We had great weather this weekend so we hit the road! First stop–the Villages in Central Florida for a craft show. I’d been looking for an excuse to check out the Villages.
Terry said that he thought there were about 40,000 people in the Villages. If that’s true, they were all at the craft show.
And this is the favored transportation:
We saw several dogs–many in their own little strollers. But this one was the best and made the trip worthwhile!
Princess Kashi!
Just as I was thinking that Maggie would look really cute in a little school girl jumper and I could get a little matching plaid skirt, a different woman walked up to me and said, “Shoot me if I ever get like that”. So in the interest of Maggie’s and my safety, we will not be wearing coordinating outfits in the future.
And another post from the City. Jes and Andrew recently moved into a new apartment and still have a ton of things to do (like that living room is totally crying out for roman shades) but that doesn’t stop me from putting up a tour of their home!
Large KitchenBook case in bedroom–books all organized by color!Just a little detailWell Curated Art DisplayClose up of a few items.Doesn’t that racoon look like he’s saying O-M-G where’s his head?Is this adorable or what?
Now let’s look at a little Christmas…
Andrew’s traditional Christmas outfit
And here we are whipping up dinner in the totally usable kitchen.
And that concludes our special Merry Christmas in New York City Tour!
So after spending a weekend traveling extensively on the NYC subway system we watched “the Taking of Pelham 123” last night. Good thing we didn’t watch that before the big trip to NYC!
A word of advice to those that are prone to high anxiety, it would be wise to stay off of the subway during Friday evening rush hour. In comparison, a Saturday morning subway ride is almost pleasant.
Which is exactly what we did to get to our tour of the Brooklyn Bridge Park. And look at this view!
But I jump ahead in my story. First, here is the fire station we walked by on the way to the subway station.
In the Eye of the Storm
Then, after our pleasant subway ride, we walked by Truman Capote’s house. Although, Mr. Capote probably doesn’t live there since he’s dead. Oxymoron?
And then on to Brooklyn Bridge Park.
This is the carousel that was on the news during Superstorm Sandy. The water was lapping at it’s edges then. It’s obviously okay now and mobbed by children on this beautiful day.
Ok, it doesn’t looked mobbed at this moment, you’ll just have to believe me!
And here’s a really big boat.
Jes and Andrew played some tether ball and Terry took on the winner.
Governors Island on the left, Ellis island, then Manhattan on the right.
And that little yellow boat is the Ikea ferry! Life is good in Redhook!
Brooklyn bridge
Gratuitous Picture of Terry and Me!
Then we found the map of the park! Besides the map being backasswards, you know how we hate the interchanging of the terms concrete and cement! They are not synonyms!
WRONG!
Have to say we had a glorious day in Brooklyn. And so much more to see. But that will be for another 48 hour visit!
