Not my usual type of shot but my daughter was painting and decided to use the extra paint other hands. I needed something for today so here it is!
On another topic, we've booked a trip to New York (3 nights) and Boston (4 nights) for the end of September - I'm busy doing research now. We've been to NY before but never Boston. Any tips or suggestions would be great. We're going to a ball game in both cities. I'd love to heard about any "off the beaten path" type places I wouldn't find through regular internet searches that are worthy of a visit. Thanks.
I love this, wonderfully red hands!!! That's a nice trip to take... I've never been to Boston, and do not know things off the beaten path in NYC, but that's a great question!
@kwind I live in the Upper East Side, which is admittedly not the most exciting part of New York. Some quick ideas off the top of my head are
1) taking the tram over to Roosevelt Island and visiting FDR Four Freedoms Park and just strolling the riverwalk that overlooks Manhattan. (no one knows about Roosevelt Island so it is extremely quiet there)
2) Down by the 9/11 Memorial, there is also a mall (Brookfield Place) that usually has some pretty cool art displays and leads onto a little park and this tiny little "Irish Famine Memorial" that is small but beautiful, and quite the contrast to the city around it
3) Since you're coming in the summer, look into the ferry. There are a lot of boat options, but you can take the ferry from 34th Street to a few prime locations (like Brooklyn Bridge Park or Governor's Island) for less money than something like the circle line and get some amazing pictures while you are on your way to your destination.
4) The West Side has a lovely riverwalk for scenic strolling.
5) My advice for parks: the Highline is cool and where it feeds into the Whitney Museum is very impressive but it's also insanely crowded (especially on weekends), Central Park gets less crowded the further north you get. I don't know it that well but I have been extremely impressed with Brooklyn Bridge Park the few times I have made it there. I have also heard amazing things about Prospect Park and the "splash pad" they have there in the summers, but haven't been yet, and Governor's Island is an interesting place because it's strictly a tourist experience, so even diehard New Yorkers turn into tourists there
Clearly, most of these are outdoorsy, I'm just in that mode for the summer and find those outings easier to do with a toddler. Overall, my advice is plan to walk as much as possible- that's how you happen across the random cool street art and the like. If possible, pick a couple of things you are most interested in seeing and then plan to leisurely explore the neighborhoods around them. (For example if your game is at the Citifield Stadium in Queens, that's by the Meadows–Corona Park where the famous Globe is, and they have several cool museums, a little zoo, etc.)
Love the creativity and colours - fav! When we were going to NY I looked into doing something different and found some graffiti and street art tours which sounded interesting. We ended up with not enough time but if I went back think I would do one!
1) taking the tram over to Roosevelt Island and visiting FDR Four Freedoms Park and just strolling the riverwalk that overlooks Manhattan. (no one knows about Roosevelt Island so it is extremely quiet there)
2) Down by the 9/11 Memorial, there is also a mall (Brookfield Place) that usually has some pretty cool art displays and leads onto a little park and this tiny little "Irish Famine Memorial" that is small but beautiful, and quite the contrast to the city around it
3) Since you're coming in the summer, look into the ferry. There are a lot of boat options, but you can take the ferry from 34th Street to a few prime locations (like Brooklyn Bridge Park or Governor's Island) for less money than something like the circle line and get some amazing pictures while you are on your way to your destination.
4) The West Side has a lovely riverwalk for scenic strolling.
5) My advice for parks: the Highline is cool and where it feeds into the Whitney Museum is very impressive but it's also insanely crowded (especially on weekends), Central Park gets less crowded the further north you get. I don't know it that well but I have been extremely impressed with Brooklyn Bridge Park the few times I have made it there. I have also heard amazing things about Prospect Park and the "splash pad" they have there in the summers, but haven't been yet, and Governor's Island is an interesting place because it's strictly a tourist experience, so even diehard New Yorkers turn into tourists there
Clearly, most of these are outdoorsy, I'm just in that mode for the summer and find those outings easier to do with a toddler. Overall, my advice is plan to walk as much as possible- that's how you happen across the random cool street art and the like. If possible, pick a couple of things you are most interested in seeing and then plan to leisurely explore the neighborhoods around them. (For example if your game is at the Citifield Stadium in Queens, that's by the Meadows–Corona Park where the famous Globe is, and they have several cool museums, a little zoo, etc.)