Looking For Fall Colors

On Sunday we were in search of the fall colors in Central Park. As you can see by the pictures we were very successful. Looks like through the weeks the colors will even get better but some of the trees were a beautiful sight to see. We ended up finding some very entertaining street performers which is Ryan's favorite past time. Central Park is definitely the place to watch some random entertainment. We watch disco dancing roller skaters, a group called "Afrotaners", and a 10 year old juggler, all pretty funny. :)

Brooklyn Brewery

We decided to venture off to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and check out the Brooklyn Brewery. We took the 20 minute tour that showed us the room where they make all of the beer and told us some facts about the brewery. Did you know that the guy that designed the logo was the same person who designed the I "heart" NY? They paid him life time in beer and some stock in the company. He's 90 and still drinking their beer. :) The brewery is expanding in hopes to make more beer, they distribute all around the world but haven't made it to California yet. Tasty beer, so look for it in a store near you soon ;).

We had a great day in Williamsberg, super cute town. You almost don't even feel like you're in New York. We found a cute cafe that we could eat lunch in their patio and then walked around the town. Great day!

Our Last Few Weekends

Ryan and I have been having pretty long weeks so these past two weekends have been so nice with nothing planned. These pictures are us walking on the Highline in the Meat Packing District which is an elevated park. We aslo saw "In the Heights" on Broadway, been to fun dinners, gone to street fairs, visited "Eataly" (new huge Italian market in Midtown). Last Saturday we went to Central Park to relax and read, Ryan looked up the name of a famous deli on the Upper East Side called "Pastrami Queen", we split a $15 sandwich, there must of been gold in the turkey . . . it was pretty good tho. The weather on the week days haven't been nice, which has been hard for me with the kids but fortunately the weekends have been nice enough to be outside, which I love.

We experienced one of the most crazy thunder, lightning and rain storm last Sunday. It rained so hard we couldn't even see the building across the way. Lighting lit up the sky for 3 hours straight, just constant flashes. Definitely something neither of us had ever witnessed before. The trees are slowly starting to change and in the next couple weekends we hope to go check out the fall foliage.

Apple Picking

Today I went apple picking with my fellow kindergarten teachers. We rented a car in the city and drove north for about an hour to a cute apple orchard. We walked around and picked all kinds of yummy apples. Picking apples, eating them as we went along and spending time with some new friends made it a very fun day. After picking our apples we stood in line to try their famous apple cider donuts which were amazing. What a great fall day!!

Just Another Saturday in NYC

Yesterday Ryan and I met my fellow MPMS colleague Sarah Abby and her friend Laura. We had a few drinks in our favorite Bryant Park. It was so wonderful to see Sarah. She had all of her third graders, my student two years ago, write me letters. What a special surprise!

As we were saying goodbye there was a rush of people that walked into Bryant Park, we noticed they all were wearing ear phones. They surrounded the grass and one person was seated in the middle. They suddenly started rushing into the middle all at the same time, then started running around the man in the middle and then ran back to their spots surrounding the grass. They then ran into the middle again, held up pieces of paper with letters on them and started playing a human scrabble game, at least that’s what it looked like. There were at least 1000 people all doing the same thing at the same time. We were hoping it would be a Flash Mob performance, in some ways it was but they were wearing ear phones to tell them what to do. We’re still not exactly sure what it was but it was definitely something I’ve never seen before. . . only in New York.

Our First Concert

Ryan and I met Cate and Gregg to see Miranda Lambert at Turminal Five on Wednesday. It was great because not many people like country in NYC, the venue was small and we could stand 25 yards away from the stage. The opening act of Eric Church may of been all of our favorites.