St Helens Cafe, Williamsburg Brooklyn
st helens cafe
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Saturday my new friend Sakura and I ventured over to Williamsburg to go to the Renegade Craft Fair. This ain’t your granny’s craft fair! It was great, but so hot, I cannot even describe to you how hot it was, that we only lasted a little over an hour and we had to take refuge somewhere and find food and drink… So we ventured over to the St. Helen’s Cafe on 8th and Wythe, and had a lovely little meal. We sat in the garden in the back and enjoyed the little fountain, the deer statue, the little virgin mary statue, the koi fish and turtle in the pond. It was just lovely. Then inside, I watched a waitress catch a small baby bird that had flown in and lost it’s way… it felt like Alice in Wonderland for a moment, both with the heat numbing my senses and being in a place that was a break from the Manhattan sirens and insanity. For about 3 hours on Saturday, I forgot I was in New York. It felt a little more like Portland or San Francisco, with all the cool kids walking around, and the fact that it is pretty quiet over in Williamsburg, with little tree-lined streets and the cutest walk-ups, it was delightful. And a quick ride over from Manhattan.
Sunday Sakura and I and another new friend Chie went back over in an attempt to actually buy something at the craft fair, hoping it was a little less hot. It was still sweltering, but I found a few treasures, and this time we wandered around Williamsburg a little more and I snapped some photos. Eventually the breeze took over and it was very nice to wander around Bedford Avenue. It’s darling over there! We ate lunch at a Hawaiian restaurant that has sand on the floor. I have to admit I haven’t thought about surfing or sand in a while, but the surf board signage reminded me… I also got loads of sketching done (for my portfolio) and some handbag assembly completed. A productive and fun weekend!
