So I’ve come to the conclusion that the real Park Slope list to be on is the list of people who were NOT included on the Park Slope More Than 100.

Here’s some post-mortem thoughts…

I worked hard on that list and I don’t regret it one bit (“She’s very thick skinned,” they say on the Brooklynian).

Some liked it (“I was very moved that you included…”)

Some hated it (“You elitest so and so.”).

Many of the people on the list felt recognized. Felt noticed. Felt appreciated. (“I am a fixture around here,” said Hillary, the blue haired woman at Shawn’s Liquors). Catherine at Community Books and Maxine at Stitch Therapy said it gave them a boost during this most difficult time of the year.

Good friend composer, Louis Rosen finally told me, point blank, that he didn’t like it (“It’s so Manhattan, so obnoxious.”) I love him anyway.

Of course I am going to do it again. I just know it.