Post Blizzard Wrap-up Part I: Best. Snowman. Ever.

March 3, 2009 by
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

This weekend I met up with my buddy Norman over at Atlantic Yards Report and had pizza at Motorino.* After we discussed the latest book I am reading (In The Country Of Brooklyn by Peter Golenbock) I told him I could hardly wait for it to snow so I could scout for snowmen. Of all the neighborhoods in all of Brooklyn no one makes a snowman like we Greenpointers do.

Well, today I finally got around to doing my scouting. The pickings were pretty slim but we must not confuse quantity with quality. I was (and am) not the least bit disappointed.

MILTON STREET

miltonsnowman

This finely fettled little fella from brought a smile to my face.

MCCARREN PARK

snowmound

Of course there is no hard and fast rule stating one can only build “people” out of snow.

snowmound2

Someone in the Garden Spot of the Universe understood this and elected to make this item which I call “The McCarren Park Snow Mound”. I do not want to suggest that all snowmen need be pedestrian. A little ingenuity (an empty garbage can and a pair of work gloves) can reap delightful results. Case in point:

LEONARD STREET

leonardstreetsnowman

(priceless)

Miss Heather

*Which he liked!

P.S.: I will be posting more photographs from my jaunt around Greenpoint in a bit so stay tuned. I have some pretty nifty stuff up my sleeve!

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