This week is F.I.B's summer vacation and while most people might go to Maine, I do not think I have been to Williamsburg for well over a year and decided to take a little fieldtrip there today. Upon exiting the G train at Metropolitan Avenue I was quickly made to feel like I was at home as the sister building to the "Open Your Eyes" building that I see from my house in South Brooklyn was the first thing I saw as I hit the street! Ironically F.I.B used to rent a space in this building on Keape Street about 5 years ago. It was owned by a company that made Murphy beds. Now it is vacant and window less and covered with grafitti. What's up with that?
Then upon crossing under the BQE I saw this! Shout out to Miss Heather!
Then I went to this park on Kent Avenue where the skyline was real but unreal.
Cliche photo I know but I just couldn't help it!
The view may be beautiful but if you want to picnic or sunbath you will be lulled by the sounds of cranes and earthmovers on one side. 
And this Toll Brothers monolith on the other side. Ewwwww. Can you imagine being one of the numbers living in there? This would fit in better in a business district of a city such as Phoenix or Miami but whatever it's here and they are not selling like hotcakes. 
Upon skeedaddling out of that park with the bad condo feng shui - where the water, the view and the people playing happy dominoes were the only pleasantries, as well as the sprinklers we ran through which were wasting water to keep the sod dayglow green, I happily came across a rare commidity and FIB's favorite. OPEN SKY! That place on the corner is the Rosenwach's Tank Group which has been making wooden water tanks for over a hundred years! The day ended at the fab Rolewskie Jadlo restaurant on Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint (you can't miss it, it's got knights in armor outside) where the chef/owner used to work at Nobu and the seasonal blueberry perogies are out of this world and only $5.50!
F.I.B is going to bust out of Brooklyn and head to Long Island for a few days, see y'all on the flipside!
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6 comments:
I saw the Playgirl wagon just today! Thanks for your kind sentiments. ;)
I figured you must of seen it!
nice trip...you hit all the high (low) points
Gotta check those blueberry perogies out!
Got the shivers looking at what Toll did there, and praying they don't do it here.
Open Sky is (literally) worth billions of dollars!!!
oh i'm gunna love following this blog. thanks!
makes me want to head over to billysburg right now!
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