Back in August of 2009, a day or two after I officially decided to start blogging, I stopped into a little just-opened shop in Williamsburg called Brook Farm General Store and thought, “Ooh! Now that I’m A Blogger, I’m supposed to do things like take pictures of cute little places so that I can tell my millions and millions of bated-breath readers all about them.”
And so I did. It was my second post ever, and I remember being so excited at the idea that I could find a cool little store…and then just write about it, and maybe someone somewhere would read what I’d written and decide that they needed to check out that cool little place, too. And then maybe they’d buy something that became one of their favorite things, or even just see something that inspired them, and it’d make them happy, and then in some little way I’d have contributed to that.
Anyway, last Friday Francesca and I passed Brook Farm General Store on our way to Marlow & Sons, and stopped in to check out the pretty wool blankets, vintage plates, and antique jewelry.
And I did a recap of that second-blog-shot-ever, complete with casual “oh, I’m just standing here in this photogenic spot studying this random little item for sale” pose. (The blue top I’m wearing, by the way, is the Nokt Paisley Burnout Boyfriend V-Neck that Francesca brought me for my birthday.)
Favorite Brook Farm General Store finds:
Clockwise from top left: Waxed Canvas Book Bag ($85); Balsam Fir Incense ($8); Royall Lyme Unisex Cologne ($40; can also be used as aftershave, body splash, or in bathtub); Beeswax Tapers ($10); Recycled Beach Glass Vase ($25); Wall-Mounted Bottle Opener ($10)
