Wow, what a semester. I moved again. I am finally home and for the first time in a long time can breathe. I love Brooklyn and I am glad to be back and have a real home that is mine. I realize now how tough things have been and what compromises I have made trying to convince myself that I was happy. But it was tough and a change and I love the LES but I need my own place at 29 I am just not as able to be so transient. It was great for a transition time but I was ready to move on. So I moved in with my boyfriend this month and it is really what I have always wanted and never even known. I thought I had to live by myself for such a long time and join the Peace Corp and find myself but I am here. I am so in love I could not let this slip through.
I have really not kept up with this blog but I now that the semester is over, I feel like I have to be working on something, even if I should be shopping. The holidays are stressful because I find it hard to put a price tag on my love for people with gifts and there is so much to do after living schoolwork for the last few weeks. I am not religious but like the ides of being with loved ones without distractions.
School is hard and I don’t know how I did it without a calm work environment and I did have a major depression but it is clearing and all is well. My workspace is great now… I am writing right now with the sun streaming in from the bedroom loft windows with the cats swarming around my feet. I can see the BQE out the front loft windows and I love it. I would be able to see the statue of liberty if Brooklyn stopped this building!!!!!!!!! There is a 9 floor building in my way. I don’t want the Slope and the rest of Brooklyn to keep this over development. There is a great organization in regards to this, DEVELOP – DON’T DESTROY BROOKLYN … http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=108 – one the artists I support, Toshi Reagon is on the Board and I think it is a great org. Brooklyn is not supposed to be Manhattan.
Too much to update in one post, so I wrap up with what I miss about the LES –
- Blue Stocking – Best feminist bookstore I know and great events from poetry reading to book signings to live music… check it out! http://www.bluestockings.com/
- Panade – Stay away from Starbucks and get a great coffee and homemade pastries at a local favorite on Eldridge between Delancey and Broome. Great owner, fun atmosphere and supprt local business. http://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/lower-east-side/3012/panade
- Teany – My favorite vegan treats and tea.
- Baby Cakes –healthy vegan treats and local business. http://www.babycakesnyc.com/index.html
- Toys in Babeland – Hey… gotta love your local feminist sex shop. http://www.babeland.com/about/new-york-lower-east-side-store
- Divalicious Chocolate – local chick business with a great chocolate fountain. http://www.divaliciouschocolate.com/
- Not to mention all the great music venues… Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Cake Shop, Crash Mansion, knitting Factory, The Living Room and many more! Great place to see live music any night.
But I will take my new apartment in Brooklyn with the boy and the cats any day!
