Monthly Archives: July 2012

Caribbean Style Icecream

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Last weekend I spent a little time in Brooklyn with a friend and children’s book artist, Javaka Steptoe, who introduced me to Caribbean Style Ice cream.

So, the owner, Robert, makes home-made ice cream using natural ingredients. The ice cream was really, really good. I hope I can find the same business in the Bronx…but what I like the best was their customer service. Robert made small talk with everyone who came to buy and allowed you to taste and try.

Hopefully I can visit again in the near future and get some more!

Mom in Style

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I bumped into a mom of one of my students from a while ago. From a distance I thought she looked like Jill Scott…can you see why?!

She allowed me to take photograph her. So, here she is in style.

Lucia

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Two things, Lucia’s hat is awesome and she is wearing her mother’s blouse. It’s great when you can go in your parents closet and not only wear something of theirs but rock it so well it eventually become yours!

Mary Mitchell Wall

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Today a little boy said to me: My name is Knowledge and I am going to the second grade.

When he said this to me, I remembered the graffiti on the wall at the Mary Mitchell Center.

My favorite one is this one. He wrote ‘KNOW’ short for Knowledge.

The Walls at Mary Mitchell

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Last month a few graffiti artist came to the Mary Mitchell Center to redo the walls.

As always the children were excited to meet them. This artist is from Germany. He told me the children at the center/ New York are better behaved than the kids in Germany. He said in Germany when children see you painting the walls they pick up your spray cans and mess up your art….maybe the kids in the Bronx appreciate the work a little more??