Places to Go (Vacation) - The High Line, NYC

I first visited the High Line last summer, as part of our family's weekend trip to NYC (click here for the post). During that trip, Dan and I had a great time watching the kids run and checking out the wonderful views of the city. This year my trip to the High Line was a little more mellow, but still really enjoyable. Such a great place to catch up with an old friend. I wish DC had something like this, I'd go all the time, camera in hand.

RANDOM LINKS:

*Loving this print.

*A short interview with Mo Willems. He's so awesome.

*Holiday gift-guide from pinhole press (I think I might make one of their photo calendars) (link via Bluebird Baby).

*Fortune cookie necklaces - I really really want one of these (thank you Miss Moss for the link). I also really want to read Mindy Kaling's new book.

Places to Go - NYC Part II, The High Line

Due to a late start and the need to continually stop to satisfy our baby's every desire, we made it to the Lincoln Tunnel in the heart of rush hour. That was fun (insert sarcasm). For the next (and most terrifying step), we drove a minivan through Times Square to reach our hotel (the Doubletree Suites). Finally we arrived, alive and well. But there was no time to chill, we NEEDED to make it to the High Line before dark.

This summer, the girls and I can't stop reading Peter Brown's fantastic story The Curious Garden, which centers around a little boy Liam, who transforms a city into a garden. Brown was inspired to write the book after visiting the new (and incredibly beautiful) High Line Park in NYC (where once there were train tracks, now there are gardens). Though I wouldn't exactly say that the park is for children, the girls (and the baby) made the best of it, running from garden to garden (or, for the baby, wobbling from garden to garden). Both the blossoms and the views were phenomenal, especially as dusk fell over the meatpacking district. If I lived in NYC, I'd go there all the time (seriously).

For more on the book, click here - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/books/review/Posesorski-t.html

For more on the High Line, click here

http://www.thehighline.org/