We walked from Brooklyn to Manhattan - some shots of the views along the way below;
Once on the Manhattan side we stopped to enjoy a little street entertainment, and then because it was so close, decided to go to the WTC memorial.
After about an hour of lining up, tickets checks, security checks etc. we finally got to the memorial fountains. There are 2, one for each of the towers. The new World Trade Centre is close by and still under construction. It's amazing that 12 years on there is still such a physical scar on the landscape.
We'd planned a lunch stop at MOB, which is back over the Brooklyn Bridge. By this time we were pretty tired and hungry so getting lost (our first time since we arrived), and then discovering the place was closed that day for renovations was not fun. Luckily two friendly vegan girls, also looking to lunch at MOB came along and suggested some alternate vegan eateries in the area.
Setting off again, and with another wrong turn we ended up walking past the Barclays Centre twice. This however turned to good fortune, as they were prepping for the VMA awards that were being held there the next night, and my sister spotted Grimes, who she is a fan of, getting out of a car - so managed to get her autograph.
There was finally lunch after this at the V-Spot in Parkslope - a Latin American vegan/vegetarian place. I had their Buffalo 'chicken' wings which were pretty tasty, Ange had the Raw nori rolls, basically sushi but with the rice replaced by a creamy nut paste - this was yummy
Angella strikes me as quite the hip new yorker in that photo. Maybe she's meant to stay... In future I won't take a look at your blog when I'm hungry; it makes it impossible to read and not salivate; very embarrassing when using the public library computers. Joel xo And I like your bridge shots better than the old black and white ;)
ReplyDeleteAnge manages to be hip in every city she is in. Trust me the public libraries have seen a lot worse activities :-)
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