This weekend is Martin Luther King weekend, a three-day weekend. Bryan and I decided yesterday to start exploring some of the other boroughs. We decided we would start with Brooklyn. We walked through trendy Williamsburg. Then moved across to Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.
Williamsburg had a similar feel to that of Newtown - an 'arty', 'bohemian' feel with lots of second hand furniture stores and trendy little cafes and restaurants. I really loved it. After this we walked to "Diner" a very well known traditional diner car located on the out skirts of Williamsburg and it was there that I had the celebrity sighting. This diner is sooooo tiny so after waiting 30 minutes for a table, Bryan and I were shown to the back of the diner and sitting near us was Maggie Gyllenhaal busy chatting to a friend and drinking coffee.
After finishing our lunch we headed to another part of Brooklyn that is said to have lots of Brownstone Houses - Brooklyn Heights. Some of the houses in this section of Brooklyn are more expensive than some of the houses in Manhattan. It is a really pretty area.
But the area that really stole my heart was DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). With gas lit street lamps, cobble stone roads and lots of converted industrial warehouses it is a really cool place to walk around.
