December 15, 2018
I have a hard time keeping up with all the vegan options sprouting up! But eateries with vegan in the name cause a bit more urgency. I finally got myself to Crown Heights, Brooklyn for Greedi Vegan, a vegan comfort food counter space created by founded by a long time Read more…
December 4, 2018
What did you think? That I could be a mile and a half away from a rural cemetery all day and not head directly through its gates when finally free from my school visit in East New York? Established in the 1849, Evergreens Cemetery is a rural cemetery on the border Read more…
November 30, 2018
[That’s not me; that’s Henry Thoreau, one of my favorite men in history.] Either stop or slow down. But don’t go. The F train views, 87.5 feet from ground level. The highest elevated train IN THE WORLD. Sometimes the litter is a Millennium Falcon. My Bridge Take-out Thursday Top Thai Read more…
November 26, 2018
Besides really enjoying the opportunity to step into a learner’s role during off-site teacher professional development, I also enjoy getting to see the New York City views atop various high rises about Brooklyn and/or Manhattan. It has become a bit of a past time of mine. This time, the top Read more…
November 10, 2018
This is the numerical expression I use to decide on how many dim sum plates to order when x represents the quantity of diners. This is how I know that the dim sum dishes at Dim Sum Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn are smaller than traditional dim sum plates, like in Read more…
November 7, 2018
On my walk to work I found this between my feet. What could it mean? (Likely that I should pick my head up while I am walking…) Tucking in the dead A cute new blond at my door Morning broke the sky again You know you’re hungry when you’re ready Read more…
November 5, 2018
Before I go on about how this fried “chicken” sandwich tasted, here are some hues from a Sunday in which the Autumn sun blazed glorious beams. Let’s follow them out and about. First, they crept into my basement apartment as I prepared my lunch for the week, making this radish Read more…
October 28, 2018
Though I love to bake, I like to use my birthday to sample cakes by other vegan bakers. This year my folks got me a beautiful cake from Pisces Rising after I found them, or her really, via Instagram. And lucky me, Pisces Rising just started taking custom orders. After Read more…
October 22, 2018
Sunday means I’m making lunch. And my lunch game has been strong lately. I am also finding better light in the kitchen by standing on the counter. Here are recent some of the eats during the week, the ones that are worth the picture. Kale sautéed with coconut oil and Read more…
October 21, 2018
I got my favorite kind of sky on my birthday. Bright blue with bright white clouds. And a very cold wind. A fancy dinner with friends at Sans in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. This “worship the vegetable” eatery is only going to be around for a year as a test of Read more…
October 19, 2018
As a kid, I loved that my birthday was near Halloween. It was my favorite holiday.. and still is. So with birthday/Halloween season upon me, I forced my teacher friends to join me for opening night of the new Halloween at Alamo Drafthouse. Because I will be calling the shots Read more…
October 3, 2018
Why do we praise what is logical and reasonable? When have these things ignited your heart and imagination? Stepping into this elementary school library in Bushwick, Brooklyn, I was struck by the the questions posed by its students all about the walls. Within each, Hope–in the form of curiosity, innocence, Read more…
September 30, 2018
To continue exploring the eats of my neighborhood, I have started a Take-out Thursday ritual. On this particular Thursday, with a bit of a dizzy buzz from after work drinks, I made the mistake of ordering Shangri-La. It always makes my belly grumble on with strange commentary throughout the evening. Read more…
September 16, 2018
Having 3 cans of chickpeas emptied of their juice for my Angel Food cake attempts, I had to make chickpeas the star of my week’s lunch. So my chickpeas took a scrumptious simmer in Vegan Richa’s Butter Masala recipe after a quick walk to Balady Foods in Bay Ridge. I love Read more…
September 11, 2018
Heading to Materials For the Arts is a part teacher ritual, part surreal fantasy. For me–a salvager, thrifter, and lifter-upper of rocks to see the squirming bug-life beneath (a past time of my non-girly leisure time as a little girl)–my skills as a “shopper” are well-honed and aligned to several Read more…
September 3, 2018
Back to school means back to lunch… back to lunch with the only heat source being my trusty mini-crockpot. So curry… not the most seasonally appropriate choice, but I’m going to need something hearty, flavorful, and a vehicle for my leftovers and pantry contents. And it was certainly the right Read more…
September 2, 2018
There are so many cuisines to sample in Bay Ridge! I’ll have to chip away at my list bit by bit. Tonight it was Tanoreen, a Middle Eastern hot spot with marked vegan options on its flavor-packed menu. To start, some pickled things and some flat breads. We split two entrees, Read more…
August 27, 2018
While the all day’s are still all mine, some biking and eating ’round my neighborhood. Above: the 69th street pier with my chariot. Below: Silly bike selfies with MP The only all-vegan spot in Bay Ridge, Shangri-La. Shangri-La is has plenty of mock meats that new vegetarians are all about. Read more…
August 25, 2018
To me, baking is lovely a means of affection. My time, my care, my precision–these things aren’t given away willy nilly. They’re filled in a cupcake liner and delivered to your mouth, because of… love. And in the process and in the output, there’s plenty in it for me. It’s Read more…
August 16, 2018
I was so happy to learn that the Brooklyn Botanical Garden is *free* before noon on Fridays. With my free Fridays dwindling, I set out to beat the rain. The grounds are gorgeous, lush and teeming with color, texture, activity–and it’s totally possible to see everything in several hours, unlike Read more…
August 11, 2018
When I visit a place, I look into its history, find its hidden goodies, look at with curiosity and hunger. Doesn’t your home deserve this level of attention to detail, if not more? Determined to not take home for granted and to claim it as all my own, I explored Read more…
August 2, 2018
Ok, ok–that wasn’t a very clever post title. But I have recently started watching Game of Thrones all over again in slow anticipation of Spring 2019’s release of the final season. And besides that, it is true; it is what I do: eat and take care of business. In celebration Read more…
July 28, 2018
As a recent again-Brooklyn resident and a teacher obligated for 3 weeks of professional development in algebra and then another 3 days for training to be a special education class cohort, my summer has been here–in New York City. I don’t know that that has happened since I started as Read more…
July 14, 2018
How cool that the Brooklyn Cyclones would do a vegan night! Well, to be accurate it was Grateful Dead Night, Vegan Night, Cub Scouts Night, so on and so forth. But I appreciated the options… and the buzz of Coney Island in the evening, one of my favorite Brooklyn things. Marty’s Read more…
July 13, 2018
My new view in Brooklyn, the mighty Verrazzano Bridge is never out of site in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn–my new home. Also, in site, lots of unique vegan options ready to be explored. This is a selection of my welcome eats. Kusharista‘s tag line is “Grains, Lentils & More.” This is Read more…
