Our New Favorite Park Slope Brooklyn Cafe

Is our back yard 

Recently resplendent with all manner of plants found outside of Toby's Public House*

*(they were giving them away. We didn't steal any plants!) 

More Bight Ass Ish for the Garden That is Our Park Slope Apartment

The one time yellow showers are

100% acceptable 

   

This Home Depot (yes, Home motha-f-in' Depot, folks) 4-liter aluminum watering can is vintage grace and masculine construction all rolled into one 

All the better to water the jungle that is taking over Mr. Taurus and my Park Slope home this Spring 

(Who's that sexy fauna in the flora?)

                                                     

Anybody Know the Name of These Flowers?

They're cool, cottony numbers and I added that large ass leaf thingy. But what are they called? 

Anatomy of a Home: Someone Got a New Sofa Over the Weekend

Xmas 2012

                                       

'Twas all I ever wanted! 

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

In our Park Slope home 

Odd Twin Vintage Holiday Party

Tonite! 

Free booze and curated vintage and a certain Lady Lola? 

DOIN' IT! 

I'm Not Classy, Nor Refined

Our 3rd floor neighbors are a class act. We just started to get to know them. Turns out one of them is a classically trained baritone and we had the pleasure of recently attending his vocal performance at the Brooklyn Conservatory. 

When we got home after, they stopped by with flowers for us! 

Wow. Classy. Hope we can keep up. 

See it pays to get to know your neighbors.  

(*The above headline comes from the one and only Miss A)

This Week I Fell for Brooklyn

Look I'll preface this with I am a former Manhattan dweller and still have many friends that were without electric for days in Lower Manhattan. I feel for them. But beyond being powerless there's another reason I'm glad I now call Brooklyn my address and it really hit home this week off from work. 

Being removed from Manhattan (literally as there were no trains running across the bridge until Saturday) allowed me the most intense opportunity to relish in Park Slope since moving here in April. I had days off, by myself and rearing with cabin fever. Exploration began and in thus I cemented the feeling that previous expeditions had begun to blossom: I'm a Brooklyn boy. 

I prefer community to commerce. 

Comfort to crowds. 

Culinary to convenient. 

Thus, after waking up at my own pace, I went to local parks and coffee shops to "work from home". The written word flourishes when not boxed in by four white walls. 

Work was also done in my thermals while nursing candy corn (hey, it was Halloween!) and good coffee. Sugar and caffeine is an especially strong cocktail when it's of your choice. 

I also took the opportunity to dine in multiple small, mom and pop restaurants up and down 5th avenue. Funny how lunch tastes when it's not coming from a Pret-a-Porter or one of those omnipresent hot bar / buffets in the middle of a bodega. 

I'm not sure if in this post flooding and surges, gas shortages, subway shutdowns and the inevitable return to rush hour if I can put into words the romance I experienced this past week and that's fine. I'm just glad to now call Brooklyn 100% mine. 

Last Nite's Party: Dionne Werewolf and Hall-oween & Oates

(Do you know the way to Union Hall?)

"I give a little scare to you" 

"Always something there right behind me"

Honey, these are the too much lyrics of the one and only Dionne Warwick / Burt Bacharach cover band, Dionne Werewolf

Miss MT and I got dressed up all ghoul like and went out for Halloween cover band mischief

You can hear me singing along (very poorly) in the background

And I love how they took all these 60's songs and spooky punned them out, child! 



Opening band, Hall-oween & Oates had a full crew and sax player and were bringing saxy back!

And I can go for that! Sure can do. 

Man, I can't wait for Halloween again!

Walken's Welcome

Thank you, local tattoo shop for this most amazing sign 

Anatomy of a Home: Vintage Towel Hook

Us ladies in Park Slope like a good bath, come Hell or High Summer. 

Our towel hook of choice does too

Hair up in a pony bun and legs freshly pumiced. 

Three Things I Want from the Barney's Online Warehouse Sale

HUGE NEWS: the manic savings of the mythical Barney's Warehouse sale are finally online!
eCommerce, kids: look into it!







Rag & Bone yellow waxed cotton toggle coat, $249 on sale 

http://www.barneyswarehouse.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNYWS-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=501739013&cgid=mens&index=8


I'm still on the lookout for that perfect toggle coat and waxed cotton is practical for the upcoming Autumn rains.
















Tod's bordeaux velvet loafers, $279 on sale 

http://www.barneyswarehouse.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNYWS-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=00505014782800&cgid=mens-shoes&index=10


A man's castle is not complete without the proper velvet footwear.







Set of two jars homemade goat's milk caramel from Vermont, $19 on sale 
http://www.barneyswarehouse.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNYWS-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=00505015282712&cgid=home&index=8

Fat Kid City! 

More goodies while they last: http://www.barneyswarehouse.com/

One Day, I'm Gonna Wanna Know How it Came to This

Fortunately, I'll have photo documentation of my path to Fat Kid City

(Homemade walnut cocoa brownie, $3 at Colson Patisserie,

374 9th Street at 6th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn http://www.colsonpastries.com/menu)

I really should be avoiding anything labelled French for FAT

Alas, the French have such a charming way of wording "you gonna die". 

Anatomy of a Home: Independence from a Stuffy Guest Room

Yeah, this is how gay couples in Park Slope spend they mid-week holidays 

The guest room now has a secret garden theme

Last Nite's Dinner Party

Barley with roasted fennel, pickled onions, dill and radishes 

Pickled onions worked brilliantly as an olive substitute 

Crafting a dill, spring onion and lime sauce 

Roasted! 

The dill, spring onion and lime sauce 

The slaughter! 

Thanks again, former girl who lived in my new home for never cancelling your Bon Appetit subscription! 

Something Pickled this Way Comes

Tonite I'm having some friends over for dinner and I got a jump start last nite by making my first ever pickled something or another

The pickled onions are gonna give a nice contrast to the rest of the salad tones tonite.

To be continued....

Anatomy of a Home: We Got a Coffee Table

To put our Budweiser 40's and Diptyque candles on, of course

Ooh and this sweet slidy door moves in and out on either side 

Like a high adventure trundle bed for the remotes.


I love you streets of Park Slope and your treasure trove of finds! 

Anatomy of a Home

Mr Taurus' birthday weekend and something was in the oven

and something was goin' into the guest room / lounge 

We found this amazing armless 1960's curved orange sueded setee which we picked up while the cupcakes were in the oven

More pics to come. 

Last Nite's Party: Park Slope Housewarming

Thanks to all who came out this weekend to wish Mr Taurus and I a happy and warm house!