<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[And Speaking of Williamsburg, Today is 1.12.11 (Williams&#8217; Burg?)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Which is the zip code for the Brooklyn neighborhood, the snow-covered part of the borough where Jumped the Snark operates from (thanks to comic genius <a href="http://twitter.com/mikestill/status/25234587617591296" target="_blank">Mike Still</a> for pointing this out).  The area is much maligned for its preponderance of hipsters, but, let&#8217;s face it, it offers better bars and better restaurants and better coffee and better pizza than everywhere else.  If you don&#8217;t live here (or in the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;expIds=17259,23633,25907,27342,27586,27944,27955&amp;sugexp=ldymls&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=11222+zip+code&amp;cp=8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=8KU&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=New+York+11222&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=eyYuTf2nG4TJswaRvO2OCA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA" target="_blank">11222</a>), you&#8217;re probably just jealous (plus it offers easy access to the Long Island Expressway without having to live in Queens).</p>
<p>In honor of this once in a century occasion, we could have gone with the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM" target="_blank">Hipster Olympics</a>, shot all around 11211, most notably in its McCarren Park, but let&#8217;s mark this momentous day with something a little more recent, a little less anti-hipster.  We&#8217;re speaking, of course, of Brian Williams&#8217; story of the year, a brilliant monologue we&#8217;re sure you have seen (we hope!), but absolutely adore.  Williams doesn&#8217;t name the neighborhood specifically, only utilizing the borough-general term &#8220;Brooklyn,&#8221; but when he mentions ironic glassframes and <a href="http://www.bedfordcheeseshop.com/" target="_blank">artisanal cheeses</a>, you know he&#8217;s really talking about Williamsburg.</p>
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<p>Need more Williamsburg related content?  Here&#8217;s a <a href="http://video.adultswim.com/delocated/grand-opening.html" target="_blank">scene from <em>Delocated</em></a> shot inside Bedford Ave&#8217;s <a href="http://www.spacecraftbrooklyn.com/" target="_blank">Spacecraft</a>.</p>
<p>Make sure to celebrate with some <a href="http://www.varietynyc.com/" target="_blank">small batch coffee</a> and <a href="http://the-meathook.com/" target="_blank">locally sourced meats</a>!</p>
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