- approximately 18 blocks in Brooklyn
- approximately 2 hours worth of walking as we did a bit of gallery gazing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- approximately 21 blocks through Central Park
- approximately 28 blocks down ritzy 5th Avenue
Dunkin' Donuts - Who can turn down a half dozen free donuts for breakfast? Definitely worth the walk in my book.
The Met - This was my first time to the Met. And wow. WOW. That place is huge! Favorite thing to see was probably this exhibit on Rembrandt and his Dutch artist contemporaries. The Vermeer's on display -- so beautifully amazing. Also, it honestly was more than just a little cool to see pieces by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Ellsworth Kelly, and Auguste Rodin (to name a few) that I'd studied in my art and humanities classes, not to mention the Egyptian mummies and Greek and Roman statues. I will definitely be coming back soon.
Central Park - Now that it's the middle of November, the leaves here have finally started to change. The park in some places looks like it's on fire. As we hiked through, we walked past the Zoo and were able to catch a glimpse of several seals doing tricks for the crowd, which was pretty fun.
5th Avenue - We exited the park at 59th Street and as we did so were immediately engulfed in 5th Avenue and all its pricey, ritzy, designer-name-brand glory. I poked my head in Tiffany's, mostly just because I could, and found the most beautiful diamond necklace in all of creation. I'm not sure how much it was selling for -- and that's probably a very good thing. I think we're going to have to come back to 5th Avenue sometime before Christmas because a lot of the stores, including Tiffany's, were advertising the unveiling of their Christmas window displays. If the windows at Lord and Taylor are any indication of what the rest of the street will look like after Thanksgiving, it will be one heck of a swell show. (A thousand times better than the ZCMI Center Christmas windows in Salt Lake City -- and those ones, especially during the years the scenes were made entirely out of candy, were pretty fantastic.)
NYC Public Library - The outside of this building has made us awfully curious as to what the inside looks like, so we poked our heads in for just a few minutes. Currently there is a Jack Kerouac exhibit on display, which we caught a glimpse of. It was pretty cool. They had the original On the Road scroll on display in all it's one-huge-paragraph glory.
Holiday Shopping - And now we can check "find fabulous gifts for the families" off our list. Be excited, everyone.
Toting Garrett Around in the Snugli - Not only did I walk all day long, but I did so with Garrett strapped to my front. Because it's finally cold enough, we put him in his teddy bear bunting coat, in which he looks absolutely adorable. I got the most hilarious comments from the people we passed -- everything from big grins as they glanced at him to women grabbing me by the arm to tell me that they were convinced I was was carrying around a stuffed teddy bear (to which I thought to reply something along the lines of, no, I'm a grown woman, and this stuffed bear is breathing anyway).
So good day? Definitely. Am I exhausted, stiff, and sore today? You bet I am. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
9 comments:
ADORABLE Teddy Bear! And I am so jealous you were at the Met, Vermeer is one of my favorites. I think I need to visit you!
That outfit is fabulous. Nice that you can get so much exercise! Did your back just ache by the end after carrying your little guy all over?
Kimberlie - Yes! Come visit! You can even sleep on your old, comfortable couch!
Silly Marie - Yeah, my back ached, along with the rest of me. But I'm starting to get used to it (whether that "it" I'm getting used to is the always carrying him around in the carrier or if it's just the sore back, I'm not sure). It's worth it, though. Strollers in this city are sometimes more of a pain than they are worth.
Love Dunkin' Donuts. Jealous.
At least you'll be in good shape. Honestly I think that would be a little too hard on my knees.
Wow, that sounds like the third day of our honeymoon there - Tyler seriously walked me to death. We started out riding the subways a lot but then he realized we were missing a lot by not walking through every street on the way somewhere. My feet ached and my back hurt by the end of the first day! You can see a lot in 11 hours out on the street every day for a week (and in museums - we went to the Cloisters the same day we went to the Met - because your ticket gets you into both, have you been there yet?) It was great, but it did hurt. I wish I had to walk more, it is so healthy. We just take neighborhood walks for fun now.
I think it looks like you're carrying Winnie-the-Pooh around. Ha, I love it! Can I just say that I love that you guys are really enjoying your New York experience! I think I would be tempted to stay in my little neighborhood and say, "Well, maybe someday we'll make it to . . . "
That's awesome that you guys saw so much! We did that much walking most days when we were there (because we didn't want to use up the rest of our Metro tickets!) and we saw a ton, but I'm a bit jealous of your day - Fall colors in Central Park, Dunkin' Donuts, 5th Avenue, a checked off Christmas list AND the Met all in one day?? Fabulous. Go you and your snuggly teddy-bear toting self!
PS - eat a Boston Creme donut for me, would you? Mmmmm.
Very cute...and the baby is, too!
He does make an adorable teddy bear! Wish I could have done all that walking with you...sounds like so much adventure!
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