Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

A day to remember. Aunt Martha, visiting from Israel, has not been back to the States in 30 years. She has not been back to house she was born and raisd in until she was 17, in 46 years!!! Its been her lifelong dream to return to that house! This is also the house that my dad was born and raised in and the house where my Grandpa Julian was raised in since he was 6 months old!! So we went there. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and we knoocked on the door and magic happenned! The lady who lives there let us in and let us explore the whole house! Martha saw her old bedroom! The same closet is still in there! It was a day you can't put a price on. The flower pots in the front of the house were her mother's (my Grandma Lilly's) original flowerpots! There is wood paneling in the dining room that my Great-Grandpa Sam had imported from Europe and its still there! That's actually what sold the new owners on the house! It was an amazing day.


Then we went to Aunt Martha's friends houses and their daughters were actually home! They knew of Aunt Martha from their mothers! They were so excited to see Martha too since their mothers had always told them about her:, "The little girl from down the road who moved to Israel when she was 18, and gave up everything for love and to live on a Kibbutz in the middle of the Negev Desert!" Her's really is quite an amazing story.


Then we went to the playground my dad and Martha used to go to when they were kids and its stil there, but new equipment obviously.


And I must say I had no idea how much of a beautiful area Bay Ridge is. Very upscale, with beautiful big homes, I felt Like I was in the 'burbs! Definily not what I envisioned Brooklyn to be like. And its so close to the city. Only about a 25 minute subway ride, on 1 train (the R), from 8th St / NYU - to Bay Ridge. Just incase you wanna move out there!