Let’s go for a Walk: Cyrillic, Supper Clubs, and Seaquariums in Brighton Beach.

May 26, 2009

By Laurenesss

Maybe it’s because I can’t resist a man in a muscle tee or because a dinner of beer, borscht, and blintzes seemed utterly irresistible, but I finally woke my lazy ass up on Saturday, hopped on the Q train and got off at the Brighton Beach stop. I didn’t have a plan (I never have a plan).
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Let’s go for a Walk: The Other Williamsburg

April 22, 2009

By Laureness

Recently, I’ve become a little bit obsessed with Chasidic Jews and began reading up on different Ultra-Orthodox sects of which there are many. I found out that one of the most conservative of all, the Satmar Chasidim, live within walking distance of my home. So on Easter Sunday, while all of the Gentiles were searching for eggs, this mostly secular Jew decided to put on the most modest clothing she owns and go for a little walk.

This outfit consisted of opaque black leggings, a blue skirt that went down to my knees, a black coat that hit below my butt and covered my neck, and flat black boots. Basically, there was no skin showing and yet I had never felt like a bigger whore in my entire life. Every single woman around me was dressed like this.
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In fact, the woman on the left is kind of pushing the limits and that little girl would sooo not have been wearing a cheery baby-blue coat.

If you too would like to experience this feeling for yourself, take the L to Bedford Avenue. Walk south on Roebling or Havemayer, towards the JMZ stop at Marcy avenue and under the rumbling overpass. You’ll begin to see storefronts with Hebrew lettering (Yiddish actually). Don’t stop now though. Read the rest of this entry »

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