Hidden gem coffee shops in brooklyn & home cafe updates | nyc vlog

Good morning and welcome to another vlog. This one is going to be a little bit of home cafe, cozy, snowy content because New York City got a blizzard, and hidden gems because I have been trying to find some things that are off the beaten path for you all. I know that you really enjoy in a Soho, Upper East Side, things to do if you're visiting, but I really really love discovering little hidden gems and I've got a couple up my sleeve. Before we get started, thanks to the snowstorm, I had a little bit time inside to do some art and I thought that we could redecorate the espresso corner slightly. So let's make a coffee in the home cafe, let's switch it up a little bit, including this cutie little mug that I got at our local pottery studio. They have a tiny shop in the back of their cafe and I love digging for treasure there. I found this around Valentine's Day, so I'm going to add it to my mug shelf. We can make a coffee and then reminisce on the blizzard. The first blizzard since 2016 and I think we must have gotten almost two feet of snow. It was a lot, but Luca and I had the best time outside playing around in the snow, rolling around, doing a snowball fight, building a snowy dinosaur, so I'm going to share these clips just for the mems because we don't often get this amount of snow. So please enjoy the little mix of cozy home cafe and snow content and a few hidden gems if you're in the city or you're planning to visit soon and you need some more suggestions. Grab your own cup of tea and coffee and let's get started. For any of you just tuning in to the New York City news, we got our first real blizzard since 2016. More, well more than a foot of snow and it is perfect powder conditions now. It just stopped snowing a couple hours ago. It's now like 4 p.m. The sun is kind of trying to peek out back there and it's a beautiful balmy 34 degrees. It is an actual winter wonderland out here. The snow is so deep it's going to like my mid calves. Hold on, let me show you. That's how deep it is. But messing up the smooth part is most of the fun. Go on, do a snow angel. Oh wait, no, then you're gonna get really snowy. I think I want to do one. Okay, I'm gonna do it. Oh no. Oh god, I'm gonna regret this. That's actually really good, look. Look at my snow angel. Yes, good job. Looking good. See, you see it? The body, the wing. Burying the dinos? I can find them. Okay, where are they? They're here. Aha, but will you find the other one? Nice. Good morning. We are in Greenhorn this morning for a truly hidden gem. Emphasis on hidden. There is a little coffee shop tucked inside of a bar. Name anything more Brooklyn and we are going to grab a latte. It is so lovely and chill in Cadet Coffee that it would be the perfect place to come and plop down with a book in the morning. More bars should do this, but I am hungry so instead I am headed around the corner to Nick and Son's. This was one of our favorite bakeries for a while in East Williamsburg and they now have a location in Greenpoint right across from McCarran Park. So I'm gonna head in, check it out. It's been open for a while but this is the first time I'm actually getting to go because they sell out of things pretty quickly and they close pretty early so usually by the time we make it there and make it to McCarran Park the croissants are gone but not today. It's early in the morning and I'm about to snag myself some pastries. After getting blasted with so much snow, New York City is still covered and so is McCarran Park right across from Nick and Son's so I thought I could go take a little stroll. I also spy a lot of snow people so I thought we could go snowman peeping because New York City went crazy for that and everybody was outside building them. The snow was so perfect for it. It's so peaceful in this park. I could sit here with my eyes closed and my face in the sun for ages if I didn't need to go back home soon. It's so relaxing. I feel like I'm on a ski holiday with the boots crunching in the snow and it being so bright from the sun. It's actually not that cold outside today either so it just feels like a breath of fresh air after all of these storms. Here's your little reminder to touch grass or snow or wherever whatever you water wherever you are. I forget to do that sometimes and it's so nice to just take a moment and relax. Sadly all the snowmen look just a little bit melted. All right I've got my pastries. I'm gonna take these to a Mr. New York please for some breakfast and I will see you guys back at my Brooklyn apartment. Good morning! It is laundry day in our house today. My mom was here all weekend long and it was a lovely time but that means I have a bunch of sheets to wash so I'm just getting all the things together before heading out the door. Normally I would go to our laundromat down the street but my friend shared a recommendation with me and I am very intrigued. Apparently there is a new laundromat slash cafe that's really aesthetic in Brooklyn Heights. It's an easy bus ride away from where I am in my apartment so today I thought I would sling my laundry bag over my shoulder with all of our sheets and head down there and probably bring my laptop or a book and do my laundry do a little bit of reading and maybe explore the neighborhood a tiny bit while I wait for my laundry to finish. I think it's worth trying this hidden gem just for the experience but before I head out the door I want to thank today's sponsor Laundry Sauce. You guys know that I've been using Laundry Sauce for our laundry for a while now and I am so in love with the scent that it gives to our clothing. We picked Australian Sandalwood. All of their fragrances are by high-end fragrance developers and you can really smell that as soon as you open the box. 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It doesn't open till five for dinner so maybe I'll be able to convince Jackson to take me there sometime on a little date or we'll go as a family but the other two spots are very much open and I'm hungry so let's go find some pastries, donuts to try and then enjoy this absolute marvelous sunshine. Let's enjoy this little laundry downtime. Oh my god this smells delicious. I managed to get a fresh one. They just came out of the oven. I'm so excited to try this cinnamon roll. So good. Donut, perfect size. There's a small and a large. The small doesn't have a hole and you've got kiddos or you like to try a lot of different flavors. Beautiful amount of donut and so fluffy. Laundry is officially done and I am going to head back to the apartment and end this video here. I hope that you enjoyed all the little hidden gems sprinkled throughout and I would go so far as to say this entire street is probably a little hidden gem. Columbia place is so calm in the midst of a very busy Brooklyn. It's also really really lovely in summer and it's on the street that you take down to get to Brooklyn Bridge Park if you're walking to the waterfront. So it's tucked away. There are brownstones, a cobblestone street. It's so so cute so I highly recommend checking it out if you're around here. Thank you so much again for watching and I will see you guys again here next time and don't forget to subscribe. Bye!