Williamsburg, Brooklyn Version 2.0

You may have read in an early post about my attempt at a night out in Williamsburg Brooklyn - well on Friday night it was time for a second try. This time I was not going to go unprepared. M and I decided that actions had to be taken before leaving Manhattan to ensure that we fit in with the cool kids.

Step One: Google

Step Two: Research

Step Three: Time to go

So we headed off to Williamsburg - ready to hang with the cool kids.

First stop was R's choice for dinner. Nice spot - old warehouse, cool lighting, impressive decor and a live DJ. But not too many (other) hipsters.

We chose tapas food which made it quite easy for me to people watch (no time wasted concentrating on things like knives and forks). On one of the tables next to us there was a hipster who looked exactly like Russel Brand. On another table (and this was quality viewing) there were three people. In the centre sat a girl (who we think must have a been a dancer). On each side she had a man (named the man in the black shirt and the bearded man). Each man seemed to be vying for her attention. The man in the black shirt was playing harder. He was leaning in, his arm was around her. Bearded man was quickly becoming a third wheel... then boom... bearded man goes in for the kiss. The two make out while Black shirt man sits there, visibly awkward, with his arm still around our dancer. I was quite sure the man in the black shirt had conceded defeat when he pulled out his phone and started texting: Mum, can I leave yet? Why did you set me up on a date where I had to compete with another man??

Anyway the response must have read Don't give up Son, you can do it! Because as we were leaving the black shirt man went in for another attempt..... I will forever wonder who got the girl. Williamsburg is the best.

After dinner it was M's choice for drinks. She took us to a small bar in the middle of a suburban street - Pete's Candy Store

Inside it was so tiny and crowded we nearly caved and left... until we found the back room - A converted train carriage cram packed with cool kids and hipsters (the two aren't mutually exclusive) and a band playing live music at the end of the cart.

It was fantastic and we stayed inside bopping our heads and tapping our feet until the end of the night. The first band was AJ Phillips - An Indie Disco Country band from the heartland (Brooklyn). They were incredible and M and I spent some time pondering the hipsters who all sat there with dead pan expressions.. How did they stay so aloof?

Next up was Madam Trash - a dark acoustic rock trio. Less music to dance to, and more music to sway to. Very cool and very spacey. Still cool (and seeminly favoured by the hipsters) but you know me - Indie Disco country is more my style......

After the bands had packed up we couldn't leave quite yet. We spent some time enjoying watching the band members sulk around the bar followed by a trail of older male "hipsters" with beards and ponytails. Hmm not the best groupies ever - but made for fun viewing.

So we left (and I accidently joined a random group of people outside - it took me a while to realise it wasn't my crew). A very sucessful night (I even managed to gain the affections of a very loverly young lady

Can't wait for Williamsburg Version 3.0 - it just keeps getting hipper.