We couldn't decide between the city and the sea, so we decided not to choose. As is often the case, the borderline sexual pleasure of Max Brenner's Italian thick hot chocolate brought us first to Union Square. What a treat, after three or four take-out trips to actually sit at the counter for the first time, and bathe in the chocolate wonderland.
Walking back to the car a few blocks up 14th Street, I had one of those encounters that can only happen in the city. This guy was hawking postcards for some comedy club, like you do, and when I politely smiled and kept walking, he yelled out, "Yeah YOU, beautiful German girl! You know you wanna come!" Just take a minute and think about how funny, and how validating that was.
To add a bit of variety to our city wanderings, we braved the confusing streets of Brooklyn, stumbling upon a lovely secluded neighborhood that almost made me feel I could live there, among the hipsters. Almost. Eventually we made our way to Coney Island, to see how the aquarium reconstruction is going post-Sandy. I was really looking forward to a Nathan's dog, but alas, they were still closed as well.
As the sun slowly began to come out, we made our way back through Brooklyn, then Staten Island, and finally back to the Parkway, so we could see the sea. It was fun, up at the Highlands lookout, to use the binoculars to see where we had just come from. (The old Astroland was clearly visible.) Then, though we really wished we could drive Sandy Hook, which is of course still closed, we made our way down to Avon.
Happy Cove was so very beautiful, as you can see. The tide was up and the water was coming over the jetty rather vociferously, so our time there was brief. We walked along the shoreline up to where the old pavilion used to be, before making our way out to 35 and the mall. We went to one of our Wednesday Movies (ie. movies that Bug can do without seeing) which this week was Beautiful Creatures, a Southern Gothic supernatural teen romance which I enjoyed waaaaaay more than I should have.
So, yeah ... far and wide. Now I'm tired. Now it's time for bed.
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