A Day in the Park(s)

This morning we also toured Union Park and Gramercy Square.  They were pretty, but dirty and smelly too, in spite of the wealth in the area.  Go figure.

Central Park is one of NYC’s saving graces.  I think after 3 days in the city, we were all getting a bit tired of the concrete, and the Park is such a breath of fresh air!  It’s also fabulous for people watching.  Ask me about that in person, if you want to know.  The park is so green and lush, and I recognized many places from various movies.  It’s more than little ironic to go from skyscrapers and zipping vehicles to quiet ponds and geese.  Strawberry Fields is beautiful, and I liked the winding paths up and down the hills.  

This just screams, "Home Alone 2: Lost in NY"

Of course the best part of the day was the impromptu Rhubarb tours conducted by our own Katy Rendon.  We had gone on enough so-so Big Onion tours that Katy began her own narrations for us.  It might take weeks for my ribs/sides to stop aching from all of the laughing!

Katy giving a Rhubarb Tour in Central Park.

Before the bus left to take us Upstate, some of us stopped in Macy's to ride the original wooden escalators from the basement to floor 9.  It was pretty cool.  :)