The Bridge That Leads to Brooklyn.
Recently, I moved to Williamsburg/Bushwick and this past weekend was a near perfect Brooklyn weekend. It was one of my very favorite weekends, I think.
I found these pictures and they felt (just for a second) like a Brooklyn weekend on this Manhattan Monday. Not that I spend my weekends in rundown warehouses in Brooklyn (which is what these pictures are) but they show the old-timey Brooklyn nostalgia that drips from the streets. It’s almost like I don’t belong there. When I’m in Manhattan I feel like an ant against the size of the city. In Brooklyn it’s an age thing – it’s how new I am in contrast to the old age of the streets and buildings. I feel so young and prude there because the buildings seem so old and wise.
Lately I’ve been wondering if my resolve to fight back against the current in NYC is dissolving. This weekend I fell for the city all over again except this time it was for the city East of the river.
*In other news – my support of Obama stands strong although I must voice a concern that’s come up. My parents insist that if Obama is elected, their taxes will jump up 14%. It seems preposterous, and the rumor might be due to my parents living in a *very* Republican state, but if it’s true I’m a teense freaked out. In NYC, 14% of your income is what you use to eat, get to work, and get waxed with. SO I’m doing my research and I’ll let you know what I find. So far I have no evidence to support my parents’ claim (phew! I really don’t want to believe Obama would do such a thing!) but if we (18-35 year olds) get nailed with a massive tax increase AND continue to get screwed with student loan interest rates etc… will our faith in this government ever heal?
find anything out on the taxes? my parents say the exact same thing, but then again, they might be in a little different tax bracket than us. they’re trying to make me feel guilty about it, but that’s what happens when you watch fox news religiously.haha, suckas!
rustafari
July 2, 2008 at 2:55 pm