Sunday was one of the best days ever. It was practically summer out, the weather was so nice. I went to Governors Island with Lucy and Julianne. Governors Island is a small little island south of Manhattan that used to be a United States Army base. Now it’s open to the public on weekends for part of the year for picnics, concerts, bicycling and tours. Cars aren’t allowed so you can bike along in your own little world without worrying about getting run over (by vehicles at least).
We rented bikes and rode around the perimeter of the island before cruising through the middle and checking out the Jazz Age Dance Party – which had TONS of people in flapper-style costume! It was like they came from a movie set. I was impressed, some people had the look down perfect.
Also on Governors Island was a huge yard of different art pieces. There was a really creepy giant skeleton thing made out of scrap metal called “The Agony of Man” as well as a dragon made out of chairs and a big bug:
After we got a feel for the island, we had a little picnic right in front of The Statue of Liberty. And by little picnic, I really mean big picnic. We had everything: pita sandwiches with ham, cheese, and cucumbers… green peppers, strawberries, apples and peanut butter…. pretzels, cookies, carrots, chips… it was quite the spread. After our lovely lunch, we grabbed one of the bright red hammocks to hang out in.
This was by far my favorite part of the day. Just us chilling in a hammock, laughing our heads off about a million things. It’s not often you find a hammock in NYC. So it was great. Later, Lucy’s friend Stephen joined up with us, which made it four people chilling in a hammock, laughing our heads off. Oh, it was so much fun. I love hanging out with them.
Once we finally got ourselves out of the hammock (and boy, was it difficult to get us out of the hammock), we explored a bit of the grounds some more. I found a military house to live in. Then we took the ferry back to Manhattan, went to Lucy’s and made nachos to eat on her rooftop and had some beer before going to Apostles Church.
Per-fect.
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Mike // October 5, 2009 at 7:42 pm |
Yay, sounds like you had a fabulous day! You deserved one, no doubt! And I love the “agony of man” statue… even though it is a bit freaky! It’s cool how you made it its own little page so you could see the original photo full size, along with the dragon and bug pix! Awesome! But, where is the food porn? All that food and no pictures? You must have been on break! ;-)
cmitten // October 5, 2009 at 11:05 pm |
Were all the other pictures visible when you looked at it? I’m looking now and there appears to be some problems :/
Mike // October 6, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Yes, there were some little ones that went to their own page, and those are still there. Then there were some other ones that were larger and did not go to their own page… um, let me remember. One of two girls in a hammock with the statue of liberty in the BG, one of you sitting on the stoop of a house, and one of a brick house from the top of a hill with someone in the bottom right corner of the frame. But they were there yesterday and now they are not. Now, the two that are first in your “part two” post I have not seen before, the one of you and a friend leaning against the green fence, and the one of the picnic table.