How Ivy Mix, Cocktail Expert, Spends Her Sundays

I live really close to Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, which is just a really beautiful place to walk. Usually I will take them and walk to Mount Prospect Park, right next to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which has a dog run. My dogs are kind of antisocial; they’re more people-dogs than dog-dogs. I try to make them hang out there.

FORAGING I usually head back to my house. I have never been a breakfast person; I nosh throughout the day. Especially now, living in Crown Heights, I am really lucky that so many places are opening. My friend Claire opened up a place called Hunky Dory on Franklin Avenue, which I love to visit. Brunch is so bananas on Sunday there, so often I’ll get a quick coffee and say, “Hey, you guys are slammed, see you later.”

JUST STOPPING BY … I usually make my way to Leyenda because we get very busy and we only have a server and a bartender on. I just have to check in.

RED HOOK The thing I always try to do is go shopping at Fairway and drinking at Fort Defiance. I love Red Hook; I used to work at Fort Defiance, that was my first real bartending job, and I really love it there. I love the vibe, especially in the summer, which can be kind of busy, but the windows are open and that’s really nice. I eat some oysters, have some rosé, drink some Irish coffee, get my groceries and head home. Then I usually walk the dogs again.

ALL IN THE FAMILY My identical twin sister just moved a block away from me. She is going to have a baby in September. I’m sure that will be a big part of my life. I usually go hang out with her on her little front lawn. I bought her a kiddie pool since she has to be pregnant in New York in the summer. We end up lounging and I probably end up drinking more wine.

Source: The New York Times

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