I went to Julie and Nick’s wedding on Sunday, and it was great. They’re in New York now on their mini-moon, and yesterday they ate at Cheeseboat, this Georgian restaurant in Brooklyn I love.

Ever since I heard this song, “I and Love and You” by the Avett Brothers, I think of it every time I hear the word “Brooklyn.” There are so many lines in this song that just stick with me:

Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in

Are you aware the state I’m in?

My hands, they shake, my head, it spins

Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in

That woman she’s got eyes that shine

Like a pair of stolen polished dimes

Dumbed down and numbed by time and age

The dreams the catch, the world the cage

The highway sets the traveler’s stage

All exits look the same