post you will see John and Tierney Beastie on this sign on our their way to Ireland a couple years ago – Guest Blog Post: The Beasties’ Ireland Travelogue (Part I))

I do love New York. Although I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, I grew up in New York State, living in Long Island and in Upstate NY. I’ve been to NYC a zillion times and I remember being 14 and taking the train with a friend all the time for the day from Long Island to NYC (I wonder if parents nowadays would let their teenage daughters do that?). I always feel like NY is my home state, it holds a special place in my heart. When my late husband Terry died, I did consider moving back to New York State and explored with my sister Tarrytown, NY on the drive back from the celebration of life with Terry’s family in Upstate NY. (For some not-light reading…me as a new widow in late 2018…about the road-trip across 7 states with my sister here is the post – Stories from the Road, Part I)

But it seemed Colorado was calling me and besides John was waiting for me in Colorado (smile).

While visiting the NYC area my sister and I stayed at an Airbnb apartment in Bed-stuy and we had these hysterical narrow and steep stairs to climb to get to our apartment. Here is my sister doing the climb (we got use to it after a while):

We spent a day at the Brooklyn Waterfront/DUMBO area shopping, checking out the Brooklyn Bridge, and enjoying delicious food.

We spent a couple days wandering around the Williamsburg Brooklyn area and found the best little tea shop (which we visited twice!) as well as a wonderful indie bookstore. We were naughty and enjoy some amazing pastries at an exquisite bakery.

We also explored the Bed-stuy neighborhood and had a wonderful breakfast at an outdoor French-style cafe as well as got to see Director Spike Lee’s original studio.

The name of this Vegan eatery in Bed-stuy made us laugh- Slutty Vegan!:

It was definitely Springtime in NYC and we enjoyed seeing lots of flowers (and lots of tulips). I also went for a walk through one of the parks in Brooklyn and ran into a woman walking two adorable miniature schnauzers on a beautiful Spring day.

One evening wandering around Williamsburg, we stopped at an Irish pub for a pint of Guinness and met this awesome Willimsburg based couple that we spent the evening chatting with and sharing a meal. They might be visiting Denver in the future and we plan to connect again.

New Yorkers are definitely my people – I connect so easily with other New Yorkers!

It was a memorable trip and I just enjoy hanging out with my sister!

I’ll close this post with a poster on someone’s window in Williamsburg that made us smile:

I did ask my dog Mike but he is not ready to start up his Presidential campaign just yet…

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30 thoughts on “Springtime in Brooklyn”

  4. Very nice! I lived in the D.C. area for over 14 years and never visited New York. Part of the problem is that I was a student back then and had no money. Now I have a job but I live across the county, and it is still expensive for me. Glad you had the opportunity to go back. To me, “home” is Rio de Janeiro. When I go there I feel as if I never left.

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  5. i am sure that we talked about the fact that we both grew up on LI, but i have forgotten where you lived. i was in seaford on the south shore of nassau county.

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  7. I’m betting you both have thighs of steel after walking up and down that steep staircase . . . which totally allowed you to go a bit mad with the pastries ^^

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    1. We would more likely have arms of steel, had as we had to crawl up them on our hands and knees! Taking our luggage up when we arrived and then down when we left was terrifying. My sister had a backpack with her that she just let roll down the stairs when leaving!
      There we so many naughty food temptations there!

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  9. Tierney, I’m glad you spent time with your sister in New York. It’s great having that time together. It looks like you enjoyed several days of beautiful weather. I LOVE seeing the tulips; like you, I enjoy bookstores and tea shops. New York has so much to offer.

    That’s a great pic of your sister on the stairs, but wow, what a crazy way to get to your place.

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    1. Thanks so much, we had a lovely time. I might plant some tulip bulbs next fall as I didn’t realize we could grow them in Colorado and then my neighbor had them this early Spring – so nice to see some early color. Bookstores and tea shops – some of the great pleasures in life!
      The stairs were very crazy but we had a laugh about them 🙂

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