Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ll be 33. Ani’s lyric seemed apropos.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Mud baths and piña coladas...
Dear friends:
My apologies for the lengthy delay since my last post. What can I say? Day job is busier than ever, just had a great visit with my parents, and trying to spend as much time with friends as possible. BN has gotten the short end of the stick. This is why the cats like Buddy best and why I should not be allowed to get a dog.
But I digress. What follows is my long-awaited (I suck), much-anticipated (by 3 people) review of the Glen Iva spa near Corona, where I found myself headed several weeks ago with three of my girlfriends.
Glen Ivy Hot Springs
http://www.glenivy.com/
Price: $26 (which is half off the full-day admission) if you get there between 3pm in the summer. At least this is what we paid. Their prices/deals seem to change fairly frequently, so call or check online before you come.
Anyway, the 3pm start (they close at 6) was more than enough time to enjoy all of the pools/free activities. If I had a service tacked on, or wanted to eat a meal, I might want an extra couple of hours. One cool thing is that you can do is start a tab – they give you a wristband or something so that you can use to charge at the restaurants and drink stands. This is the nextbestthing to cabana boys and/or a swim up bar. IMO. And, it means you don’t have to worry about your wallet getting stolen.
We got there early and sat on the pretty lawn to sunbathe and wait for the discount to kick in. There are also picnic tables, but those looked a little crowded. There is a gift shop. I didn’t look in it, but it seemed pretty standard.
Vibe: Busy, but relaxed. All walks of life, everyone seemed pretty chill. No kids under 16, which is nice. My guess is the place could get a bit louder, more high energy, on the weekends. I don’t think this would be a bad thing. Unlimited clean towels and water stations are everywhere. The towels range from ugly brown to uglier orange, but there IS a lot of mud (see below), so I will give them a pass on this.
Locker Rooms: These were great. Highlights included the private rain showers, unlimited towels, nice smelling toiletries, and a bitchin’ steam room.
Mud baths: I’d have to say, this probably wouldn’t become part of my regular routine, should I (as I fully intend) choose to start making this one of my regular haunts. There was a big pool of warm, red, muddy water and a couple of mounds of clay mud that you were supposed to rub, um...everywhere? You could choose to dry the mud onto your skin either on one of the multiple chaise lounges, or in this weird hot room with a few benches. Once dry, you slough the mud off with your hands, which is supposed to exfoliate your business. It worked. Afterwards, we had to take turns soaping the mud off of each other’s backs (that part was fun, actually) and it was generally kind of a pain in the ass to get clean.
Sauna: Nice, co-ed sauna. Not very crowded.
Mineral Baths: small, vaguely smelly hot tubs, with some watery miracle minerals that are supposed to do stuff for you. I don’t know what stuff, but it was warm and felt nice. But it was smelly, so we got out and went to the...
Steam Room: This is in the locker room, so women only. Assume there is one on the gents’ side as well. Nice and steamy, not too hot...
Lounge Pool: At some point, we decided to get an adult beverage and go sit by the lounge pool, which is a warm (like 80 or something) shallow (1.5 feet) pool filled with floating lounge chairs. Lots of land-based lounge chairs too. Great place for sunbathing. (Yes, I know it’s bad for you. I don’t care.)
Drinks: I had a pina colada (delish! Not too overpriced.) and some chips (from a bag), so I can’t comment on the quality of Glen Ivy’s food generally, but it looked good on the menu. I’d LOVE to do a review of their restaurant. (Hint, hint...)
Saline Pool: We headed to this pool toward the end of the day – a giant hot tub filled with salt water, in a neat enclosure. The four of us came in and scared a guy away, so we had it to ourselves. Very relaxing.
Lap Pool: We ended up at the lap pool for a bit to stretch our muscles out and move around a bit. This is supposed to be the “coolest” pool, as far as temperature. It was nice, but still pretty warm – nothing that would shock your system.
And then we headed back to the locker room for a nice shower (bit of a wait/line around closing time) and our day was over.
Grade: 5 Stars. I highly recommend this place (though I’m not qualified to speak to their quality, since I’m too poor to be able to afford them, but there is a fairly vast menu of spa services and add-ons to choose from). Hopefully I’ll be able to check some of them out some time.
Wish List (In case anyone is wondering what to get me for my birthday...):
Massage
Cabana
Grotto (An add-on body wrap or other form of super moisturizing procedure...It’s supposed to complement the mud baths, I think...)
Club 1860 Membership (http://www.glenivy.com/specials/hot-springs-specials/) 1 year unlimited entry to the spa, plus 10% off all spa services. Under $400. Yes, please...
So go check it out – and let me know what you think.
XO,
M
My apologies for the lengthy delay since my last post. What can I say? Day job is busier than ever, just had a great visit with my parents, and trying to spend as much time with friends as possible. BN has gotten the short end of the stick. This is why the cats like Buddy best and why I should not be allowed to get a dog.
But I digress. What follows is my long-awaited (I suck), much-anticipated (by 3 people) review of the Glen Iva spa near Corona, where I found myself headed several weeks ago with three of my girlfriends.
Glen Ivy Hot Springs
http://www.glenivy.com/
Price: $26 (which is half off the full-day admission) if you get there between 3pm in the summer. At least this is what we paid. Their prices/deals seem to change fairly frequently, so call or check online before you come.
Anyway, the 3pm start (they close at 6) was more than enough time to enjoy all of the pools/free activities. If I had a service tacked on, or wanted to eat a meal, I might want an extra couple of hours. One cool thing is that you can do is start a tab – they give you a wristband or something so that you can use to charge at the restaurants and drink stands. This is the nextbestthing to cabana boys and/or a swim up bar. IMO. And, it means you don’t have to worry about your wallet getting stolen.
We got there early and sat on the pretty lawn to sunbathe and wait for the discount to kick in. There are also picnic tables, but those looked a little crowded. There is a gift shop. I didn’t look in it, but it seemed pretty standard.
Vibe: Busy, but relaxed. All walks of life, everyone seemed pretty chill. No kids under 16, which is nice. My guess is the place could get a bit louder, more high energy, on the weekends. I don’t think this would be a bad thing. Unlimited clean towels and water stations are everywhere. The towels range from ugly brown to uglier orange, but there IS a lot of mud (see below), so I will give them a pass on this.
Locker Rooms: These were great. Highlights included the private rain showers, unlimited towels, nice smelling toiletries, and a bitchin’ steam room.
Mud baths: I’d have to say, this probably wouldn’t become part of my regular routine, should I (as I fully intend) choose to start making this one of my regular haunts. There was a big pool of warm, red, muddy water and a couple of mounds of clay mud that you were supposed to rub, um...everywhere? You could choose to dry the mud onto your skin either on one of the multiple chaise lounges, or in this weird hot room with a few benches. Once dry, you slough the mud off with your hands, which is supposed to exfoliate your business. It worked. Afterwards, we had to take turns soaping the mud off of each other’s backs (that part was fun, actually) and it was generally kind of a pain in the ass to get clean.
Sauna: Nice, co-ed sauna. Not very crowded.
Mineral Baths: small, vaguely smelly hot tubs, with some watery miracle minerals that are supposed to do stuff for you. I don’t know what stuff, but it was warm and felt nice. But it was smelly, so we got out and went to the...
Steam Room: This is in the locker room, so women only. Assume there is one on the gents’ side as well. Nice and steamy, not too hot...
Lounge Pool: At some point, we decided to get an adult beverage and go sit by the lounge pool, which is a warm (like 80 or something) shallow (1.5 feet) pool filled with floating lounge chairs. Lots of land-based lounge chairs too. Great place for sunbathing. (Yes, I know it’s bad for you. I don’t care.)
Drinks: I had a pina colada (delish! Not too overpriced.) and some chips (from a bag), so I can’t comment on the quality of Glen Ivy’s food generally, but it looked good on the menu. I’d LOVE to do a review of their restaurant. (Hint, hint...)
Saline Pool: We headed to this pool toward the end of the day – a giant hot tub filled with salt water, in a neat enclosure. The four of us came in and scared a guy away, so we had it to ourselves. Very relaxing.
Lap Pool: We ended up at the lap pool for a bit to stretch our muscles out and move around a bit. This is supposed to be the “coolest” pool, as far as temperature. It was nice, but still pretty warm – nothing that would shock your system.
And then we headed back to the locker room for a nice shower (bit of a wait/line around closing time) and our day was over.
Grade: 5 Stars. I highly recommend this place (though I’m not qualified to speak to their quality, since I’m too poor to be able to afford them, but there is a fairly vast menu of spa services and add-ons to choose from). Hopefully I’ll be able to check some of them out some time.
Wish List (In case anyone is wondering what to get me for my birthday...):
Massage
Cabana
Grotto (An add-on body wrap or other form of super moisturizing procedure...It’s supposed to complement the mud baths, I think...)
Club 1860 Membership (http://www.glenivy.com/specials/hot-springs-specials/) 1 year unlimited entry to the spa, plus 10% off all spa services. Under $400. Yes, please...
So go check it out – and let me know what you think.
XO,
M
Friday, May 7, 2010
Coming soon: Reviews of Glen Ivy Spa and Hot Springs, Plus: Molly's First Cambodian Food Adventure
Soooo....
In case you haven’t already been clued in by my “enthusiastic” Facebook posts and tweets about my upcoming afternoon at the Glen Ivy spa, this is just a little update. Heading there this afternoon with some girlfriends and the weather is supposed to be amazing. Will post a full review sometime over the weekend, assuming I don’t get too relaxed and decide to abandon my husband and cats to live there permanently....
Also, supposed to have my first foray into Cambodian food tonight, up in Long Beach. Unless it’s gross (and I have it on good authority that it won’t be) I’ll give you the 4-1-1 on that, too!
Meanwhile, Happy Friday!! Have an excellent weekend...
XO,
M
In case you haven’t already been clued in by my “enthusiastic” Facebook posts and tweets about my upcoming afternoon at the Glen Ivy spa, this is just a little update. Heading there this afternoon with some girlfriends and the weather is supposed to be amazing. Will post a full review sometime over the weekend, assuming I don’t get too relaxed and decide to abandon my husband and cats to live there permanently....
Also, supposed to have my first foray into Cambodian food tonight, up in Long Beach. Unless it’s gross (and I have it on good authority that it won’t be) I’ll give you the 4-1-1 on that, too!
Meanwhile, Happy Friday!! Have an excellent weekend...
XO,
M
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
FOOD!!
Hi Kids:
So, I’ve had a request from one of the editors at iPinion (if you haven’t yet, check them out) to talk more about one of my favorite subjects: Food! I like to eat it, I like to make it, I like to talk about it. I also like to consume and talk about the things that typically accompany it (i.e., wine and beer). So every once in a while, I’ll be posting recipes, restaurant reviews, and other lists/recommendations that I think BN readers might be interested in. Since I travel a bit, I’ll try to make sure to talk about my NYC/DC/Midwest experiences from time-to-time as well.
To get this party started, here’s a review I wrote on Yelp last year (raise your hand if you LOVE Yelp!!), upon the occasion of my first visit to our now semi-regular Italian joint in Newport Beach. I gave them 5 stars that night, though I’d have to say after my initial amazement wore off, our average experience has usually been around the 4-star level. This is not too shabby and still relatively rare for Orange County, I might add...
Anyway, here goes. Enjoy!
XO,
M
Mama D's Italian Kitchen
3012 Newport Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 675-6262
-Summer, 2009
Four of us made our first trek to Mama D's on Saturday night. Two of us are former New Yorkers, who have had a really hard time finding good, reasonably priced Italian food in southern California. Being generally trusting of Yelp reviews, especially when a place has 4.5 stars and 50+ reviews, we were cautiously optimistic. This place vastly exceeded our expectations and is as good as about 95% of the restaurants in Little Italy in "da Bronx" where the Hubby and I used to be regulars.
Here's a run-down of our evening:
Arrive around 7pm. Bit of a wait, but we are assured that things will move quickly. Before we can even put our names on the list, someone has offered us warm garlic bread. And then little samples of meatball. Then we are shown to a counter (calling it a “bar” would be generous) where we ordered some wine and were given MORE warm bread, plus a little dish of yummy olive oil with roasted garlic. The one beer drinker among us (Hubby) was given a mini ice bucket to keep his single bottle of beer ice cold.
My husband was pretty sure this “warm welcome” was some sort of trick. (As I said, we're New Yorkers and as such are inherently suspicious when people are too nice.) Each time something new and awesome was presented, he would say, "yeah, this is nice, but the food probably sucks."
(But, guess what? It didn't! The food was fantastic.)
Luke, our really nice server from Connecticut, asked for our names. The owner came over to introduce himself and give us a free sample of their homemade ravioli. Delish. We had (between us) one house salad, one Caesar salad, one "special" lasagna (eggplant and chicken), one regular lasagna, one penne in pink sauce with chicken and one Pasta Roma with shrimp. All of this topped off with (free) warm chocolate chip cookies at the end. Everything was absolutely delicious.
There were many more happy things to say about this restaurant, but the upshot is that at the end of the night my face hurt from smiling. I think Disneyland has just been replaced as the happiest place on earth.
**Update to original review:
We’ve been back to Mama D’s several times since the initial visit outlined above. Each time, the service has been excellent and the food very good. Once the novel awesomeness started to wear off, however, I did begin to notice a few things that “bug” me about the place. First, the décor. Tile floors and a less than ideal use of space (i.e. Weird couch thing in the middle of the nicest part of the restaurant. Not really a table, but also not NOT a table. It’s odd). Also, the lighting is OK, but the kids’ drawings taped to the wall give the place a really casual feel. This is fine, but for the price point (usually around $75-$80 per couple, including 2-3 boozy drinks), I’d like a little more ambiance. The other drawback is the potential on the weekend to be seated too close to the keyboard player. While he IS hilarious (and once even played the Star Wars theme on demand, from memory), that sh*t is LOUD if you happen to be seated too close. Makes talking difficult. However, these caveats aside, this is still our fallback Italian joint, and a real guest-pleaser...
So, I’ve had a request from one of the editors at iPinion (if you haven’t yet, check them out) to talk more about one of my favorite subjects: Food! I like to eat it, I like to make it, I like to talk about it. I also like to consume and talk about the things that typically accompany it (i.e., wine and beer). So every once in a while, I’ll be posting recipes, restaurant reviews, and other lists/recommendations that I think BN readers might be interested in. Since I travel a bit, I’ll try to make sure to talk about my NYC/DC/Midwest experiences from time-to-time as well.
To get this party started, here’s a review I wrote on Yelp last year (raise your hand if you LOVE Yelp!!), upon the occasion of my first visit to our now semi-regular Italian joint in Newport Beach. I gave them 5 stars that night, though I’d have to say after my initial amazement wore off, our average experience has usually been around the 4-star level. This is not too shabby and still relatively rare for Orange County, I might add...
Anyway, here goes. Enjoy!
XO,
M
Mama D's Italian Kitchen
3012 Newport Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 675-6262
-Summer, 2009
Four of us made our first trek to Mama D's on Saturday night. Two of us are former New Yorkers, who have had a really hard time finding good, reasonably priced Italian food in southern California. Being generally trusting of Yelp reviews, especially when a place has 4.5 stars and 50+ reviews, we were cautiously optimistic. This place vastly exceeded our expectations and is as good as about 95% of the restaurants in Little Italy in "da Bronx" where the Hubby and I used to be regulars.
Here's a run-down of our evening:
Arrive around 7pm. Bit of a wait, but we are assured that things will move quickly. Before we can even put our names on the list, someone has offered us warm garlic bread. And then little samples of meatball. Then we are shown to a counter (calling it a “bar” would be generous) where we ordered some wine and were given MORE warm bread, plus a little dish of yummy olive oil with roasted garlic. The one beer drinker among us (Hubby) was given a mini ice bucket to keep his single bottle of beer ice cold.
My husband was pretty sure this “warm welcome” was some sort of trick. (As I said, we're New Yorkers and as such are inherently suspicious when people are too nice.) Each time something new and awesome was presented, he would say, "yeah, this is nice, but the food probably sucks."
(But, guess what? It didn't! The food was fantastic.)
Luke, our really nice server from Connecticut, asked for our names. The owner came over to introduce himself and give us a free sample of their homemade ravioli. Delish. We had (between us) one house salad, one Caesar salad, one "special" lasagna (eggplant and chicken), one regular lasagna, one penne in pink sauce with chicken and one Pasta Roma with shrimp. All of this topped off with (free) warm chocolate chip cookies at the end. Everything was absolutely delicious.
There were many more happy things to say about this restaurant, but the upshot is that at the end of the night my face hurt from smiling. I think Disneyland has just been replaced as the happiest place on earth.
**Update to original review:
We’ve been back to Mama D’s several times since the initial visit outlined above. Each time, the service has been excellent and the food very good. Once the novel awesomeness started to wear off, however, I did begin to notice a few things that “bug” me about the place. First, the décor. Tile floors and a less than ideal use of space (i.e. Weird couch thing in the middle of the nicest part of the restaurant. Not really a table, but also not NOT a table. It’s odd). Also, the lighting is OK, but the kids’ drawings taped to the wall give the place a really casual feel. This is fine, but for the price point (usually around $75-$80 per couple, including 2-3 boozy drinks), I’d like a little more ambiance. The other drawback is the potential on the weekend to be seated too close to the keyboard player. While he IS hilarious (and once even played the Star Wars theme on demand, from memory), that sh*t is LOUD if you happen to be seated too close. Makes talking difficult. However, these caveats aside, this is still our fallback Italian joint, and a real guest-pleaser...
Monday, May 3, 2010
Nachos....
If you know me, you know that I love nachos. I really do. In fact, a really good movie theatre nacho platter? with the fake cheese that gets pumped out of a machine?? My idea of heaven. I eat nacho or nacho-esque food a hell of a lot more frequently than I’d care to admit. So I won’t....
Anyway, let’s talk favorite nacho recipes.
If, right now, you are saying “Huh??” -- Just listen...
I believe that a nacho -- to be truly worthy of the name — must be contain some variant of each of these three, core ingredients:
1) Cheese (duh)
2) Something starchy upon which to melt the cheese (chips, bread, curly fries***, matzo, Doritos...you get the picture)
3) Something “fresh” to provide a nice contrast to the starchy cheese (i.e., salsa, guac, jalapeños, etc., etc.)
Come to think of it, only 1 and 2 are absolutely mandatory. (See shameful “Movie Theatre Nacho Confession,” above..)
So anyway, what do you put on your nachos? What kind of cheese? Favorite toppings? Special tips?
Let me know...maybe we’ll have a nacho cook-off and the winner will win some sort of prize. We’ll see.
Cheers! XO,
M
***This past weekend my cousins and I ordered chicken wings at 2am from a place called “Grub Hub.” My cousin wanted “loaded fries” -- which turned out to be loaded, chili-cheese nachos on a bed of curly fries. It was the dirtiest food I have ever seen and I didn’t have any...a decision I have already come to regret. Also, the grub hub won’t stop spamming my in-box with NYC food delivery “news”....argh!!
Anyway, let’s talk favorite nacho recipes.
If, right now, you are saying “Huh??” -- Just listen...
I believe that a nacho -- to be truly worthy of the name — must be contain some variant of each of these three, core ingredients:
1) Cheese (duh)
2) Something starchy upon which to melt the cheese (chips, bread, curly fries***, matzo, Doritos...you get the picture)
3) Something “fresh” to provide a nice contrast to the starchy cheese (i.e., salsa, guac, jalapeños, etc., etc.)
Come to think of it, only 1 and 2 are absolutely mandatory. (See shameful “Movie Theatre Nacho Confession,” above..)
So anyway, what do you put on your nachos? What kind of cheese? Favorite toppings? Special tips?
Let me know...maybe we’ll have a nacho cook-off and the winner will win some sort of prize. We’ll see.
Cheers! XO,
M
***This past weekend my cousins and I ordered chicken wings at 2am from a place called “Grub Hub.” My cousin wanted “loaded fries” -- which turned out to be loaded, chili-cheese nachos on a bed of curly fries. It was the dirtiest food I have ever seen and I didn’t have any...a decision I have already come to regret. Also, the grub hub won’t stop spamming my in-box with NYC food delivery “news”....argh!!
Sh*t List
There are only two people on my current sh*t list:
So, unless you are any of the above, we’re cool. Right now.
XO,
M
- Justin Bieber (or, in the words of my husband, “That Floppy Haired Moron”). That kid TRULY sucks.
- The stupid people at the stupid hotel who stole my favorite Ohio State t-shirt. You guys can suck it.
So, unless you are any of the above, we’re cool. Right now.
XO,
M
The California Effect...
Hey pals...
So here’s the deal:
Every time I come home from a trip to New York or DC (which, if you know me, you’d know is about 10-12 times per year) I get consumed with this incredible, empowering sense of something almost but not quite like ambition — a sense of urgency, a desire to figure sh*t out and get stuff done. Inevitably, these bursts of inspiration last for a day or two (sometimes a week) and then I slowly turn back to my vampire TV shows and the never-ending stream of miscellaneous fiction that magically appears on my beautiful Kindle device.
My boss —who for a few years lived up the road from here a bit in lovely Claremont – thinks this is what California “does” to you — something about sunshine making people happy which makes them mostly effing useless after a while. He thinks you have to be mostly miserable, weather wise, to excel at anything...
I usually laugh at him, but this one got me to thinking...
Anyway, it’s an interesting theory — wondering if anyone out there has anything to add on the subject.
XO,
M
So here’s the deal:
Every time I come home from a trip to New York or DC (which, if you know me, you’d know is about 10-12 times per year) I get consumed with this incredible, empowering sense of something almost but not quite like ambition — a sense of urgency, a desire to figure sh*t out and get stuff done. Inevitably, these bursts of inspiration last for a day or two (sometimes a week) and then I slowly turn back to my vampire TV shows and the never-ending stream of miscellaneous fiction that magically appears on my beautiful Kindle device.
My boss —who for a few years lived up the road from here a bit in lovely Claremont – thinks this is what California “does” to you — something about sunshine making people happy which makes them mostly effing useless after a while. He thinks you have to be mostly miserable, weather wise, to excel at anything...
I usually laugh at him, but this one got me to thinking...
Anyway, it’s an interesting theory — wondering if anyone out there has anything to add on the subject.
XO,
M
Follow my blog...really?
In response to a comment left on one of my earlier posts, I think there are a couple of was to officially become a “fan” of BlondeNoise. (And believe me when I say that I’m flattered that someone would even ask).
Anyway, if you are a member of blogger, and you are signed in to your own account (or maybe any google account — I think they work across platforms) there should be a “follow” button at the top left of the page.
If you aren’t a member of blogger, you can share posts from the blog on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace (does over 12 still use MySpace??) by clicking the “share” link in that same upper left-hand location.
Pretty soon, iPinion (www.ipinion.me) will be coming up with its own FB page, so I’ll make sure to post about that so you can all go on there to find the latest from all of our talented writers.
Cheers!
XO,
M
Anyway, if you are a member of blogger, and you are signed in to your own account (or maybe any google account — I think they work across platforms) there should be a “follow” button at the top left of the page.
If you aren’t a member of blogger, you can share posts from the blog on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace (does over 12 still use MySpace??) by clicking the “share” link in that same upper left-hand location.
Pretty soon, iPinion (www.ipinion.me) will be coming up with its own FB page, so I’ll make sure to post about that so you can all go on there to find the latest from all of our talented writers.
Cheers!
XO,
M
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Brooklyn Bridge!!
Yesterday, my cousins and I decided to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. What a novel idea, right? Except it happened to coincide with the first actually HOT day in New York City. And it was a Saturday, so there were about as many people milling about as there were nearby at City Hall for the Arizona immigration law protests...
What was this brilliant idea, you might ask?? For $5 you rent scissors to overdressed tourists who want to turn their pants into shorts. Seriously, I think this might work. There were plenty of entrepreneurial chaps with coolers selling water - but not a scissor to be found. Alas. So, After a quick pause to roll up my jeans, we continued.
It was really a lovely walk...with some amazing views and some really neat vantage points, including this one:
In the end, it was a really long walk -- but it was a great time with my cousins and something I never got the chance to do during the 6 years I lived in NYC...
Anyway, undeterred by the massive number of people with the exact same unique idea, we decided to go for it. Got very lost trying to find the walkway, but eventually got here:
(There was a lot of pigeon poop right here under this sign. Still, we pressed on...)
This is the point in the walk (about 45 second in) where I came up with my brilliant business idea.
What was this brilliant idea, you might ask?? For $5 you rent scissors to overdressed tourists who want to turn their pants into shorts. Seriously, I think this might work. There were plenty of entrepreneurial chaps with coolers selling water - but not a scissor to be found. Alas. So, After a quick pause to roll up my jeans, we continued.
It was really a lovely walk...with some amazing views and some really neat vantage points, including this one:
I love how the lines of the cables intersect here. Just gorgeous.
In the end, it was a really long walk -- but it was a great time with my cousins and something I never got the chance to do during the 6 years I lived in NYC...
The pinnacle of our journey was this gorgeous view of the bridge and Manhattan skyline from the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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