Dear Williamsburg,
I’m sorry for making fun of you before I moved away. I used to hate the Bedford stop and all its arty hipsters, and I tried to avoid this neighborhood altogether. But maybe living somewhere else for a while changed me. (Or maybe we’ve both changed a little?)
I hope you’ll forgive me for all those years of mocking, because now I’m so in love with you it’s silly. I thought I’d miss tacos when I left LA, but you have great tacos and great bagels and pizza and sushi and coffee and wine, and it’s all on the short walk between my apartment and the subway. It’s not just the food, though! I love the buckets of flowers outside my deli, and the way all the buildings look against the gray winter sky, and I love that the bar around the corner sometimes serves hot cider with rum. I love the little clothing store where everything I tried on actually fit. I love my friendly landlord and my big apartment and its slanty floor.
I don’t know what I was thinking a few years ago, hating the hipsters. Now, I want to hug them all. This afternoon the arty/indie boys were cuter than ever, walking to the subway in their hoodies in the rain. In my iPod-fueled daydreams they’re checking me out, too, and they’re *this* close to inviting me to their band’s next show.
If someone asked me to dream up the best possible place in the world to live, I think it would sound exactly like this. Oh, Williamsburg!! I have such a crush on you! And I really hope it lasts, because I signed a two-year lease.
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Come to Williamsburg for the 200 sq. ft. “apartments” and bodegas on every other corner, stay for the unbearably cute indie hipsters.
Arch, my apartment has PLENTY of space, so you won’t hear me complain. (I got hooked up through a friend of a friend of a friend.) The cute hipster scenery is just an added bonus.
I never got a chance to sample the ‘burgs delights. Next time maybe …. Dana i’ll give you a cll and expect you to stick the kettle on pronto.
Sean–you’re on!
Lisa, it’s great to hear your unabashed love of the burg I love and call home–i thought it was just me who loved this place so much! Let’s get some drinks in the hood sometime soon!
Dana, I’ve been meaning to email you about getting a Williamsburg drink! I’ve been working like crazy, but I’ll get my act together soon.
speaking of which, whens the next nyc metblog get together. looking at you Dana.
FREALZ! i’m up for a drink in the company of metbloggers.