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1. ZosHaTorah
   Member

   My wife has been begging for a vacation to Brooklyn for a really long time. We live not near NYC, and she wants a few days to shop and eat in Brooklyn. She's not interested in the Empire State Building, or Ellis Island, or the night life. She just wants to be able to buy frum clothing and have hundreds of kosher restaurants to chose from.

   So I'm surprising her on Sunday with plane tickets for us to leave that morning for 4 days in Brooklyn. If I told anybody at work I was taking a vacation to go to Brooklyn, they would surely think I was nuts.

   What do you think?

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. dunno
   Better Late than Never!

   Take a walk along the Belt. It's beautiful at this time of year

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. am yisrael chai
   We await your rejoining us!

   A man who makes his wife happy is a happy man

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. mewho
   Member

   why not? there are plenty place to go and things to do.
   enjoy

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. deiyezooger
   Say my name 6 times fast. cmon. TRY IT

   For any wife vacation means shoping....

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. Boro Park Girl
   You'll find me on 13th Avenue!

   I think its a great place to vacation. I live here and besides for the noise which might be a little annoying, I think it is a very convenient place to be for shopping and eating out.
   Have Fun!!!!

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. Pac-Man
   Joseph

   Who doesn't love Brooklyn?? Whydya think so many of us choose to live here? No ones forcing us, we love it!

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. HIE
   pops/son/little bro joint acct

   how far from brookln do u live

   Posted 1 year ago #

9. smartcookie
   Member

   You're not nuts at all. You can have a very enjoyable vacation. But I hope you have a full plan exactly where and when to go.

   Posted 1 year ago #

10. mewho
    Member

    i would like to suggest dinner at cafe venezia on coney island ave between ave J and K. whatever you eat as a main will be yummy but make sure to have the belgian waffles with ice cream for dessert!!!!!

    Posted 1 year ago #

11. ZosHaTorah
    Member

    We live in the middle of the US, and our city has about 6 kosher restaurants, so the food in NY is a BIG draw. Yes, any suggestions are welcome. I think what we'd really like to find would be an Asian style (Thai, Japanese, etc) restaurant.

    Luckily, we have a great free place to stay. My wife's aunt/uncle live in Manhattan for half the year and Florida the other half. They're still in Florida, so we get the use of their apartment for free.

    A rav once told us we should take 3 vacations a year:

    1. One as a couple (check)
    2. Another with the kids (it's been a while - we're due)
    3. And for the third... separate vacations (sounds doable)

    Posted 1 year ago #

12. HIE
    pops/son/little bro joint acct

    ya brooklyn is loaded with great restaurants. try schnitzi schnitzel bar on coney island avenue in flatbush gread shnitzel sandwiches, also carlos and gabis a couple blocks from there has great japanese food. u only have 6 kosher restaurants??? wow i wouldn't survive there!!!

    Posted 1 year ago #

13. Pac-Man
    Joseph

    "A rav once told us we should take 3 vacations a year:"

    I'd like to change rav's, who is this rav!? Does he only cater to the ultra-wealthy??

    Posted 1 year ago #

14. over a cup of coffee
    Member

    Great idea! I love the city. Make sure to check out the Jewish Press dining guide. U could also google kosher restaurants wherever u want to go, and u'll get listings. Just make sure the hechsher is fine. There's a place called Tiberias which is I believe 24 hours. It's in the city..down 34th street and is dairy. I like that restaurant. There's tonz of shopping in the city if that's where u want to shop...Everything (basically) can be looked up online...
    Enjoy!

    Posted 1 year ago #

15. yaakov doe
    Member

    Enjoy your visit to Brooklyn!

    Posted 1 year ago #

16. commonsense
    not so common

    if you want a cheap place to eat with good food, try shnitzi's they are in Bp and in flatbush.

    Posted 1 year ago #

17. walton157
    Member

    @ZosHaTorah: If anyone asks, just tell them that you and your wife are vacationing in that wonderful land just over the East River.

    I once heard a man say: Happy Wife. Happy Life.

    Also, thank you for shopping Brooklyn. Please come again. :)

    Posted 1 year ago #

18. Sender Av
    I didn't lose my mind, I sold it on ebay ;)

    I would love a trip to Brooklyn. I did it last year , as well as Lawrance, Monsey, Lakewood, Baltimore, all the spots and did a lot of shopping(food mostly). I love grocery stores..dont forget to go to Pomegranate.

    Posted 1 year ago #

19. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    There's a sign on the highway:

    Leaving Brooklyn? FUHGEDABOUTIT!

    (not sure of the exact spelling)

    no kidding

    Posted 1 year ago #

20. Health
    Member

    Next time, send me the plane tickets and I'll do your shopping for you and ship it to you. I'll have one ticket left over for My vacation.

    Posted 1 year ago #

21. commonsense
    not so common

    We live in Brooklyn and last year we took a vacation to Lakewood. It was a great trip! it was wonderful having an easy time finding food to eat and no problem with finding minyanim. it was probably one of the nicest trips we've taken. so coming to brooklyn doesn't sound silly if you don't live here, enjoy!!

    Posted 1 year ago #

22. Boro Park Girl
    You'll find me on 13th Avenue!

    The easiest places to vacation to are ones where there are a lot of minyanim so that you don't have to make yourself crazy to be back on time for that one minyan in the one shul in some small hicktown.

    Posted 1 year ago #

23. deiyezooger
    Say my name 6 times fast. cmon. TRY IT

    Brooklyn is like the zoo, its beutiful to visit as long you can go home after the visit is over and you are not caged in.

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24. HIE
    pops/son/little bro joint acct

    ya in brooklyn youll find minyanim for maariv till atleast 3AM and minyaim for shacharis till 12:30PM

    Posted 1 year ago #

25. cofeefan
    yes i know there are two f's in coffee

    "Brooklyn is like the zoo, its beutiful to visit as long you can go home after the visit is over and you are not caged in."

    lol SO TRUE;)

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26. deiyezooger
    Say my name 6 times fast. cmon. TRY IT

    Take it from me, a former resident who charged the gates and excaped.

    Posted 1 year ago #

27. over a cup of coffee
    Member

    1)Yeah, and remember that there's Landau's and Shomer Shabbos for minyanim at crazy hours!
    2) Steer clear of terrorists! (YIKES)
    3) Enjoy ur trip, and after it's over let us know how it went, and where u went.....!

    Posted 1 year ago #

28. deiyezooger
    Say my name 6 times fast. cmon. TRY IT

    "ya in brooklyn youll find minyanim for maariv till atleast 3AM and minyaim for shacharis till 12:30PM"

    I was onced visiting my Grandparents in BP and on the way home my then 8 year old decided he needs the bathroom, So I stoped at (-) {one of the major minyen factories} and it was already after 3pm with a shul full of people in talis & tefilin, so my son asked me "Tati, do they have the minhag in (-) to daven minchah in a talis?".......

    Posted 1 year ago #

29. fedup11210
    Member

    HIE just for the record carlos & gabbys is mexican not japanese, if you want japanese go to moshi moshi also on coney like ave p

    Posted 1 year ago #

30. deiyezooger
    Say my name 6 times fast. cmon. TRY IT

    "There's a sign on the highway:

    Leaving Brooklyn? FUHGEDABOUTIT!

    (not sure of the exact spelling)

    no kidding "

    When going onto the Williamsburg Bridge there is a sign;
    "leaving Brooklyn? oy vei"

    no kidding

    Posted 1 year ago #

31. HIE
    pops/son/little bro joint acct

    fedup11210, btw its funny we live in the same zipcode but anyway i realized that mistake after seeing their ad in one of the local newspapers, thanks for correcting

    Posted 1 year ago #

32. getzel1
    Adds much humor here :)

    go 4 it

    Posted 1 year ago #

33. HIE
    pops/son/little bro joint acct

    it's funny. I spoke to many people who live in Brooklyn about living here. Each one has a very strong opinion about it. Either they're very against it, or very pro it. There's no one that says "it's not bad", or, "It's Okay"!!

    Posted 1 year ago #

34. WolfishMusings
    The Wolf

    There's no one that says "it's not bad", or, "It's Okay"!!

    It's okay. I neither love nor hate Brooklyn. There are certainly better places to live, but there are also worse.

    The Wolf

    Posted 1 year ago #

35. bpt
    never caustic

    HIE is right about Schnitzi.. its a MUST for all visitors. Also be sure to daven in Bobov 15th / 48th at least one shachris (Shabbos is 10x as good, if you can swing it).

    On the outside, Prospect Park / Bklyn Botanical Garden is also very nice. If you're able to, Bike-n-Roll rental on the West Side Hwy. Flat and really pleasant this week

    Posted 1 year ago #

36. HIE
    pops/son/little bro joint acct

    wolf, you're the first congratulations!

    Posted 1 year ago #

37. adorable
    Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable...Jackie Gleason

    I love BP but live too close to actually go there for vacation. enjoy it! I love that you can just walk outside at any time of the day or night and get something to eat/drink or someone to talk to...

    Posted 1 year ago #

38. nfgo3
    Member

    For lunch or dinner (milchik), go to Basil, on Kingston Ave., one block north of Eastern Parkway. Eastern Parkway itself is a remarkable site, designed by the same guy who did Central Park. And Basil is a block from Lubavitch world headquarters.

    Posted 1 year ago #

39. Health
    Member

    North of Eastern Parkway is Bed-Sty. Does the restaurant provide armed guards?

    Posted 1 year ago #

40. ZosHaTorah
    Member

    I'm having so much fun reading all of your suggestions. I'm having even more fun taking you up on some of them. BP is surely a sight to see, for a frum Jew not from a town with so many Chassids. I live inside an eruv and I'm surrounded by Jews on Shabbos when they are all afoot, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw yesterday in BP. Everybody dressed in their Shabbos finest for a regular old Monday afternoon. Beautiful to see Torah Jewry thriving the way it is in Brooklyn. A Beis Medrash on nearly every corner. Rav Aron Cutler would be proud if he could see...

    Posted 1 year ago #

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