Check out Brooklyn!

If this is your first time coming to Brooklyn, you would be remiss not to visit a little bit in your free time! Design*sponge has a great Brooklyn Design guide for you to check out, but here are some other places we recommend stopping by.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden - April means Cherry Blossoms, so definitely check this place out! Its an amazing feeling being rained on by pink petals.

Brooklyn Museum - right next door to the Botanic Garden.

Brooklyn Heights Promenade - wonderful views of the Statue of Liberty, Governor's Island, and oh yeah, Manhattan.

Smith St. - great restaurants and shops. Grab dinner at Char No. 4.

Williamsburg - what the Lower East Side USED to be.

DUMBO - we'll be spending most of Saturday here, but if you get a chance, grab a slice at Grimaldi's, eat some awesome tacos and guac at Hecho en Dumbo, or drink amazing hot chocolate at Jacques Torres. Even hop the Water Taxi across the river.

Shopping - NY Magazine's Brooklyn guide is a great place to start.

Event sponsor: Galapagos Art Space

Galapagos Art Space was an amazing place to hold the meet-up. Located in the coolest area of Brooklyn [DUMBO], we were right by the water, in between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Galapagos is host to a lot of great art, dance, and performance events, as well as weddings and parties, but perhaps its coolest feature is that its all on water! Its really something you have to see to believe, but everyone that came for the first time was amazed! Thanks to Robert and his team at Galapagos for hosting us!

16 Main St. in DUMBO

[images from Galapagos and Jenny Ebert Photography]