New York Sesame Seed Bagels

In October 2009 I took a bus to New York, where I met up with my sister for a mid-term holiday. It's in the top 5 best things I've ever done. New York is every bit as amazing/surreal/scary/magical as you imagined when you were a kid, and then some. There's character and mythology crammed into every square inch of that place, and it was overwhelming - but at the risk of sounding corny, it made me feel alive. (Yeah... that was extremely corny).

Anyway, our hostel was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and that place is seriously TEEMING with hipsters. And say what you like about them (*cough* pretentiousridiculoustryhards *cough*), where there are hipsters, there's usually good food. After being disappointed with the free breakfast at the hostel, my sister and I started going to Swallow Coffee on Bogart Street every morning before heading out to explore. They did coffee and takeaway breakfasts, as well as VHS video rentals. Of course.


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