Our neighbourhood

We have been living in Williamsburg for a couple of weeks now , and we love the little part of it that is our hood. I'm guessing originally an Italian working class suburb, so lucky for us there are still a lot of old Italian businesses around mainly bakeries and delis , you'll see old blokes sitting on deckchairs outside the shops yakking away in the classic New York Italian accent smoking cigars and giving their 10 cents worth to who ever's listening , its just like being in the Sopranos , we often have to pinch ourselves when we hear people talking on the streets , as well as the accents they also speak very loudly. 

Slowly the new wave of city kids are moving in so along with the old businesses there are a few  new modern well priced restaurants scattered between laundromats , delis , Mexican restaurants and nail bars.

Fake shingle cladding and brick cladding is very much all the go.

 As well as more elaborate modern casas , just about every house has a flag , around here both Italian and USA  are a very popular combo

There is a lot of web taking over the city at the moment.

Our Lady of the beaudiful flowers.

One of my favourite local businesses is the Monumental Mason , as well as a fine variety of head stones he also sells his cousins freshly baked bread every day.

Chris and Mike. 

Mike lamented to me the other day in his broad New York Italian accent , "you see no prams round here any more , where are all the babies , this neighbour hood used to be full of kids" 

He's right , I guess the new immigrants to the area , the Trustafarians are having too much fun being artists and musicians.

Mikes deli should be a national treasure , they make the best sausages I have ever had in my life as well as many other delicious home made Italian deli treats.