Christmas In Williamsburg
Watch out when you’re coming out of the Bedford Avenue L-Train stop in Williamsburg…
…Someone hung mistletoe above the stairwell entrance!
OK, it’s plastic, but any sort of mistletoe counts at Christmas, right?
-SCOUT
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That’s adorable. Someone’s in the Christmas spirit, wonder if anyone’s taken advantage of it. You really do pay attention to details, don’t you?
hey i just checked you out on nyc and i just wanted to know if you could add my coffee shop to your slideshow
its called sucre coffee jazz lounge
at 520 dekalb ave
brooklyn ny 718 636 2000 new sucre
pucker up it’s time to get that Christmas kiss. Very cool even if it is plastic.