EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, ALL AROUND THE PARK

This is going to sound pretty boring, but our main accomplishment today was to walk around the perimeter of Central Park. I figured it would take us about two hours at strolling speed, since it’s less than 6 miles, but we left at 11 and didn’t get home until 4:30.

Lake at north end of Central Park

Of course we managed to stop along the way to look at shoes, watch kids playing in the park, check out upcoming concerts at the Jewish Museum, buy a soft pretzel, eat gelato, look for the hawk (didn’t see him) buy our tickets to go see War Horse on Wednesday, look at a Noel Coward exhibit at the New York Library for the performing arts, and shop at Trader Joe’s. So I suppose all in all that was about the right amount of time.

Pretty plants on 5th Avenue  Coleus?

Gaudi-type building at north end of
Central Park on East Side

John saw in the paper that it was supposed to rain today so he carried his new umbrella around ALL day. After we left Trader Joe’s (just a mile from the apartment), it sort of started to do the merest amount of sprinkling. It was definitely not worth carrying an umbrella around all day. I was dry 5 minutes after I came back into the apartment.

Right now Martha’s group is practicing, and they have a little snack time afterward. I made a watermelon cucumber salad for the group, and am pretty much waiting around to eat.