Starring Paul as Black Santa

The staff at Greenlight loved helping
with our scavenger hunt

My sister has been planning a “surprise day” as her Christmas present to me, Paul and two of her closest friends for months now. This Saturday, we all met at Maria’s apartment (except for Paul who had another assignment) and she revealed that we were going on a scavenger hunt through Brooklyn. Maria LOVES planning these kinds of things. We, on the other hand, may have been a little skeptical. 

She gave us the first of our clues (which were all written in rhyme by the way) that led us to Brooklyn Kolache Co. where we had kolaches and our next clue waiting for us. From there we went to Greenlight Bookstore where we received books, and then to Green Grape where we picked up wine. The next clue led us to my apartment where we found Paul dressed as Santa Claus. Oh yes. Full suit, beard and stuffed belly. It was amazing. He even did a santa voice.

Check out the kicks on Santa /
Lenore wants to know who the
hell this guy is

Since Paul had agreed to the Santa suit on condition that he didn’t have to go into public, he changed back into regular clothes to join us as we finished the hunt. The last clue led us to one of our favorite bars, Crown Inn, where the bartender had our drink order ready to go. After drinks, we headed back to Maria’s apartment where we knew to expect a nice homemade dinner. But what we weren’t expecting was a roomful of our closest friends too. It was the best surprise to come into after what ended up being an amazing day full of surprises.

It was a great Saturday, but the scavenger hunt took us all over Brooklyn. We walked from Crown Heights to BedSty to Clinton Hill to Fort Greene to Prospect Heights and back to Crown Heights. So Sunday we stayed in and took it easy. And Paul, having found that the Santa pants were actually quite comfortable, now has a new pair of pants that he wears around the house.