11.23.13

We had some fun last weekend at the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair.  Tim's cousin Hannah, who also resides in NYC now, joined in.  Good food, a few good gift finds, and the infamous Magbooth.

Bucha!

For my birthday my mom gave me a Kombucha kit.  Both Tim and I were very excited!  It has been at least a good 6 years since I've brewed kombucha, and at least 4 years for Tim.  It was so nice having all the gear: an automatic siphon, some really great bottles, an attractive crock.  It made the process of bottling the bucha so much easier and accessible.  We're so happy to have a living thing just growing in our space.  (And a large supply of tasty beverages to enjoy.)

Some leftovers

Tim and I came across some forgotten pics taken back in September

Tim got his new camera around this time and was having a lot of fun snapping candid photos.  Those apple cider doughnuts are sold year round.  Sometimes it's the only item we purchase at the Farmer's Market...

The last picture is a good picture of how I feel a lot of the time these days.  It was taken while waiting for the Q train at the Union Square Station.  It was Friday, right before midnight, at the end of a very long day.

Full Circle

So we've now been in NYC for one whole year.  We're enjoying our second autumn in the city.  Beautiful, isn't it? (We get to look our our window every morning and see this!)

We've added a few touches to our apartment to celebrate autumn:

This past week I celebrated my 27th birthday.  26 was a very full year.  27 holds so much more.

Over this year living in Brooklyn, I had been keeping an ongoing 'Only in NYC list'.  I'll share some of my favorites:

Only in New York City...

-Tim can join in a volleyball game with nuns and priests in training. (Prospect Park, 6/15/13)

-Tim and I bike home with two gallons of paint and paint supplies in our bags on our back. (6/15/13)

-People get their dogs confused as their own human children.  Dogs get their own strollers too. (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, walking to work thru Fort Greene Park, and all throughout NYC.)

-The Farmer's Market is more expensive than the grocery.  It's more for bragging rights.

-I look out my window and see a Chinese Lantern floating in the night sky...at least once a week!

-You become extremely efficient.  Who needs a work out at a gym when you walk up 15 flights of stairs in just one day's commute?