One of the coolest parts of the Lee Avenue rise is Hasidic fashion, which is way different from average, white-bread fashion we all deal with in this boring, fashion-backwards sticksville known as New York City. When I talk about the Lee Avenue rise, I’m making up a term; here’s what I’m actually talking about:
I often head down [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Fashion · Introductions · Lee Avenue · Williamsburg
Tacobite (South 4th and Rodney, Wburg) - This was a dark horse, but it’s quickly become one of my favorites. The burrito itself was pretty good - I forget what I got, but I remember thinking it was tasty - but more importantly it came with free chips and a delicious, spicy salsa. (By the [...]
Tags: Burrito "Wrap"-Up · Dining · Williamsburg
I went to a Community Board 1 Executive Committee tonight to check up on little old Studio B, the Greenpoint club that all the neighbors hate. In looking up one of the members - Joseph Weber, a Hasidic rabbi who is also the first vice chair of CB1 - I came across “Welfare Neighborhood,” a [...]
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