new-ish poster here from park slope would like to say hi!
hello! anyway long time lurker here but decided to sign up today cuz i plan to come to the happy hour on the 16th.. i just moved to park slope from harlem in july and honestly, i f’ing love it. i really didnt think i would at all. things aren’t as cheap as they were…
hello! anyway long time lurker here but decided to sign up today cuz i plan to come to the happy hour on the 16th..
i just moved to park slope from harlem in july and honestly, i f’ing love it. i really didnt think i would at all. things aren’t as cheap as they were in harlem, but i guess as long as i dont go crazy things will be okay (bitter renter here yes. with my finances, i will never own. at least not in nyc)
anyway, i just wanted to say hi and that i enjoy a lot of your posts and i used to read this blog waaaay before i even thought of moving to brooklyn. i sorta wound up in park slope by luck. it was either harlem again or bushwick for me.
my fav. part of park slope is that everyone leaves free shit on their stoops!!! LOVE IT! i’ve gotten so much great shit that people leave. i pretty much furnished my entire bedroom with the free stuff people have thrown out. (okay that probably sounds gross, sorry).
nice to meet all of you! if you ever see someone on 5th ave and 1st street walking a pitbull and a beagle, it could be me (or my roommate actually. or our dog walker.. hmm) well see you on the 16th!
-rob
ps.. can anyone suggest any restaurants in the area that aren’t really overpriced but still a nice place to take someone? like if youre on a budget… maybe no more than 20 bux per person.
Pitbull…Atlantic Ave in Bed Stuy is jam packed with dollar stores. Take the A train to Utica (and see the nice part of Bed Stuy) and then walk back west on Atlantic.
oooh i havent tried there yet even tho i pass it everyday. is that place that has like free pasta every thursday or something? or is that another place…? i havent dared tried al di la yet. im too trash-ay. i will say that pizza place near the R union st stop on 4th ave has some of the best pizza ive ever had anywhere.
was reading yesterday the thread about lookout hill having closed.. that was one of the first places i tried out when i first moved here.. it wasnt so good (the mac and cheese was really good tho. but how hard is it to fuck up mac and cheese?). but my palette is non-existent for the most part so i cant really judge a place like others can.
im definitely gonna try out aunt suzies! thanks!
(dont laugh.) but are there any dollar stores around in park slope? i guess i should explore more ill probably find one.. but i love my dollar stores! of course a neighborhood doesnt need like 20 of them on one block like my old hood had, but i think having one is always good to get cheap stuff all in one place.
rob
PitBull —
As for cheap restaurant recommendations have you tried Aunt Suzy’s on 5th between Garfield and 1st?
It’s where I go when I don’t feel like cooking and want a glass of wine but don’t feel like $$.
Just old school Italian been around a long time. I like the old advertising posters on the wall and the fact that the family photos they display are real family, not from the flea market…
Food is OK (but it’s no Al Di La) and the service is friendly.
I’m so sorry Wasder! I had a crazy busy day yesterday at the office. All’s well. Your house is so lovely — I love the elegant bones and can see so much potential for beauty and comfort there! I’m looking forward to following the progress here, and particularly to seeing what your clever wife does with the space. 🙂 Hope all is good with you guys.
oh i dont take anything like that off the street. no cloth-ish or wood-ish type stuff.
rob
I haz–you were the only person I was waiting to hear from on my house post yesterday that didn’t weigh in. How are you?
Welcome to Brooklyn, Rob!
Don’t pick up any street mattresses dude — bedbugs!
🙂
so which posters are going?
rob
nybk01–its our “End of the World and I Feel Fine” party that we are throwing at Union Hall on the 16th!