Happy July, lovelies. It's a pretty day and I'm looking forward to
celebrating the birthday of the good old US of A this weekend...
Hyperakt and sent to me by my lovely friend, Lilly. The girl surely knows
what I like and The Brooklyn Farmacy Soda Fountain is a definite LOVE,
located in my old nabe of Carroll Gardens. I adore the notion of an old
school soda shop- my father worked in one as a teen and kept the seltzer
bottles all those years to prove it. This place looks lovely and I hope to
visit it the next time I am up North. This spot speaks to a collective craving for that nagging theme I keep
talking about- a need for authenticity and charm and "custom made" as in
handmade or handcrafted. Maybe our values have changed so much that we need
places like this to remind us of where we have come from in this country
while moving forward toward something new. Sure it speaks to a different
time and doesn't feel modern or 2.0, but who cares- I for one love a little
charm and history, in fact, I yearn for it. So if you are in Brooklyn any
time soon, go check it out and have an egg cream. It'll remind you of what's
good and right in the world. And that my friends, is what's up this starry, stripey and soda-ed Thursday
in the US of A. XO (Oh and here's the link to the original item...
http://hyperakt.com/play/?p=1943)
