Amazingly, I had a day with nothing scheduled on my calendar so I decided to do one of my favorite things: play tourist. My destination this time was Brooklyn–the hip Borough.

view of the bridge

Brooklyn water tower

Brooklyn is known for many things. Some call it the new “Seattle” for its music scene. So many bands are coming out of Brooklyn right now that its hard to keep up (my fave currently: TV on the Radio). The NJ Nets will soon make Brooklyn its new home thanks to a Russian billionaire that has a passion for basketball and this borough. It is the home of stroller pushing mothers that work their mandatory hours at the local, yet uppity co-op; large parks that host pickup games of all types; and, it also seems to be the place to live if you (men) want to sport a throwback mustache, Tom Selleck circa ’84 style. I can’t believe all of the ‘staches I see here and maybe its ’cause I don’t live here but I gotta say big N.O. no on that look making a comeback. The only guys I think look good with a mustache, in this order, are 1) Tom Selleck and 2) my dad. However- seems that I am the minority in this line of thinking since Brooklyn did host the 2009 NYC Beard and Mustache Championship.

But I digress…

Brooklyn street

Aside from roaming the quaint brownstone lined streets and and shopping at the some of the best stores around (such as my favorite bookstore Spoonbill & Sugartown), I enjoy noticing the seemingly acceptable, ample amounts of street art. The street art I am talking about could also be called graffiti, but the photos I am posting here will show that the graffiti stereotype of wall litter and/or tagging wouldn’t be appropriate. Enjoy and let me know where you enjoy browsing street art.

a little live art