A Walk Around a Brooklyn Block
Recently we took a trip to Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section on a Saturday afternoon. We were pressed for time so we had to limit our exploring to a few-block radius. Love the plethora of stuff, stores and friends we encountered all while never straying very far from the car. (Photos once again captured on my iPhone thanks to a dead camera battery.)
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Outside Cafe Colette with owner, Zeb Steward and his girlfriend, Erin Gerken
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Colette has such a relaxed and inviting aesthetic, it makes you want to keep refilling your tea to extend your stay, even as the line of hungry patrons grows.
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Here sits a testimonial to the power of social media… Charlotte “checked in” and a friend (Blake) from San Francisco (who just happened to be a few blocks away working on a software project for a month) showed up and joined us for lunch!
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Blake’s brunch
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Our server’s tail
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My salad
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With a French Toast chaser
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Next, we visited Chris Gentile at his soon-to-be-opened surf shop (with cafe), Pilgrim.
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Irresistible! I just couldn’t let this sleeping dog lie.
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Chris’ surfboards are beautiful… made me toy with taking up the sport so I could choose one
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“Fin“etre
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Future site of the Pilgrim cafe
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Future Pilgrim customer
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We walked a few blocks to Hollander & Lexer…love this store.
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It’s menswear…soon to include womenswear. The fabrics are beautiful
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We went next door to H&L’s sister store…Darr
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The owner of Darr recommended that, if we only had time for one more stop, we should visit Le Grand Strip
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…The window looks like every vintage store, but once inside you realize Le Grand Strip is worth the trip
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This store is SO well edited. You don’t have to wade through junky stuff to find the one jewel…this store is packed with them!