Rendez-vous with the Sun

This is not really a seasons-specific post, because you can enjoy the beauty of a sunset every evening of the year but lately (especially during season changes) we have had quite spectacular sunsets here on the right bank of the East River. For those of us who can make it outside on time for sunset we have made this modest "Brooklyn at sunset" strolling guide . Enjoy the last few weeks of warmth in the city New Yorkers and witness sunsets at these great locations. 

Sun sets around 6.56pm these days  

Brooklyn Heights Promenade: The promenade leads you from DUMBO to Brooklyn Heights, ending at the Brooklyn Bridge Park.  It is situated high above water and gives a spectacular view of the South- East tip of Manhattan.

Grand Street River Park (this one is on our Street!): located at the very end of Grand Street in South Williamsburg, it is a great spot to take pictures of the Williamsburg Bridge at sunset with the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges at a distance. Iconic little spot at the tip of out fingers ;-)

Williamsburg waterfront: located at North 5th Street. Gentrification of the neighborhood came with a great deal of urban planning and lovely walkable piers. This one offers a beautiful global view of the city, overlooking Midtown Manhattan and the Empire State building.

Greenpoint Waterfront: Nice little community Park located at the end of Manhattan Avenue.

Please note: Some of these parks close at dusk so first make sure to check for open hours here www.nycgovparks.org

Summer days

Yesterday was the first day of Summer in the calendar and New Yorkers are surely enjoying long-lasting daylight and warm temperatures. The streets are swarming with locals and tourists, enjoying every bench, cafés, parks and sun rays the season has to offer. 

It's a lively time in New York!

We hope you are enjoying this glorious time of the year as well!

Plant a Tree in NYC!

It's planting season and New York needs you for this great project:

Have you heard of Million Trees NYC? It's an ambitious program that aims to have New York City's residents plant one million new trees within the five boroughs over the next ten years.  

We all wish we lived in a lush tree-lined street right?  Well, it is now possible to help transform the urban scape and green your neighborhood!

  Trees can be planted on private properties such as front and backyards, commercial properties and community gardens.  

You can get training to learn how to do it or just join a team of well-trained gardeners and be part of this sustainable project.

So if you are an enthusiastic, energetic, and environmentally–minded New Yorker, get dirty this spring and plant a tree for your city! 

And get your kids involved. It's such a fun thing to do as a family.

Care, donate, educate, all details are here.

 

 

 

 

Season's change

Transitioning into another season is not always so easy, especially since summer went by so fast this year it seemed!  Fortunately, we have had spectacular weather recently in NYC, helping us get into the Fall mood.

We love the lightness and dreamy feel of artist Maia Flore. This is how we should transition, feeling gently lifted from one season to the next.

We hope everyone is having a lovely Autumn so far!

 

Daylight saving and Snowdrop flowers

Hello friends!

We hope you will remember to readjust your clocks one hour ahead for all of you on the East Coast. 

Days are going to feel longer longer {and hopefully warmer} very soon and we are delighted.

 Below is a beautiful kind of flower named Snowdrop which grows through the last days of snow and bloom before anything else in the early hours of spring. 

Kind of amazing.

 

Enchanted

It's the golden season here on the East Coast.

Pretty, pretty mushrooms, mossy woods and fall foliage.

The outdoors are quite magical at this time of the year.

Mushroom hunting is the perfect weekend project.

Do you go mushroom hunting?

Growing local

There is a trend right now in Brooklyn that is the coolest thing ever and it's rooftop farming! For decades people have been trying to recreate nature within their urban landscape by creating rooftop gardens and it looks like new yorkers are now more and more educated and ready to take it to the next level to actually grow their own veggies and green food.  We all know the benefits of buying and eating local.  Definitely a step in the right direction for urban life.

Not to mention that rooftops gardens and farms are such an eye candy for a city like ours!

If you wish to visit a (rather large) public rooftop farm, here is the list of the 5 top urban farms in NYC.