You Call That a Snowpacalypse?

So they predicted it would be the biggest snow storm in New York City history dumping up to 3 feet of snow.  The shops were all crowded with people stocking up on supplies, kale, and preparing for the loss of power and not having to go to work for days.  Spoiler alert, snowpacalypse didn't happen.

a few days before snowpacalypse we discovered that the Other Half brewery was a few blocks south of us in Carroll Gardens and they have a way cool tasting room.  They have some crazy beers and some funky ones.

Brooklyn's other brewery.  Still a hidden gem for sure!

This was one of the funky brews,  "Beat it Nerd" a brett fermented IPA. 

There are a few cats they let in and out.  Jen's caption for this photo was going to be "finding the darndest things in new places".  Dig in there buddy.

around the corner we discovered is where the salt trucks are for this part of brooklyn.  I would find out at 2 am why this truck driver was here waiting with this load of salt

woke up at 2am to this.  Had no idea it was supposed to snow.

flash forward to Snowpacalypse day and this is all the snow we got.  The night before travel was banned after 11pm.  Everything shut down or closed.  New York woke up very disappointed.

You call that a Snowpacalypse?

the other week someone drove a car through the Henry Public's window.

it's really sad where kids have to sled in NYC.  The road at the top of the hill is a highway the BQE (brooklyn queens expressway) and then they sled down into a street.

roosevelt island.  Virginia's family used to live there 

The Snow Queen.  What kind of frosty spells exist inside her mojo satchel

grossness.  4 levels of traffic below the brooklyn heights promenade.  It's the BQE again.  You can't really hear the traffic from the promenade though and it looks out onto all of lower manhattan.  Great in the summer time.

Brooklyn bridge park.  bk bridge in foreground, manhattan bridge in the back.

insanity at the Hillside Dog Park in Brooklyn Heights.  The parents outnumbered the kids and dogs.  Again, sad where kids have to sled.  At least there is a fence between the BQE at the bottom of this "hill"

Smith street, Carroll Gardens south.

time for vin chaud and netflix because tomorrow its back to work.  Thanks for nothing Snowmageddon.

Hairstyles for Boys

I made this as a promotional piece for the children's market.  Hairstyles for Boys.  From left to right: The Swoop (aka the Jason Raish),  Long Locks (the surfer, the rock star), The Mohawk, The Crew Cut, The Slick Back (The Mobster), Cornrows, The Pompadour (The Elvis), The Dapper Dan, The Mop Top.  Thanks Zachary for posing.

The Start of a New Year

I was wrangled into being on a team in a shuffleboard league at the royal palms in gowanus.  Another game for old people that the hipsters have taken over.  I actually love shuffleboard.  Team name is "Gravy Train with Biscuit Wheels" which was a line from the movie "kingpin".  This applies to the game because the discs you fling around are called biscuits.

last season the team for 4 and 4.  This season is not going so well, we are 1 win 3 losses......

poached a whole chicken and made chicken pot pie.  my crust crimping game is abominable.  I gotta work on that.  if you boil a whole chicken you can get like 5 meals out of it.  also me and bob had a discussion about the merits of crust crimping.  food dork time over.

not!  The Chicken tinga burrito at Tacqueria Tepango on myrtle ave in Clinton Hill is huge and amazing.  Is it glazed in butter? 

another precious worldly possession recovered from my parents house.  This is one of the Tanuki statues I got in Tanuki town in Ibaraki, Japan.  If you look closely you can see his tiny testicles.  They are magical.  If you look it up Tanuki's really do have magical balls.  

when you send japanese year of the sheep new year's cards (as is tradition) to your friends in japan you get some back.

Jen's parents came to NY.  Of course her dad dropped a lot of money on some amazing meals

they like broadway shows so we took them to see A Gentleman's guide to love and murder.  Very well done.  Also in the theatre they give you your wine in sippy cups.

suicide doors.  As soon as the show is over they open up a whole wall of doors to the street.

Mario via paris from Toronto had canadian money and i noticed the arm from the international space station was featured on the back on the 5 dollar bill.  That's funny that that is Canada's big claim to fame.  hahahaha Canada.

a promotional piece for the Children's market