Katy's Choice

"And that is how, one fine day in June, I got out of the Church Avenue station of the BMT with my Marine Corps seabag and suitcase, took several intoxicating breaths of the pickle-fragrant air of Flatbush, and walked down blocks of gently greening sycamores to the rooming house of Mrs. Yetta Zimmerman."--William Styron, Sophie's Choice.

Did he say Pickle Fragrant?

As a young man, William Styron lived in Ditmas Park and it served as the setting in his novel, Sophie's Choice. As I read the book a few years ago, I fell in love with Styron's Brooklyn, and on occasion would wander its tree lined streets and marvel at the houses. The area reminded me of the South, no doubt, and quietly called out to me....

...and soooo as of this weekend Ditmas Park, your air just got a little more pickle fragrant! Me and my pickles moved in this past week and I look forward to getting to know you over a few Rheingold beers at the "Maple Leaf"...or a pint of pickled cherry peppers from The Pickle Guys!