Comments on: Sterling Place http://dervala.net/2005/01/23/sterling-place/ A love letter Mon, 21 May 2012 18:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: dervala http://dervala.net/2005/01/23/sterling-place/comment-page-1/#comment-953 dervala Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:14:33 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=649#comment-953 See, Brooklyn to me is almost like a medieval European city. Everybody walks. The buildings are on a human scale. We still go to the butcher, baker, and candlestick maker rather than to big-box hypermarket. There are lots of public green spaces, independent cafes, and libraries. It's very old-fashioned and very humane. Those aren't values that people outside New York associate with the city, but they're what make me feel at home here. Far more than the in-your-face energy of movie cliche, which isn't my style at all. See, Brooklyn to me is almost like a medieval European city. Everybody walks. The buildings are on a human scale. We still go to the butcher, baker, and candlestick maker rather than to big-box hypermarket. There are lots of public green spaces, independent cafes, and libraries. It’s very old-fashioned and very humane.

Those aren’t values that people outside New York associate with the city, but they’re what make me feel at home here. Far more than the in-your-face energy of movie cliche, which isn’t my style at all.

]]> By: tom http://dervala.net/2005/01/23/sterling-place/comment-page-1/#comment-952 tom Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:56:12 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=649#comment-952 "my galley kitchen requires snake-hipped cooks." What a brilliant feed back system-you do too much cooking and you can't fit back into the kitchen until you lose some weight. Maybe you should patent it. Congratulations on the new job and city. I confess to finding NY scary and SF more on the lines of a European city. And yes, I too resent the way you negleccted your blogging duties while you were off gallivanting and ENJOYING YOURSELF. Hmph Best of luck with the move. t “my galley kitchen requires snake-hipped cooks.”

What a brilliant feed back system-you do too much cooking and you can’t fit back into the kitchen until you lose some weight. Maybe you should patent it.
Congratulations on the new job and city. I confess to finding NY scary and SF more on the lines of a European city.
And yes, I too resent the way you negleccted your blogging duties while you were off gallivanting and ENJOYING YOURSELF.
Hmph
Best of luck with the move.

t

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