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Sincerely Brooklyn is a lifestyle blog that provides cultural commentary of my life in Brooklyn. With cultural insight and perspective, this is a creative outlet for the beauty obsessed, social and political observer in constant pursuit of great food, great company and fun times. 

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Smorgasburg: When it's cold...

Sin

Today was a high of 38 degrees in the great borough of Brooklyn. Not to be out done by the weather, we headed to Williamsburg to rummage through some cool antiques and take our chances on some artisanal cheeses. 

Suggestions:

  • Mighty Quinn's: If the line is any indication of how great the food is, it's this place. It is worth the time to stay in the line. MQ's is arguably one of the best mainstream barbecue places in NYC. I strongly suggest the pulled pork or the brisket sandwiches. 
  • S'More Bakery: The deserts are pricey, with a stuffed gingersnap costing $2, but well worth it. If you are a foodie, and deserts are your thing, you should definitely check out this place. There are lots of home made s'mores and baked cookies.
  • Red Hook Lobster Pound: Because, let's be honest, hot buttery lobster on a toasted bun in the winter time is probably the best reminder that there is a summer.  

Avoid: 

  • Smorgasburg is always lacking racial diversity but never lacking t-shirt diversity. I say avoid the 'vintage t-shirt' sections at all cost. Some can cost you as much as $100 when Williamsburg is full of good thrift stores just around the corner. 
Smorgasburg

Smorgasburg

The Flea

The Flea

Vintage Boots Galore

Vintage Boots Galore

Jewelry

Jewelry

Treats

Treats

S'more Bakery

S'more Bakery

Brisket

Brisket

Mighty Quinns

Mighty Quinns

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tags brooklyn, flea market, cold, winter

Nice texture of hair?

Sin

For so many reasons, the term ‘good hair’ has gone out of style and fallen out of favor. Not only with educated Black folk, but also with many folk who are ‘educated’ in non-formal, non-debt inducing ways. Lots of folks agree that using that phrase is divisive and problematic. For anyone who has taken a course in Africana Studies, one may know that the term “good hair” sends a sting down many Black folks' spine as a familiar historical phrase that denotes a particular kind of respectable texture….

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tags natural, hair, black women, HBCU

Black Gentrification

Sin

Somewhere in a subway accessible area of Brooklyn, on the fourth floor of a newly renovated brownstone are futons full of social media managers, coffee baristas, struggling actors and freelance journalists with a junior fridge full of left overs, beer, and molded cheese.

Only they are not all White. And they are not all fleeing from the guilty privileges of generational wealth…..

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tags Bed Stuy, Gentrification