Last week Chris and I got the chance to fly out to Brooklyn for 5 days for the purpose of visiting my cousins, Sam and Karen. Sam works for JP Morgan and has the lifestyle of a busy corporate employee working downtown Manhattan and Karen is getting her doctorate at Princeton. They have an apartment in Brooklyn and a place in Princeton, too, so I tell people that they have a 'city' and 'country' home. :) It was fun to see inside their lives; where they live, their local restaurants, what they do on weekends, etc. All four of us try to get together once a year and we hope to continue this tradition.
We've learned that the way we travel is by designating the food we want and visiting the attractions near those restaurants. We see this pattern in our travels to Europe and Asia, too, and it was no different in the Big Apple. Both Chris and I had been to New York before, so we were less interested in doing the more touristy things and instead wanted to just 'see what we see' and see where each day would take us. This resulted in lots of good eating and some fun experiences. Some highlights of our trip include: going to our first Yankees game at the new stadium, visiting Papabubble, checking out Brooklyn's flea market, hanging out and playing cards with the cousins, visiting Chris's childhood homes in New Jersey, getting our fill of NY style pizza, bagels, black-n-white cookies, and a few really nice meals, and walking to most of the major Broadway theaters in hopes of finding some affordable show tickets (but to no avail).
All in all, it was a fun getaway and a much needed reprieve from daily life in Austin. Some refer to this trip as our "babymoon" where we were able to have our last big trip before the baby comes, which is probably true.
We've learned that the way we travel is by designating the food we want and visiting the attractions near those restaurants. We see this pattern in our travels to Europe and Asia, too, and it was no different in the Big Apple. Both Chris and I had been to New York before, so we were less interested in doing the more touristy things and instead wanted to just 'see what we see' and see where each day would take us. This resulted in lots of good eating and some fun experiences. Some highlights of our trip include: going to our first Yankees game at the new stadium, visiting Papabubble, checking out Brooklyn's flea market, hanging out and playing cards with the cousins, visiting Chris's childhood homes in New Jersey, getting our fill of NY style pizza, bagels, black-n-white cookies, and a few really nice meals, and walking to most of the major Broadway theaters in hopes of finding some affordable show tickets (but to no avail).
All in all, it was a fun getaway and a much needed reprieve from daily life in Austin. Some refer to this trip as our "babymoon" where we were able to have our last big trip before the baby comes, which is probably true.
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