A Tour of Red Hook

I decided to adventure to a new neighborhood.  I found quite a few exciting things along the way.

You can never go wrong with a lobster roll.

Especially not from the famous Lobster Pound!

You may find kittens separated by a fence.

You could find a car with a tree growing inside.

A view from the waterfront.

Very pretty.

This is where old subway cars go to die.

It's also where the water taxis dock for the evening.

These guys were going fishing.

What are they building?

Container houses!

Some sort of crazy-looking subway entrance.

But the subway is full of asbestos.

The gowanus canal and a polka dot cement truck.

They found a dead dolphin here.  (most polluted waterway in the country)

I set off on this adventure without any idea of what I might find in Red Hook.  I also saw IKEA, homes, scary public housing, a warehouse district, brick streets, and some oddly placed restaurants.  I'd say it was a pretty fun tour of a part of Brooklyn that most people never see.  Mission Accomplished!

Christmas Shopping

I needed Christmas decorations.  I stumbled upon a Christmas pop-up village in Columbus Circle.

Entrance by the circle.

Map of a ton of Christmas shops.

I wandered through for a while but decided that if you really want Christmas items, you may as well go see a specialist.

Ho ho ho!

This is one of those things that makes New York great.  When you want a bagel, you go to the bagel store.  If you want tea, you go to a tea shop.  If you want Christmas, you go to Christmas Cottage.  It makes life simple.  There's a store for anything and everything!

Foods You Should Not Eat

Microwave chicken pot pie.

Fish, eggs, and grits.  (odd breakfast?)

Pizza with pears.

Taro cubes floating in milk with ice.

Maybe I should have known better, but I'm adventurous.  The fish tasted fine, but it's not really what I crave in the morning.  Combined with the butter in the grits, I felt a bit sick afterwards.

It turns out microwave chicken pot pie is pretty gross.  Not much explanation needed except that sometimes chicken is actually "chicken".

Pizza...well, just look at it.  They failed pizza class.

Finally, taro is often an Asian dessert.  It just turns out that Asians have terrible ideas for desserts.  I'll revert to mango sticky rice for the future.

Bonus!  Do not eat.  (obvious)

Are Basements Scary?

Possible Horror Movie Set?

This basement has everything you need.  Poor lighting, random banging, lots of turns, random security cameras, and crime earnings all make this extra terrifying to walk through.

It also doesn't help that the one window has bars preventing you from escaping.

Laundry time has never been so exciting!