St. Johns Hook-up and Cook-up, August 21st

maryk

If I were on the St. Johns block association, I would organize sidewalk cleaning days to clean the frickin trash that builds up in the tree wells on the block. I wonder if the party-goers, or the organizers, will clean up everyone's trash after the cook/blowout?! I'm going out of town early tmrw for a week, so I won't be able to make this happen. Will someone do it for me? ; ))
And let me know who wants to clean up trash with me some Sat. morning. Just think of how shocking it would be to some to see people on the block who actually care about something like that.

god

Tonight's party is going to be killer! Bang! Bang! :P

king without a crown

Any bloodshed yet?

whynot_31

King without a crown wrote: Any bloodshed yet?

If you are a vegetarian, you might object to all of the meat that was slaughtered.

...but I'm not.

I saw mostly families eating when I went on my 7 PM walk.







I must say I was disappointed that I forgot to bring my wallet. Some of Kia's lemonade would have really hit the spot.

king without a crown

Looks pretty safe so far, hopefully the party gets shut down before the witching hour!

krowonhill

What happened? No shootings, I guess.

whynot_31

Like many NYC block parties, this one involved:

1. Meat grilling.

2. Beverages consumed in red cups, perhaps b/c the beverage was beer, but perhaps it because Diet Coke or Orange Crush (horrors!)

3. Children on tricycles and bikes with training wheels.

....then the sun went down!

and people:

a. Attempted to grill meat in the dark (somewhat dangerous!)
b. Hung out on their stoop with the people that lived in their building.
c. Eventually went inside to engage in more exciting forms of entertainment: TV? Computer? Sex? Washing Dishes?

Whynot's unscientific estimate for 2010: 200 participants.
Whynot's unscientific estimate for 2009: in excess of 5000.

bkchickie

Sounds like everything a block party should be. Glad to hear that St. Johns was able to pull of a peaceful, fun event for the neighborhood. I have no problem welcoming more of this in PH.

thinkdream

hey, im confused. there were signs posted that there was to be a block party on st. johns this past weekend but nothing went on.

xlizellx

thinkdream said:

hey, im confused. there were signs posted that there was to be a block party on st. johns this past weekend but nothing went on.

I saw the signs too and then was surprised to see no one out-- maybe they changed the date because of the Washington Avenue Rocks event going on that day as well?

god

thinkdream said:

hey, im confused. there were signs posted that there was to be a block party on st. johns this past weekend but nothing went on.

There was a party. Only it was at Mike Jones's building. He had a small group of people for a BBQ. Music was turned way down by midnight. A peace event.