The Henrys in New York came to my attention yesterday.

The blog records the journey of the Henry family, who left a perfectly nice, ordered, well-connected life in arguably the world’s most liveable city, to relocate halfway around the world to live in arguably the world’s most exciting city.

Reading the blog I feel like I am experience Brooklyn for the very first time through the eyes of these hyper alert, hyper interesting bloggers from Melbourne.

They write about the Food Coop, JJ Byrne Park, the Brooklyn Museum, their first Easter in New York, even walking to work in Soho, which Mrs. Henry videotapes.

The blog is intended primarily as a letter back home and that’s why it has this open, descriptive and unabashedly enthusiastic vibe. Every post has an addendum called What I’m Loving, which is a shout out about a book, a place, a TV show, even a new taste sensation like eating their first Reuben sandwich. It’s a great feature.

Happy Easter to the Henry’s and welcome to the Brooklyn Blogworld. Here’s a post called How We Found Park Slope

Step 1: ask friends from Melbourne, living in NY since mid-2007, where families with young kids live.

Step 2: research said suburb’s proximity to future office, and map out potential commute.

Step 3: get a visual by hunting for clips on YouTube:

Step 4: start researching apartments on craigslist.com (from Melbourne) to get our eye in re prices, sizes, desirable streets

Step 5: continue to pick up leads on school zoning etc. Then fly there and ‘just do it’!

Today I’m Loving the prospect of watching ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ in 90 minutes, thanks to a free sidwwalk TV found this morning on my way to work (thanks to Mark who was still at home, picked up the phone then dashed around to nab it).