My Jeff Koons Moment

It doesn't get much cuter than this, now does it? This is my dog Zim Dollar (good looking but essentially worthless) surrounded by fallen cherry blosoms in Prospect Park. Zim was good enough to pose to for this picture. All in all, he's a pretty good dog. The only annoying habit he has is that he basically follows me everywhere I go in the house. If I get up he gets up if I go back to get something he goes back with me, my friend Doug says it may be because he still confused by all the moving we've been doing and thinks he's going to be abandoned. Sera? In any case he didn't follow me around like this when we lived in Brazil. Prospect Park has been a bonanza for Zim. He can run free before 9:00 a.m. in this field not too far from the house and he can also run free at night. One thing that's changed since I left town is that you can walk through the park 'cause it ain't crazy after dark no more. Well, the other night I biked around Prospect Park and on the northeast corner there were a lot of large gentlemen just standing by themselves in the bushes _ smoking herb I suspect, but no one bothered with me so whatever.

Prospect Park is alot more relaxed than Central Park and Brooklyn in general is a lot more relaxed than Manhattan: they don't really shovel the snow off the streets, some dog owners don't even pick up their dog's poop. But I saw something in the Daily News calling Park Slope the new Greenwich Village. They said it in a derrogatory way, but in many ways it feels to me like the West Village used to feel in the late 1970s _ forget about it nowadays. There's just this happening feel I like, the times have certainly changed there is a more young professional vibe and big emphasis on families, maybe not as many artists, but there's nice mix especially over by the South Slope where it blends into Windsor Terrace.

I was going to write some boring stuff about banks and executive compensation but I'm just feeling the spring vibe too much to get indignant and I'll save that for another post.