Going down, downtown, underground.
Brooklyn fiction
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, library Tags: fiction, urban
I saw the movie American Fiction. This bookshelf in the Brooklyn public library reminds me of that. The bookshelf heading was Popular Books, but it was all “urban fiction,” which has a lot of, ahem, adult-themed material, presented in street vernacular.
And then there was the one book about MLK.
A Ferry Nice Commute Home
10 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, commute, water Tags: ferry
So much nicer being above the water on a ferry, versus below the water on the F train. We made two stops in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!
Subway Stalactites and Stalagmites!
14 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, science Tags: stalactite, stalagmite, subway
Yes it is true. On the F train at Bergen Street. The ones dripping down from the top are stalactites (quick trick: the “c” is for “ceiling”) and the ones growing up from the bottom are stalagmites (the “g” is for “ground”). Whether they are actually limestone, or even calcium-based, is anyone’s guess.
“Go-Green” Anytime Soon?
23 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn Tags: 311, parks and recreation, tree
Who doesn’t like a tree? Especially in NYC? My request to have the DPR (department of parks and recreation), which is responsible for tree-planting in NYC, decide whether they will come out to Brooklyn to investigate whether they will plant a tree into the forlorn tree pit in front of the building, will be taken care of…within two years.
That is some impressive long-term planning.
Will They Turn Silver when they Ripen?
08 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, plants Tags: forks, sidewalk, surreal
This sidewalk fork garden fascinates me on so many levels.
890641
08 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, plants, Useful Information Tags: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Every plant at the BBG has an “accession number, which has information about the year the plant arrived at the garden and what number plant it was that year (e.g., the 1st to arrive, the 17th, the 641st). So which plant is 890641? The Large-Flowered Magnolia or the Climbing Hemp Vine?
After the Test
08 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in 36K, Brooklyn, computer lab, Covid 19, Emotionally Disabled Tags: 36K, computer games, test
Students had to take an online ELA test in the computer lab.
After the test, they relaxed with defly.io, 1v1.lol, coolmathgames.com, and typingclub.com.
Stay to the left?
21 Dec 2020 Leave a comment
Usually (in America) we stay to the right when we are driving, walking on the sidewalk, or navigating school hallways.
Things are a bit different in 323.
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