Matthew Schlanger and Nyack Weed Killer were the first people we knew who lived in Park Slope. We visited them once in the 1980’s and were thoroughly confused. What is Park Slope? Where are we? We scurried back to the East Village…

Then we moved here and they moved across the street into an identical apartment and we saw a lot of them. We even had impromptu Sunday suppers of the “what’s in your fridge?” variety. They moved to Nyack two or three years ago and Smartmom was sad. She called them, as a joke, the Deserters. She missed NWK’s window boxes and frequent conversation with the two, who were Smartmom’s friends from college.

Matt has a company called BLACK HAMMER, which is a leading developer of CD ROMs, web sites, games, and trade show exhibits. He is also a video artist and is having a show in Nyack. Here’s the scoop:

Hopper House Art Center
82 North Broadway
Nyack, New York
June 30 – July 22nd.
Reception: July 8th 2-5 p.m.
Talk: 3 p.m.