Stinky Brooklyn

While in NY on this last trip, we decided to take the subway to Brooklyn to look for a cheese shop called Stinky Brooklyn. Apparently it had a following and we were told we should check it out. We arrive in Brooklyn and start our hunt. Walking through the streets of Brooklyn I feel good and I feel cool. A different coolness than I feel when I'm walking in Manhattan and people mistake me for a new yorker and ask me for directions. That always makes me smile, even though I can't ever tell them how to get where they're going. Sometimes I try to make the rouse last as long as possible and I pretend to look around, like I might know in what direction to send them, but alas, I never do and they walk away disappointed.

But Brooklyn, I don't know how to explain it but I feel like the air is even different in Brooklyn, it's not glitzy and full of itself. I like that I can almost see myself living there. We stop to get a drink (as we always do anywhere) and we end up at this little cafe. We sit outside and chill. I look around and take it all in. There are some brownstones in front of us. Somehow the people in the neighborhood have closed off a block of their street to let their kids play and get wet on the street. I'm not sure if this is legal but they have parked a car on each end of the block and everyone seems to be ok with this, and so am I. You make the best with what you've got and you make it work. You don't have a yard for the kiddies to play? Just close off the street for a few hours :) We had a nice time drinking, talking and people watching.

So back to Stinky Brooklyn. We make it to the tiny shop. It's nothing to write home about. BUT all is not lost. On the way to the shop we happen to bump into this indie fair. It's small but has a lot of awesome stuff. I fall in love with this clutch I must have. I actually fall in love with all of the designer's bags, I want them all, but Shteve makes me pick one. I get this one:

Front & Back

I love it! I just wore it the other day and it made me feel all indie chic. The designer Lola Falk has a website. Check it out when you get a chance and buy me The Jackie Bag...

www.lolafalk.com/