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DIBS, it was humid here on Sun – ie was very easy to sweat even though it was only low 80’s. drier up there? any more renov, repair, etc work this time?
donatella, I solved the spill problem (I’ll spare you my grand accomplishments in this arena ; ) ) by trying a travel mug/thermos type cup. They’re great for a) preventing spills and b) keeping coffee hot or cold for a long time.
People wonder the appeal of gold (and aside from your true LOVE of those shiny bars) it has been moving against the trend of everything else. Everything I have is struggling but the gold….
tho honestly, i wouldnt give birth in a brooklyn hospital either. they really are super ghetto. maybe i shouldnt say that cuz i never actually been to a brooklyn hospital actually where is the closest one in park slope!? most nyc hospitals are just gross, id actually rather go to jersey city or hoboken for care if i had to.
Sure, moms in the “brownstone belt” might pooh-pooh Manhattan life as too fast, too cramped and not having enough food co-ops, but when it comes time to have their babies they seem to be oddly drawn to the borough. According to New York Times stats, hospitals in neighborhoods like Park Slope, Fort Greene and Cobble Hill have lost patients, while four Manhattan hospitals’ birth rates have gone up 31%. The total number of births in the city has gone up just 3% in the last ten years.
A soon to be mom in DUMBO insisted that her preference for Manhattan hospitals just means she doesn’t want to label herself. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of living in Brooklyn,” said Nicole Reese, who will be having her child at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. “I do think of myself as living in New York City proper, and I don’t really make a distinction about certain life choices based on whether it’s in my borough or not. Manhattan has some of the best doctors in the country….Why would I not choose them?”
Though births at New York Methodist Hospital in Park Slope have shot up 40% in the past decade, they haven’t been coming from Park Slope mothers. The hospital has seen more West Indian, Latina and Haitian mothers from Bed-Stuy, East New York and Crown Heights. They’re also attracting some of the borough’s more practical parents. Park Slope’s Natasha Crewdson-Gleizer was urged by her friends to go to Manhattan hospitals, but she stuck with Methodist, saying, “I had this vision of myself on the Brooklyn Bridge, laboring or giving birth and not being able to get to a hospital on time, and that to me seemed very scary.” Besides, staying in Park Slope means you can just walk to the bar with your new baby right afterward!
donatella, yeah, that’s a good surprise as my paper money hasnt tanked so the rising gold prices is actually adding to my worth (vs. simply to offset paper pile). it’s just a small hedge (vs a big position) I took when all the US banks looking like it could crap out.
DIBS, it was humid here on Sun – ie was very easy to sweat even though it was only low 80’s. drier up there? any more renov, repair, etc work this time?
Wear your suncreen Dibs and have a great time!!!
donatella, I solved the spill problem (I’ll spare you my grand accomplishments in this arena ; ) ) by trying a travel mug/thermos type cup. They’re great for a) preventing spills and b) keeping coffee hot or cold for a long time.
High tide is at 1:46 so need to put the boat in around then. Windy here today but vey hot and sunny.
That sounds like quite an achievement, M4L, and I KNOW I am going to do something like that someday…
People wonder the appeal of gold (and aside from your true LOVE of those shiny bars) it has been moving against the trend of everything else. Everything I have is struggling but the gold….
Rob, you posted on the wrong thread. go repost over there
oh wow. barf-a-roni
tho honestly, i wouldnt give birth in a brooklyn hospital either. they really are super ghetto. maybe i shouldnt say that cuz i never actually been to a brooklyn hospital actually where is the closest one in park slope!? most nyc hospitals are just gross, id actually rather go to jersey city or hoboken for care if i had to.
Sure, moms in the “brownstone belt” might pooh-pooh Manhattan life as too fast, too cramped and not having enough food co-ops, but when it comes time to have their babies they seem to be oddly drawn to the borough. According to New York Times stats, hospitals in neighborhoods like Park Slope, Fort Greene and Cobble Hill have lost patients, while four Manhattan hospitals’ birth rates have gone up 31%. The total number of births in the city has gone up just 3% in the last ten years.
A soon to be mom in DUMBO insisted that her preference for Manhattan hospitals just means she doesn’t want to label herself. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of living in Brooklyn,” said Nicole Reese, who will be having her child at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. “I do think of myself as living in New York City proper, and I don’t really make a distinction about certain life choices based on whether it’s in my borough or not. Manhattan has some of the best doctors in the country….Why would I not choose them?”
Though births at New York Methodist Hospital in Park Slope have shot up 40% in the past decade, they haven’t been coming from Park Slope mothers. The hospital has seen more West Indian, Latina and Haitian mothers from Bed-Stuy, East New York and Crown Heights. They’re also attracting some of the borough’s more practical parents. Park Slope’s Natasha Crewdson-Gleizer was urged by her friends to go to Manhattan hospitals, but she stuck with Methodist, saying, “I had this vision of myself on the Brooklyn Bridge, laboring or giving birth and not being able to get to a hospital on time, and that to me seemed very scary.” Besides, staying in Park Slope means you can just walk to the bar with your new baby right afterward!
donatella, yeah, that’s a good surprise as my paper money hasnt tanked so the rising gold prices is actually adding to my worth (vs. simply to offset paper pile). it’s just a small hedge (vs a big position) I took when all the US banks looking like it could crap out.