BOSTON

Brent and I took a 2 day tour from NYC to Boston. It definitely wasn't long enough! We had a good time and have many HILARIOUS stories from the journey!

Our first stop was at Yale. Here is the statue of Nathan Hale.

Mystic Aquarium was the next stop. We got to see the beluga whales among other animals.

We went to the Breakers Mansion, a vacation home for the Vanderbuilts. It is incredible! So beautiful and ornate!

Finally, we arrived in Boston in the early evening. It is a gorgeous city, and we will definitely go back!
Brent enjoying his slice from Pizzeria Regina. Thanks Lauren & Tyler for the wonderful suggestion! It was terrific! I wish we had time to also visit Giacomo's.
The following morning we went first to Harvard. The campus is so beautiful. The library is below, the fourth largest in the world.

M.I.T. followed. The building below was designed by I.M. Pei.

Trinity Church

We went on a boat tour around the harbor. There were some gorgeous views!

Lastly, we went to Quincy Market for lunch and shopping. We enjoyed Boston so much and can't wait to go back sometime!

The Cloisters & The MET

Brent and I rode the subway up Manhattan to the Cloisters. It is tucked away on top of a hill. It was a beautiful walk up. I mainly went for the architecture as you can imagine, but they did have some nice artwork.

After we left the Cloisters, we headed back to Midtown to go back to the MET. We still have not seen it all, but we concentrated on areas of the museum that we didn't have time for in December.

Chelsea Market and the High Line

We walked over and around Chelsea. We went back to Chelsea Market and walked around before grabbing lunch at a nearby diner.

We walked up and down the High Line, which was recently finished. It is so nice! It is an outdoor walkway/garden built about 20 feet up above street level where the railroad use to run.

More Adventures

We went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex one afternoon, which is really close to our place. They have a special John Lennon exhibit right now, which was awesome. We really enjoyed this museum! We then headed to Kieth Haring's POP SHOP, but found out that they had shut the doors. We did happen upon this famous mural of his. About a week later we walked back by (it is very close to our apt), and some artists were doing a new mural over it. I was so excited that we saw it before they did away with it, partly because I have my students study this artist in Intro. Art.
We have walked around West Village and Greenwich Village a lot. We love all of the little neighborhoods in the area! Below we are eating dinner at Cowboys. We loved this place!
Another day we did the NBC tour. It was pretty interesting. Here we are behind a news desk. Scary thought!

July the 4th!

Brent, Sandra, Jennifer, and I went on a tour in the morning. Then we had lunch at the Archers' place in midtown (where we joined Kevin and Mickey) before heading over to wait for the fireworks. It was awesome! We got a table at P.D. O'Hurleys where we ate, played cards, and waited for the show!

The fireworks were amazing! We'd never seen such a good show! We were in the middle of the six barges setting them off!

Brooklyn Bridge Bike Tour

Brent and I went on a bike tour that started and finished in Midtown by the Intrepid. We biked down and around Manhattan to the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges and back. It was so much fun, even though I wiped out. It felt so wierd being on a bike after so many years. Pedestrians beware! We stopped to see Ground Zero from the Winter Gardens. You can't really see it from the street level anymore because they have the construction site fenced in.We rode through Battery Park. Going up the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River.
We crossed back over to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge.
View of Midtown and the Manhattan Bridge.

South Street Seaport

Brent and I have walked to South Street Seaport several times. There are many restaurants and shops. There is a nice deck overlooking the East River. The weather has been AMAZING! The highs have been in the low 80's and there is normally a nice breeze!

There are some old ships at Pier 17.This is a little mall with souvenirs shops.

View of Brooklyn Bridge from the mall's deck. This is the old Fulton Fish Market, which has now been moved to the Bronx.