Brooklyn

My son was home for spring break this past week, and today I walked him to the subway on his way back to school. I haven’t recovered from it.

Mrs. Bob said that was the reason she didn’t go on the walk. She could have told me that before I left.

I asked a friend for some pics of her kids (she has a brand-new one!) and wow are they adorable. I shared two pics back of my kids (from long, long ago).

While I have tens of thousands of photos, I only have two photos on my Mac easily accessible via Finder.

Sharing my two back somehow made me think of my dad (gone 32 years now). When he died, he lived alone, and the only pictures he had of his short married life were contained in a plastic cube that held a total of six square pictures. He never asked for any updated ones (despite never seeing us).

I’m glad my brain took a nice thing and made me sad. Sigh.

Night in the Library

On Saturday, March 8, 2025, we attended Night in the Library at the Central Branch of the public library. I love libraries and think they are one of the best ideas we’ve come up with, and boy do I love the Central Branch (and not just because it’s so close to me). Despite all of that, I have very mixed feelings about this event. While I 100% believe it should be free, they need to limit the number of people attending.

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A Review of Battle Hill Tavern

This is a review of the Battle Hill Tavern1 restaurant in Brooklyn. I am of a mixed mind about this. If I write how I really feel about this restaurant, I fear I will no longer get a table, but if I don’t tell folks about it, I will feel like I’m letting my reader down. Atmosphere We went to Battle Hill Tavern on Friday March 7, 2025, at about 6:50 p.

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Yeah, I hope we’ll be OK.

Graffiti of the I (heart) NY logo with a doctor checking the heart with a stethoscope. The doctor's old fashioned doctor's bag is open at his feet.