When Kris got home we headed out towards the Brooklyn bridge to have dinner with some friends from dental school at UMKC.
Terra is doing a GPR (general practice residency) at a hospital in Brooklyn and her husband Eric is doing a masters thing at NYU. It was really fun to see some friends from Kansas City!
They had us go to this little pizza joint that was almost right under the Brooklyn bridge. It was called Grimaldi's.
There was a big line of people waiting outside to get in when we got there, but somehow we got in right away. It was packed with people--shoulder to shoulder. They have big long tables in there and just seat everybody next to each other.
The pizza was totally amazing. Suddenly we understood the big line outside!
There were photos of Frank Sinatra all over the walls. It was a really cool little place.
Afterwards we walked down towards the water to enjoy the view.
Here's Eric threatening to throw Max in the bay or river or whatever it was. It didn't scare Max, he was ready for it. He wanted to go in. Yikes.
Here's the underside of the Brooklyn bridge, and big waterfall thing (part of a series of six I think--an "art" installation) and you can see the Manhattan bridge not too far in the background.
Another view of the Manhattan bridge. It's so cool looking! I love the little tug boat in the foreground. Its so interesting to me to be around boats and the water, I'm just not used to it at all.
We walked a little further down and found this neat kind of parkish place. There were actually some patches of grass. And a huge huge sandbox. Max went crazy! He was so excited to just sit and play in the sand with all the toys people had left behind.
It was really pleasant.
We got to hang out and talk to Terra and Eric while he was very contented and occupied.
The temperature was nice with the air coming off of the water, and the view was amazing.
I'm so glad they had us come out there, we would've gone our whole trip without even knowing any of that neat stuff existed! And what a bummer that would be.
Ready for some awesome nighttime city views? Here we go.....
So pretty! You'd never think the city was so dirty if you just saw it at night like this.
It was fun to get to hang out with the Paulys, hopefully we can do it again soon since we're not really that far away from each other.
Kris's cousins Lisa, Phil and Annie were coming into the city and we were hoping to meet up with them, but we had some scheduling problems and never got together. We were sad to miss them, sorry guys! But it was a good thing we left first thing in the morning because it still took us all day to get home. The 3.5 hour drive took about 6.5. On fridays the whole state of Connecticut appears to be like some sort of parking lot for New Yorkers running away from the city.
But we made it home, and we're glad to be done with the traveling for a while. It's time to actually live in our own house.
7 comments:
That pizza place is fantastic! I was hoping you'd go there when I started reading your NY posts, but I couldn't remember the name to recommend it to you. We went there when we were in NYC too. Going in, I was skeptical that it actually did have "the best pizza in New York," despite all the internet raving, but I was converted when we tasted it. :)
Those city-lights pictures are gorgeous too. Well shot!
That first photo of Max with your friends is great. He has this look on his face like, "what are you doing holding me? You're not my daddy....."
The night shots are beautiful. Your photography is incredible.
Or.....Max is saying, "dude....you should see what you got growin' in them thar ears of yours........"
Ginna I love your posts. I need to make a point to comment more. anyways, Your life is such an amazing adventure! I love how you take every opportunity to its fullest potential.
Thanks for being my friend
Uhg, can you believe that "art"?
(jk)
I'd really like to know how you did the night shots. They were superb. But that's what I'm learning to expect from you. When you were a kid, I wasn't thinking that photography was really going to be your art. But baby, you blow me away.
That beach looked really pleasant. In the city? that surprises me. Was the river clean, I wonder? Maybe these days it is, what with the whole blue state environmental thing. And maybe Mayor G cleaned up the rivers when he cleaned up the streets.
Loved the series.
Love you.
The pictures are great. We drove across a bridge from Manhattan to I think queens, by accident one night. The thing is it was soooo scary, because we were in the big van and the lane of the bridge we were driving on hung out over the side of the bridge. We were holding our breath the entire way.
As for the pizza, it's always great to find a local yummy place.
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