Williamsburg, Toddlertown

Shana and I were interviewed by The New York Sunday Times Real Estate Section, a story about how young families are raising kids in Williamsburg (surprise!). The piece ran on my birthday (42 wtf) and for a few days, we felt like celebs. As it happened, Shana and I were in Turks & Caicos on a short vacation, the perfect place to escape the glare of the press. Just to be sure, we donned baseball caps and sunglasses. It worked, no one bothered us.

Here's the Sunday Times article: Williamsburg, Toddlertown

Here's the slide show from the online version: Slide Show.

The photographer made available his pics, where we can order prints. Here's that link to the gallery set up by the photographer, Roberg Caplin.

We got snarked on by the blogs but that's part of the fun. (Here's Curbed's take: What's the Hottest Trend in Williamsburg: Babies!) As I remarked to the journalist who wrote the story, it's difficult to talk about why you prefer your hood, or don't like another, without sounding like an asshole. Anyway, Nate looked cute and that's all that matters. Uh, not.

BONUS LINK! Our 2007 interview in The New York Post's Real Estate Section on Wiliamsburg's new construction condo boom and the young folks choosing to live there. What Will Be... With Thousands of New Homes on the Way, Williamsburg Grows Up.