Gowanus Goes Green Festival

We visited the Gowanus Goes Green Festival today. It was a great time with good music and food. We got to see what the Gowanus Canal Conservancy was planning with the sponge park and meet vendors promoting "green" products. There is so much potential for the canal and hopefully one day in the near future it will be able to become similar to the Venice Canal. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was there to show his support and hopefully others will continue to back it.

June 1st Walk

Today's destination was two fold: Kentler Gallery to see "What's the Hook" exhibit and to the First Annual Gowanus Green Festival. I was fortunate to partake in the "What's the Hook" event last year where people were invited to take photos of Red Hook during a week long period and then submit to a flickr pool. During this summer, photos have been selected to be shown in several venues across Red Hook. I recommend trying to see the work, its great to see so what each person sees. Check below for locations:

Mark Van S. Studio
384 Van Brunt St.
June 18th

Hope & Anchor
347 Van Brunt St.
June 14th – June 29th

Fairway Market
480 Van Brunt St.
June 9th – June 29th
The Sovereign Bank
498 Columbia St.
June 7 –July 7

Red Hook Public Library
7 Wolcott St.
June 6 - August 2008

Brooklyn Waterfront
Beard St. Warehouse
499 Van Brunt St.
Artist’s Coalition (BWAC) July 26th – Aug. 17th

Earth Day Walk

You don't see a Koi pond very often in Brooklyn, especially in the front of the house. This was a nice surprise while on 11th Street today in Gowanus. This 4 mile walk today seemed too easy, I must be getting used to it. It was nice to see some people canoeing on the Gowanus.