I love spending the weekend just walking around with Mark and Hana. It's fun to watch Hana discover the world around her while we stroll along the streets of DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights.
On Saturday Hana and I played in the park in the early morning. I hadn't seen the 'waterfalls' yet, and was curious to see what all the hype was about. I can't say that I was very impressed. The scaffolding is ugly, and the falling water isn't really that exciting. It's a bit surreal, which is something, but not enough to really hold my interest. 
If you look closely, you can see one of the waterfalls behind hana's head in the picture below. 
During the day we went to a great playground in brooklyn heights, where there are a few bucket swings. Hana loves to swing and go down the slide! Who could blame her? We capped our day off with a stop at the brooklyn ice cream factory. mmm. In my opinion, their best flavor is vanilla chocolate chunk. the others pale in comparison. On Sunday we went to the DUMBO farmer's market, which is a great place for seasonal fruits and veggies. Mark had fun cooking up bok choy, garlic scapes, and fresh peas to add to our pasta for dinner. I decided to try and pickle some of the garlic scapes. I've never pickled anything before, but I've always wanted to try. My grandmother was amazing at making pickles, so perhaps it's in my DNA. I found this technique http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2007/07/making-pickled-garlic-scapes.html , and thought i'd give it a try. well, the first problem is that most recipes call for proper canning jars, which we don't have. 
I didn't really want to make pickles that were going to last all summer, since i wasn't sure if we'd even like pickled garlic scapes. So, I just took an old jar that I had saved, sterilized it, and that was that. I prepped the scapes by using the green stalks, and keeping the flower/bulb parts for our dinner later tonight. the recipe called for a 'head' of dill, which i wasn't so sure 
about, so i just erred on the 'lots of dilly goodness' side. It's going to sit in the fridge for a day or two before eating, so we'll see what happens. it certainly is fun to experiment with food. Perhaps I'll try a different seasonal vegetable to pickle next time. add vinegar, garlic, and dill to just about any veggie and it sounds good to me.
about, so i just erred on the 'lots of dilly goodness' side. It's going to sit in the fridge for a day or two before eating, so we'll see what happens. it certainly is fun to experiment with food. Perhaps I'll try a different seasonal vegetable to pickle next time. add vinegar, garlic, and dill to just about any veggie and it sounds good to me.
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