Announcing...

The 2010 Bonbon Oiseau Studio Sale! Wine, snacks and local vendors. This will be the 3rd one I'm going to and I can guarantee you will find something delightful to take home for yourself or a loved one. 

Saturday, December 11th

1pm-5pm

116 Noble Street
Brooklyn, NY

An open house with spirits, beautiful gifts, friends & bloggers, designers & artists
a first look at the Bonbon Oiseau Holiday & Spring Collection
+ our favorite but still to be announced talents.

wooden toys and cutting boards, hand-mixed essential and body oils and scents, candles in antique jars, a new season of luxurious handknits, handbags from across the ocean,
incredible artworks & letterpress treats,
hand-tied flowers,
and a first chance for winning a basket of amazing goods
with a simple raffle for the food bank for NYC,
and sweet gift-bags filled with goodies from all of us for the first 25.

Say yes.

*same day as the Greenpoint/Franklin Street Holiday Stroll

Red Hook Sunday

I can't wait for winter....

...so I can get back to those lazy Sundays:

Met Alex at Prospect Park and we biked about 10 miles out of our way to a nonexistent yard sale. We eventually found West Midwood and scored: When Things of the Spirit Come First by Simone de Beauvoir, Burmese Days by George Orwell, a Park Slope Day Camp tshirt (all for $1 total) and four beer glasses in great condition from different breweries ($6) from an old Irish bartender. It's a really pretty neighborhood with some great friendly people.

After picnicking in the park we headed up to the big Atlantic Ave street fair. These girls had a big crowd going on the street.

The Transit Museum was having a fair as well, with old buses parked outside and free admission to the museum. We missed Museum Day on Saturday so this made up for it.

Then Knit & Wine to end the day. Some good wine, some inspiration and a lot of girl talk. But not really girly talk. Gnome sayin?

The Neverending Summer (non-surf version)

Friday - dinner at The General Greene

Clinton Hill in sunset

Saturday - BK Flea

Knitted potholders

Sunday - brunch in Williamsburg and biking Greenpoint

Awesome piece by Oekis (?)

Bikes at Empire Fulton Ferry State Park (they gave an ugly industrial waterfront park such a nice name - it was better when we were sneaking out there at night)

Ninja Sex Party at a comedy show at Legion

I HEART BK

Giant letters from Kings County Salvage at BK Flea


New Bonbons at BK Flea


BK Flea fashion


Clinton Hill at 8am


More early morning Clinton Hill

Afternoon date, do or die

Make it Fit at Brooklynite Gallery


Beautiful buildings


Sunny side lot


DO OR DIE


Biohazard


At Saraghina


The bad angle


A laundromat was on fire

Fire in the sky

Kettling

I got sunshine in bag

a hip hop weekend in brooklyn

... and ya don't stop!

Red Hook Sunday

Today Alex and I headed to Red Hook to walk around and go to Fairway. Our lofty plans of checking out the stores on Van Brunt, a trip to Ikea AND Fairway were marred by the fact that the stores were closed and we didn't have a car.

It ended up being fine as there was an art fair going on by the water, showcasing different local artists. We had a snack at Baked and then dinner at Hope & Anchor.

Despite the gray day, it was a wonderful date. We saw friends picnicking in community gardens, a girl get her stolen bike back and a guy shove his kayak into his apartment via the ground floor window. We walked by the old trolleys and tried to peer inside, then I bought a new houseplant (big purple clovers!) at Chelsea Garden Center. Awesome!