Do You Sea What I Sea?

Yesterday there was a break in the sprinkles so instead of laundry, I went exploring!  I wandered down to the South Street Seaport.  It's full of restaurants and shops, and you can walk out on Pier 17 to see the water taxis and sailboats.  There's a beautiful view of Brooklyn from the Pier.  After that I went to watch roller derby!  The Gotham City Roller Girls are tough ladies, and the bout between the Brooklyn Bombshells and the Queens of Pain was hard fought.  The Queens' Suzy Hotrod is AMAZING.  Best jammer I've seen.  It helps that her pack had her back the entire time and helped create holes for her to fight through.  What a great day!

I want to play!

Ew ew ew ew!

Long line of restaurants and shops.

Lots of beautiful sailboats.

Inside is a huge mall.  Outside are restaurants that overlook the water.

I walked across that bridge!

Nothing like sand between your toes while you enjoy a hot dog!

A nice view of Brooklyn.

Anything you want to eat...they have a truck for that!

DERBY!  See #55 down there?  That's Suzy Hotrod.  She's my new hero.

The sold out crowd filing in during warm-ups.

There's Suzy!

Park It

Yesterday I wandered around part of Central Park.  It. Was. Hot.  In fact, it has been super steamy in the city with record highs.  There's rain today; hopefully that will cut some of the heat out of the air for a little bit.

The reservoir; look at the skyline!

Romeo and Juliet outside of the Delacorte Theater.

The Great Lawn.  It's great.

Belvedere Castle from far away.

From up close.

And the view from it.

I dunno which Polish king this is, but he means business with those swords!

After cooling off and cleaning up, I went to a small independently produced play last night.  It was called Staying Afloat and was about two women and a polar bear stranded in the ocean on a floating ice block.  It was interesting.

I have found that now that I've been in the city for a month I am frequenting the same places and taking the same routes everyday.  I definitely have a routine down pat.  I try to get out to a new place or two every weekend, but I thought you might like to see what average days are like for me?  So I'll start posting pictures of my favorite markets and bodegas, the subway, the truck where I get coffee for breakfast and the one with dumplings for lunch.  And I love to go to Union Square and Chelsea Market.  I'll find somewhere fun to go tomorrow and Monday.  Today is kind of rainy and yuck, so I'll knock out my laundry and grocery shopping.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Beach Bum

I spent this weekend in East Hampton.  I did as little as possible!  It was a wonderful break from the heat and humidity, the dirt and noise of the city.  

Poolside.

Laid back.

I love the beach!!

Today I started out at Rockefeller Plaza.  I didn't see Tina Fey, but I did find the Lego Store.  After that I went to FAO Swartz!

I was looking for Rockettes.

The observation deck cost $21 this tiger didn't have.

Oh man...

Looks familiar?

This guy is guarding...

Lego New York!

Look who I ran into!!

I could have stayed here forever.

One of these tigers is doing his own thing.  One of these tigers doesn't belong.

Build. Your. Own. Custom. Muppet.

They're like Santa's elves making your new Muppet friend.

Chopsticks!

It was a long hot day with lots and lots of walking.  I am tuckered out!  Nighty-night, friends.

Shake Your Money Maker

Today I went to Wall Street.  There were a couple of other stops along the way, including Trinity Church, Bowling Green, and Battery Park.

Trinity Church at the head of Wall Street.

I just missed the Queen.  By a few years.

I'm guessing you have to be important to be buried inside the church.

Here I am...

on this!  Another beautiful OLD graveyard at Trinity.

They'll exchange stocks if you've got 'em.

Good old Georgie W.

Money, money, money, money...

Breakfast time!

Snort! Stamp! Snort!

The fountain at Bowling Green.

Here's the former U.S. Customs House.  Now the Museum for the American Indian.

That's a saddle.  Yikes!

Tatonka!

That's all beaded with the tiniest seed beads!  Beautiful.

The great lady from Battery Park.

A memorial for immigrants coming to America through New York.

Of course...more adventures to come!