by jesikha, , for everyone

Return to New York

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Jesikha's experience was in Brooklyn, Ny, United States. He went on 22 of October 2007 for 3 days. He went for adventure, culture, nightlife, peace & quiet. Jesikha went with a partner, a group of friends. He got there and around by car or van, airplane or helicopter. jesikha's verdict is: you must go here.

courtesy A. Yousko

I approached my recent trip to New York with some trepidation. I had been living in Berlin and was not thrilled to be coming back to the
United States.

All of my apprehension melted away once I stepped off of the plane into JFK airport. My voice adjusted ten decibels, communication became brusquer and more abrasive. Even though I hadn't lived in New York
City for two years it still felt like a homecoming.

Luckily, we were staying in Williamsburg, a neighborhood where I lived for seven years.

Our first jetlagged stop was to pick up keys to our apartment from an old friend. She took us down to the new river front park where we played guitars and secreted sips of the beers we were hiding from the
police man. (Of course, Paul and I gripped about missing the lack of open container laws in Germany)

Williamsburg has changed drastically since I lived there. There are more and more high rise buildings and wealthy people moving in. Some
of the same businesses remain, but many of them closed briefly for renovation and reopened with slightly less comfortable furniture and markedly higher prices. The Southside Lounge, Fix and Café 1980 (formerly St. Helen's Café) are all examples of this annoying phenomenon. However, as much as things can change, they stay the same.
Many of my favorite greasy spoon haunts have remained unchanged since I moved to New York nine years ago. S & B's still has the best soup in
the neighborhood and I passed a lovely morning on the patio of Kasia's, another Polish greasy spoon, eating pierogis with one of my dear friends from San Francisco. The day that she and I spent together
in Brooklyn was the perfect combination of old and new Williamsburg. After our brunch at Kasia's we relieved ourselves of some old clothing
at Beacon's closet, a neighborhood institution where you can sell used and vintage clothing for cash or trade. We both received substantial credits and used them to get cute new clothes. Well, new to us.

bowling!

Afterwards, we went bowling! This would have been unthinkable when I lived in Brooklyn. The new retro-themed bowling alley had a beautiful
bar, affordable drinks and afternoon bowling specials. Sadly, none of those incentives made me a better bowler! I was the loser of all three
games we played!