new york, new york--day 2

sunday morning in lower manhattan is a quiet time and deserted place in manhattan. after a lively facetime with the kids, we took a train downtown. our goal was to cross the brooklyn bridge by foot (last time, we made it only half way). we walked through chinatown, past city hall, and right past the state supreme court.
these are jack mccoy's steps, people. DUN DUN.





anyway....we found the bridge, we walked to brooklyn, and had the best time. we rode a merry go round in the park under the brooklyn and manhattan bridges! we found a hipster food festival and ate awesome food! we had a handmade artisanal $3.50 popsicle, sold by two skinny tatooed fellows with handlebar mustaches, 19th century vests, and horn rim glasses. to be fair, it was the world's best popsicle.

sneak peak at lady liberty from the bridge:


sneak peak of the manhattan bridge from a brooklyn side street:


happy staples in DUMBO:


hipster food festival under the bridge (that's me in the green pants. david hates those pants.)


carousel!


happy people, releasing their inner children:


fancy man, fancy popsicle:

 
our return trip landed us in the west village. we walked to washington square park, through NYU, greenwich village, past the horror of times square, and through bryant park to reach our midtown hotel. rooftop drinks, resting with our over-worked feet up, and dinner planned less than 2 blocks from our hotel was the perfect way to the end the day.

 me, in washington square park, about 2 minutes before i removed my shoes and climbed into that fountain. it was HOT and muggy, folks.

new york public library at bryant park:

manhattan canyon, manhattan cabs:

chrysler building, grand central station: our two midtown landmarks that tell us home is near:

rooftop rest at the pod hotel (which we really recommend to budget-and-modern-style conscious midtown travelers):

a perfect day, a perfect weekend.