Writes of Passage

Brooklyn, NY

It began in 1801, as New York Navy Yard, an active shipyard for US Navy till 1960s. My father-in-law used to work there (as well in Hawaii), to launch submarines. Now, it’s undergoing a major redevelopment.

布鲁克林海军造船厂正在脱胎换骨. 俺的家公曾经时不时来这里(还有夏威夷), 测试和发射潜艇.

Saw a few companies with Chinese names, as well as a beer: Southern Village Inc. 南方农产公司, Ken Mable Inc 健美宝贸易公司 and the Cold Beer Store, which doesn’t look like beverage place nor feel cold.

and more … Naval Cemetery Landscape; Brand name coat $59.99 & less; …

^{Williamsburg Savings Bank}

Dirty! Litters are everywhere, in this part of Brooklyn.

This neighborhood on the East River, has a few landmarks. Williamsburg Savings Bank which was built 1870 to 75, Williamsburg Bridge, Peter Luger steak house, etc.

A little girl sits on her balcony … and the Sukkoth (sukkot) is everywhere.

178 Broadway,
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Their Brooklyn chophouse is in Williamsburg, on the corner of Driggs Ave and Broadway, opposite from Williamsburg Savings Bank. A few doors west is the Davidoff of Geneva cigar shop. We parked near by and did our two bridges and 10 miles hike.

… their Great Neck outer house

We were assigned to a terrible location, by the door. The servers are nice.

• Breads: great but the packed butter (commodity Butter?) feels cheap
• House red: Merlot, Pinot Noir and Cab: all are pretty good
• Caesar salad: good especially when we were all thirsty
• Cream spinach: the greenest I’ve had – really good
• German potato: good. Not many can screw up the versatile potato
• The $247.80 t-bone steaks for four is ok: had it better elsewhere

We didn’t have room for coffee nor dessert. Not sure what the average dinner consumes but when we ordered ONE Caesar salad and steak-for-four, for the five of us, the elderly serving staff looked a little puzzled. Really, it was just a dinner, we don’t want to stuff ourselves. And the amount of food was just fine.