And the Mills
Whether it is an hour or a weekend long, each and every visit with Carson and Lara is a delight, is easy and is filled with laughter. Your May visit to New York was no exception. We just of course now only want weekend-long sessions with you!
22nd of May 2012
Oh, the Moes.
We feel so fortunate to have had a fun-filled weekend with you, our dearly missed friends. Moses, little man, you are a natural in a big city. From fleeing from pirates & crocodiles in our rowboat in Central Park, to happily riding noisy subway trains, to making friends wherever you went. Thank you, and your lovely mom and dad, for your April visit!
14th of April 2012
Rowed around The Lake today, with Katherine & Moses in Central Park.
11th of April 2012
The Orchid Show, New York Botanical Gardens
Bronx, New York
9th of April 2012
Easter Sunday
25th of March 2012
Columbus Park and surrounding neighborhood, Chinatown, New York City
(not pictured: the vermicelli noodles, steamed dumplings and mango pudding I ate)
19th of March 2012
Roosevelt Island -
- is a tiny island on the East River, lying between Manhattan and Queens. By tiny, remember my control for evaluating island demographics: compare to Lopez!
Roosevelt Island is smaller than Lopez in length (2 miles vs. 14 miles) but much denser in population (12,000+ vs 2,000).
On my walk to/from work, I always see the cable car that carries passengers between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan. Yet it was Christo who remembered we should make this trip. The sidewalk banners proudly naming it “The Best View in New York” may very well be right.
18th of March 2012
Exploring Queens
Destination: The Queens Museum of Art. Where the “jewel” of their collection is The Panorama (photo 2), a 9,335 square foot architectural model of New York City. That “includes every single building constructed before 1992 in all five boroughs; that is a total of 895,000 individual structures.” It was originally built for the 1964 World’s Fair, by a team of 100 people! You must see for yourself.
Also built for the fair was The Unisphere, located outside the museum in the large Flushing Meadows Corona Park. While the fountains at the base of the globe were off the day I visited, The Unisphere was framed by cherry blossoms + a dance troupe.
My final stop was Empanadas Cafe. I thought I ordered 2, but really had no trouble eating the 3 empanadas that arrived. Proof? I found I had room for a South American coconut “ice” afterwards.
14th of March 2012
VIP area at Today Show reserved for National MS Society staff & volunteers, as it is MS Awareness week. Go to msconnection.org to give what you know!
8th of March 2012
66 Degrees in Manhattan. Calls for a lunch stop here. Bob Marley is singing & my coat, gloves and scarf are at home.
