Spike Lee’s take on Brooklyn made me think. I used to live in Brooklyn. Raised in Orange County, aka the OC, and moved to Brighton Beach. I thoroughly loved Brooklyn and would have stayed there forever if it weren’t for 9/11. I needed to be with my family and recover from the trauma. Still, for years I vowed to return. Financial setbacks and a bad car accident kept pushing out my return date. But I always made time to visit, flying from southern California to Brooklyn at least once a year for over ten years. Then I saw the Facebook post. Continue reading →