When someone thinks of autumn in Brooklyn, shades of oranges, reds and yellows hues comes to mind along with dope outerwear and fall gear, but that's really not the reality. The truth is that fall weather in Brooklyn is all over the place. The first day that the temperature drops to a crisp 60 degrees, you get all excited to rock your favorite jacket or hoodie. You say goodbye to your "cold brew" coffee and hello to your "flatwhite" and you're out the door. 

You walk down the subway and wait for the L Train and "bam" it hits you, that lovely 60 degree weather has turned 80 degrees with all the body heat from the subway riders and lack of air flow means you're sweating. 

You finally get to your stop and head into work. Ironically some parts of your building think it's still summer and have the air conditioner on full blast! You didn't dress appropriately and only have your hoodie and can't take off the layers or add layers, so you deal with it. 

You head back home and the heat isn't working in your apartment and it's freezing, so you're lounging around in your jacket. 

So what is one to do about this "cray cray" weather? Our advice, all about the layering. Don't commit to one item but numerous items you can take off and out on! 

Our top suggestions are 

1. Coaches Jacket

2. Woven Shirts

3. Denim Jackets

Fall in Brooklyn just started so you still have time to enjoy and "layer." 

Brunch with friends seems like a good way to ease myself into it. Diner was established in 1999 out of an old 1927 railroad car. We luckily arrive early enough that there is no wait this time. My wife recognizes actress Sarita Choudhury chilling outside on the diner’s bench. The day just started and we already had a random celebrity sighting.

The colorful waiter Red sits down and begins to write the menu on the table for us. With an air of mystery behind his mirrored glasses I learn he doesn’t live in the hood. He loves Brooklyn because you get a mix of everybody, which seems the consensus of every Brooklyn neighborhood. Brunch puts me in an open-minded disposition until I start to walk into the mouth of the beast.

Bedford Avenue is the magnet of Williamsburg. Not even noon and it is already over run with people – tourists and the like. It is the reason I avoid this place. But the moment I step off Bedford brings a bit of magic. I turn the corner to see a jewelry-adorned fella sitting on a blanket. He smiles up with a shine in his eye that immediately charms me. Alex is a recent transplant from South Carolina but it is clear he is a nomad. His stone and brass wire creations are one of a kind. He leaves a little optimism in each one and sells my wife the stone off his neck. Something tells me he is one of those people I have a happenstance encounter with that I’ll never forget.

Off the beaten path I wander into Rough Trade, a cavern of vinyl that has been there for three years. The staff is cool as cucumbers and readily available to answer any questions I have. It is refreshing and not what I expect from my preexisting notions about Williamsburg. Slapped with nostalgia for an 80s upbringing I decide to get lost for a while. I end up leaving with Hole’s Live Through This to satisfy the angsty itch I have been feeling lately.

Wandering off Bedford gives me hope that there may be a Williamsburg for everyone. Whether you are someone to get swept up in the hoard of people that Bedford Avenue affords or getting lost among the quiet side streets where the burg is yours for the taking.

©dm hall (www.darleenhall.com). Photos courtesy of Katya Hall (www.katyahall.com)

Unclebuddysermons is super excited to be working with Brookynite and all-around cool lady Darleen Hall as our guest blogger. Darleen lives in Brooklyn, NY with her wife, two step-children, three dogs, two cats, five fish, a giraffe on occasion and her writing. She does not discriminate against any genres but keeps close company with memoir and fiction. She recently completed Burned Paper Memories, her first memoir that explores the dissolution of family through exploring family photographs and objects that have been left behind. Her work has appeared in her imagination as well as in the Fall 2015 issue of The Pitkin Review. 

Darleen will give us the inside scoop on authentic and cool spots around the borough along with some amazing photos by Katya Hall . Check out #MYBKWAY