This weekend

We had a nice day at Central Park on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and we thought walking around the city and lunch in the park sounded great. Maybe a visit to the zoo and a carousel ride as well..some ice cream and relaxation. Well, it turned out a bit different when we got there and found out it was the Puerto Rican day parade and everything int he park was closed passed the 70's streets. There were tons of sun bathers and tourists as usual but the fact that there were some things closed made it tough to get around because everyone was trying to figure out how to get around the parade. The Latin music was loud and ever present and got even louder as we approached the Boathouse for lunch. We finally found the rest of my family and sat for lunch.

 I am exhausted! Is it normal to be even more tired on Monday than you were on friday? Well in my world it is..I guess when you have two kids with activities, parties and family visiting you get a busy weekend. My dear uncle was here with his wife and kids who have never been to the U.S. so I felt that I needed to get them out to see as much of Manhattan in a day as we could..we tried..This was Evalies first trip to Central park..she had a great time..

On saturday, I had to attend a birthday party but afterwards we went to Dave and Busters to let the boys ( his kids are 9, 11 and 3 years old) loose. It was definitely an overdose of kids for me and arcade games..small sacrifices..The Boathouse was packed with people and little birds tryign to grab watever food they could get.

 There were NYPD officers stationed every 50 yards in some very conspicuous locations on foot and on horse. They basically were trying to contain the parade outside of the venues int he park.

 On our way to find the Zoo, we saw Big bird, rode the carousel and listened to an amateur pianist along the way. We eventually headed to the carnival which had unlimited rides for the kids and a magician who was mediocre (kind of like a cross between a wanna be Jerry Seinfeld and Gilbert Gottfried)! The kids had fun and the adults got tired!

On our walk to dinner at Joe's Shanghai, I saw the Citi bike doc up close and personal..this was really cool because I think its a fantastic initiative for the city and would love to join. Dinner was good and we all parted in yellow cabs, very full and tired.