(Sunset Park soccer game. A well-timed shot. That's Manhattan in the background.)This was a quiet day of getting a little more settled in the new place, of roaming around Brooklyn, but mostly of saying goodbye to Pseudonyme, who had come down with me to help with the move but who, alas, needed to return home.
We joined our Brooklyn hosts for a Cuban brunch (artichokes and scrambled eggs, how could you go wrong?) and then wandered down to the famous (among Brooklyn food bloggers at least) Red Hook soccer fields, where many Latin American food stalls have been set up. We were too full to taste the huaraches, quesadillas, pupusas, etc, but I did have a very tasty watermelon juice. We'll have to return with appetites next time.
Since there's never enough rambling or food, we went next to Sunset Park (in the eponymous neighbourhood), which has the highest point in Brooklyn, and thus lovely views of the borough, the City (Manhattan), Staten Island, and Jersey. It was quite the neighbourhood scene. From there to Brooklyn Chinatown, also in Sunset Park, smaller than the Manhattan version but still quite spread out and enticing.
The parting was hard. As they tend to be. But six months is not so long, and there are many adventures to have in that time. The Atomic Squid took me back to the Figtree and plied me with soothing tofu soup and inspired tv comedy before sending me off to bed.
Next up, the first day at work!
We joined our Brooklyn hosts for a Cuban brunch (artichokes and scrambled eggs, how could you go wrong?) and then wandered down to the famous (among Brooklyn food bloggers at least) Red Hook soccer fields, where many Latin American food stalls have been set up. We were too full to taste the huaraches, quesadillas, pupusas, etc, but I did have a very tasty watermelon juice. We'll have to return with appetites next time.
Since there's never enough rambling or food, we went next to Sunset Park (in the eponymous neighbourhood), which has the highest point in Brooklyn, and thus lovely views of the borough, the City (Manhattan), Staten Island, and Jersey. It was quite the neighbourhood scene. From there to Brooklyn Chinatown, also in Sunset Park, smaller than the Manhattan version but still quite spread out and enticing.
The parting was hard. As they tend to be. But six months is not so long, and there are many adventures to have in that time. The Atomic Squid took me back to the Figtree and plied me with soothing tofu soup and inspired tv comedy before sending me off to bed.
Next up, the first day at work!
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