OTBKB friend and fave, Wendy Ponte, pens the PS I Love You column in the Brooklyn Paper. This week’s article is especially interesting:

Call it a holiday tree or call it a Christmas tree. Either way, that thing is potentially lethal.

And
expensive, too. Last year, given the choice between an $80 local tree
and a $40 one from Lowe’s, I chose the economy version. Within a week
it was as dry as a piece of pasta. I prayed to the fire gods that I
could make it through Christmas day without calling 911.

And therein lies a great Park Slope tale (albeit one from 1914).

Read the rest at PS I Love You (did you know there’s an upcoming Hilary Swank flick called PS I Love You. I’ve seen a lot of commercials about it?)