There is a certain residence on Hicks Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, near the boundary with the neighboring neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, which puts out seasonal inflatable decorations. I have previously covered its St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Independence Day, and Valentine’s Day offerings. Most recently, I wrote about a bikini-clad gnome seen in July 2025, which we can only presume was chosen to represent summer beach trips. But summer, as it is wont to to do, gives way to fall. Aut...| The New Leaf Journal
I was caught out in the rain on a walk in Brooklyn Heights on the afternoon of September 6, 2025. While sheltering under an awning in front of the Bossert Hotel at the corner of Hicks and Montague Streets (just around the corner from where I documented a parked Cybertruck in March), I noticed an Amazon eQuad cargo bike “parked” on the opposite corner. I wrote about Amazon’s so-called cargo “bikes” back in April, and as luck would have it some people found that article interesting. I...| The New Leaf Journal
I was a groomsman at a wedding on August 31, 2025, which I previewed in an August 30, 2025 post about my rental tuxedo on The Emu Café Social. This wedding took place at Swan Club on the Harbor (venue location), which is in Roslyn, New York. This was the first time I had gone to Long Island in about ten years. I took the Long Island Railroad with a friend to the Glen Head stop and managed to take one of the few walkable routes (as in having a sidewalk for most of the route) from the station ...| The New Leaf Journal
I investigate the origin of a retired New York City Cow Parade statute seen in a front yard in Manhattan in May 2024.| The New Leaf Journal