Holiday symmetry

Street trees have to put up with a lot. But, at the same time, I’d say that someone loves this one quite a bit to give it this kind of careful and balanced treatment.

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Greetings of the season

This sign is on Fifth Avenue by Eagle Provisions. The words are in the direction of Park Slope, where there are more restaurants and shops up ahead.

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Reindeer on the door

They call it an Italian restaurant, but the menu is heavy on the burritos and quesadillas. They’ll take any customers, I think. For reindeer, they’ve gone the non-Rudolph route. What do you think? Donner and Blitzen?

 

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Hot bagels were fresh once

The bagels were made about twelve hours ago. On a Sunday evening after dark, it’s sometimes difficult to find a place open when you’re hungry for a bite to eat, so I’ll stop complaining.

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Nice sandwich

‘sNice is a shop that specializes in sandwiches, desserts, coffee, and other drinks. It also doesn’t serve meat, so if you’re vegetarian or vegan, you’ll probably be happy eating there. Hardcore carnivores might be happier at Pork Slope.

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Baked in Brooklyn

From the owners of Aladdin Bakery comes a bakery shop (5th Avenue and 26th Street). For sale there are bread and baked goods, (mmmm… cinnamon rolls), sandwiches, and coffee. There is seating for a small number of people. It’s fun to look out the window because more than half the people who go by are surprised that a new place, somewhere they would want to go, has opened on this strip. (Time Warner Cable is up the street.)

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Time stands still at Melody Lanes

Lanes are available! Part of Melody Lanes has pop music and dance lights, there are these plainer lanes, and in between there’s a bar:  something to suit everyone. You’d think the place would be crowded; doesn’t everyone have happy memories of bowling?

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Gas station, Sunset Park

Black cars getting gas and pedestrians, that was the scene out around 36th Street. The weather was sticky, so maybe people stayed inside.

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Least favorite actor

It might be art, or could it be a publicity stunt? This sign, which was screwed to an existing signpost at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street, says (I think), “My least favorite actor – Russell King.” I have no idea who that is, and Google comes up empty, too.

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Pacifico’s a Bud, too

Pacifico Claro is in the InBev family, along with Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Bass, and others. Though Pacifico has its champions, others find it lacking it flavor. The brew was started by German immigrants in Mexico around 1900 but remains relatively unknown in New York City.

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