photo by eppleart from the BushwickBK flickr pool
For the first time in a long time, I spent Saturday night in Bushwick. And I don’t mean making dinner and watching foreign films until 2am. After we finished painting the hallway in the house, we got changed and went to the home of fellow BBKers Jen and Mike up on Broadway and Arion — 10 minute walk at the most — for cocktails and food. A bunch of their friends, some local, were there, boozing it up with rum punch and munching on duck sloppy joes. Sadly, Petra from Bed-Stuy Blog had to go home in a car drunk off her ass before I got to chat with her. (I’ll pay for this.)
We were having such a good time (Luis was enjoying being sexually harrassed by chicks) and were there so late that we had to cut the conversation short to run to my neighbor’s house for his birthday party BBQ. We arrived too late for food (besides, we were stuffed), but got to hang out a bit in the garden and chat up the pan-South American clique that populates his parties. I always enjoy hearing yet another of his friends tell me about how they were going to buy our house but (insert reason they didn’t here).
Lately we’ve been spending more time in the hood as we meet more people to hang out with. Between the BBQs and dinners and straight-up house parties, not to mention meeting friends for coffee at various places in the hood, there is less reason every day to leave Bushwick just to hang out or have some fun.
I guess you could say that in Bushwick, we even have DIY amenities. Or maybe these thoughts are my way of coping with the gross lack of decent commercial dining experiences here. You decide.
The Changeling September 24th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
You’ve not experienced anything until you knock back a couple of rum punches and see Bushwick spinning! I only wish I could’ve started knocking them back a little later in the evening.
jenblossom September 24th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Ha ha! Poor Petra – nothing like a little public humiliation!
Seriously, it was great hosting you guys. Jeremy, please extend our apologies to Luis on behalf of our grabby friends. Yeesh. :)
jay September 24th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
What’s happening here is that people are bonding. Guess duck sloppy joes draws a real crowd as I’ve never heard of this cuisine before.
Question is did Petro walk on over from BedSty.
In a latin/spanish neighborhood like Bushwick, guess Luis was the pick of the litter.
Jeremy September 24th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Ah, Luis doesn’t mind a little groping.
Jay, yet again: whah?
Jaybushwick September 25th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
But he’s a “married” man, with a mortgage, and a settled down life. Some girls just go crazy over latin/spanish guys. Yes we want the newbies to the area to bond, but not in that way.
where are there places in the hood to meet up for coffee, you talking a bodega with some cheap tables and chair? Guess between all those BBQ, dinners, and houseparties Jeremy is the Cindy Adams of socializing around these ways. We’d be curious to know the starting points for becoming such a party hopper.
Mr. Kraayon September 27th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Jaybushwick,you are indeed a weird fellow. I actually think you are kinda creepy,but I am not a judge,just an observer and commentator.
jay October 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
your name is a little like a cartoon, and so like life, have fun a little.
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