What's Your Ideal Summer Weekend?
There are 15 precious weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day for New Yorkers to let their hair down and soak up the sun. This week on BTR Pulse, Lauren Hawker asks people what their ideal summer weekend would be.
Featured song: “Brainless” by Sunny Day Sets Fire.
Photos via Flickr by Jean-Pierre, Rachel Glaves, David Miller, Konstantinos Koukopoulos, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Paul Stein, Jordan Fischer.
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