The 100 Best Things in Park Slope
Only the Blog Known Brooklyn has compiled the annual Park Slope 100: “100 stories, 100 ways of looking at the world, 100 inspiring people, places and things.” The list includes A Year in the Park’s Brenda Becker, “because in 2008 you decided to visit Prospect Park every day as an urban adventure (and, not least,…
Only the Blog Known Brooklyn has compiled the annual Park Slope 100: “100 stories, 100 ways of looking at the world, 100 inspiring people, places and things.” The list includes A Year in the Park‘s Brenda Becker, “because in 2008 you decided to visit Prospect Park every day as an urban adventure (and, not least, as a drug-free antidepressant!), and to chronicle your discoveries”; WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein, because “your reporting of Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign was always top notch, as were your stories from battleground states”; and “Jake the panhandler who stands in front of ACE Supermarket on Seventh Avenue and Berkeley Place because you’ve had a tough life, you always ask so nicely and you have such a big, warm smile.” Other mentions: Bill de Blasio, John Hodgman, D’Vine Taste and Medusa Salon. Read the full list, and if you have more, add ’em here.
sorry, this is the right web site:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/
stuff, not things.
Excellent benson…you’re on a roll today (and last night).
Fair point.
oh noklissa, i dont think everyone was being so serious.. i see your point too. honestly i have had my fav. homeless people. the woman in soho who i give a cigarette to everyday who bought (or found) me a mooncake a few weeks ago. etc. i just think putting a homeless person on a list of top 100 things to like in park slope reeks of something strangely funky, and it’s not their feet.
*rob*
Best thing about Park Slope is clearly that it attracts all those pretentious people that might otherwise spread to uninfested neighborhoods.
Actually it seems like ‘best places and things lists’ are extremely common. More rare to see people who are appreciated.
And why shouldn’t mention be made of a homeless person (oh the horrors) who is well liked? They’re here, they’re interacting with us on a sometimes daily basis. The reaction to this reminds me of the common feeling of not being able to look at or smile at or make eye contact with someone with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair (or something similar) because it is uncomfortable or thought to be somehow offensive, when in fact, it is painful NOT to be acknowledged.
And how did race enter into this? Why must it be sneeringly suggested or laughed at – that this is only about white people’s likes?
lol benson.. call me dense, but until i got to like the last paragraph and saw your screenname i thought you were serious.
*rob*
Sorry – resend. I sent out the previous version before the final editing.
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In the spirit of this list, I’d like to add another:
“Juanita Valasquez – She is the ultimate Park Slope cleaning lady. It is so instructive for my Josh and Kaitlin to see me speaking a few words of Spanish to her, demonstrating my sensitivity to diversity issues. I can still remember her look of surprise when I first tried some Spanish on her – she stopped cleaning the farts off the bar stool, looked up and a precious little smirk came to her face.
I also thought it was important that my whole family be there when I handed her the $20 bonus for Festivus. The lessons in generosity to my little ones was priceless.
Of course, we did have that little unpleasant moment when she asked about providing some type of insurance coverage. I think she understood my perspective, however, when I lectured her on the need to vote for Obama, to take care of such matters.”
In the spirit of this list, I’d like to add another:
“Juanita Valasquez – She is the ultimate Park Slope cleaning lady. It is so instructive for my Josh and Kaitlin to me speaking a few words of Spanish to her, demonstrating my sensitivity to diversity issues. I can still see her look of surprise when I first tried some Spanish on her – she stopped cleaning the farts off the bar stool, looked up and a precious little smirk came to her face.
I also thought it was important that my whole family be there when I handed her the $20 bonus for Festivus. The lessons in generosity to my little ones was priceless.
Of course, we did have that little unpleasant moment when she asked about providing some type of insurance coverage. I think she understood my perspective, however, when I lectured her on the need to vote for Obama, to take care of such matters.