Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Yeah, Williamsburg was just what I expected. It's a hip place full of hip young people and a few hip old people sprinkled among them. It is not unlike Polk Gulch or Union Street in SF. You have to be a hipster to pay $3000/mo to live in Williamsburg when you can pay half to live in Queens. I wish I had that choice in SF; there is no equivalent of Queens in the Bay Area. Certainly not in terms of the character and the price.

We took L train Williamsburg from 14th Street. It's only a 3 stops away, so I can see it is convenient for the hip Lower East Siders. We explored a few blocks around the station, had lunch at Dziupla, a polish restaurant. I ordered Goulash, forgetting that I don't care much for it. It's been a while.  White Borscht and Cheese Pierogies were delicious though. Three course meal for $13 certainly was filling, so no complain.

Anyway, enough with the neighborhood exploration. We'll be settling in the Lower East Side for now. Then we'll continue our journey in August.