Spring sweeps the city ( 4.22.07 )

(note: from now on we will be trying to stay as currant as possible, all the while we will also be filling in our past. Please peruse the past postings to see if any new info has been logged. We are doing this because we feel you may want to know what we are doing now. Enjoy)

This past weekend was amazing out in the city, mid to high 7o's with just a calm breeze. Everyone was out, and we were no exception. Since it was Molly's weekend, she chose to walk west across Central Park over to the Hudson river and Riverside Park. We were then to stroll down to a place called "Boat Basin".

The pictures turned out great and kind of speak for themselves. Of course I will let you know what is what.

This is the small park that was constructed in the middle of Park Avenue (look back to one of my first posts to see what it looked like last summer). It is not yet in full bloom, as you can tell by the sticks in the foreground, but it is a really cool little spot.

This is 95th between Madison and 5th. Molly says that even the trees know they have to look nice for the rich people. It is a very cool street. Just down the hill to the right is my store.

Fun fact for the day: Now that I'm my bosses chauffeur, when I go and get their cars at night, I try and park right where that black mini van is, but almost always I drive down the street and park illegally in front of a hydrant.

This is what passes for a garden in the city. We have one around the trees in front of our house as well, but it only has sticks and dog doo. Maybe I will do something about that.

This was a quiet part of the park, you could almost find a green space to sit! It was great none the less.


Once we crossed the park we stopped by Vintage NY's Broadway shop for a chat with my friend Gary, he's the manager up there. Soon he will be losing his laundry money to me on the pool tables, but for now we just talked about jobs and rent. A very common topic in the city. When we left Molly spotted this street fair just up Broadway. There was all sorts of stuff on sale, records, wood carvings, underwear?, and of course food.

We had our first ears of grilled corn for the season. There was a picture of me, but it looked more like I was about to gnaw off my hand. What can I say, I was hungry!

Wood Carvings.

After a few blocks of the fair we had seen what they had to offer, so we headed over to Riverside park. Riverside is on the west side overlooking the Hudson river, just inside the West Side Highway. So of course the whole time you are walking there is traffic booming by, but what the hell, a walk is a walk. The city is redoing a lot of the park so it was covered with torn up blacktop and blue tarps, but this was a nice little section.

Oh yea, lookin sharp! On a bench, by a tree.

Ahh, the best part of a long walk is a frosty giggly pop. Boat Basin is in the middle of a traffic round-a-bout, but amazingly enough you don't hear the traffic. There is a large circle of concrete benches with a raised island of tables in the middle. On one side of the circle there is an area that is under the road that is the actual restaurant. It sounds strange, but it was very cool, and popular. At 4:30 there was an hour and a half wait. We opted for concrete benches and sunshine. Wear your sunscreen!

After beers and people watching, we made the long trek home. We figure we walked about five miles, and we were tired. This was the last shot of the day, looking over the great reservoir in Central Park. That big black building there is Mount Sinai Hospital and right next to that is home.

I have to admit that up to this point, this was by far the best weekend out in the city that I may have had since I've moved here. All the elements for a good time for me were there. Outdoors, friends, beer, fresh air (sort of), corn, and crazy people (ever present). If the rest of the summer is like this, I will be a happy little camper.