Gigino at Wagner Park

I had lunch at this lovely restaurant along Wagner Park, Battery Park City, facing the Hudson River, and I will definitely take visitors back here. The food is excellent, the view is awesome, and it's a great place to people-watch.

From Gigino's at Wagner Park website.

Preschoolers on an Outing

Sooooooo cute! These little guys are holding on to a type of "leash" to keep them together on their outing. The teachers each have a hold on either ends. 

Museum of Jewish Heritage

I visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage yesterday. I took my time exploring their three stories of really excellent exhibits. I paid for the audio listening tour ($5). I find listening easier than reading when learning new things, and for me it makes the visit much more orderly.

It's located in Battery Park City on the Hudson River. You can see the Statue of Liberty from its beautiful third floor seating area. Overall, I spent three hours there and was not disappointed.

Of course some themes are disturbing, and coming off the heels of my recent Cincinnati experience (see A Sad Slant on Midwesterners), I wondered if God had put me there as a response. When I turned the corner and saw this, I actually gasped. 

Here is a picture of the Garden of Stones in the back of the museum. Its creator, the famous naturalist-artist Andy Goldsworthy, has planted oak trees into boulders. You've probably received in your email pictures of some of his stunning stone-stacking sculptures with the subject line something like:  "You've-got-to-see-this!"

You Can Tell By Their Shoes.

Probably Midwesterners.

Probably New Yorkers

A Sad Slant on Midwesterners.

I overheard this conversation while eating my hot dog at the Cincinnati Reds game last week. A middle-aged white woman was ranting to her elderly mother about her daughter being upset that she's dating a black man. She said:

"(My daughter) said, 'Mom, you badmouthed my boyfriend in front of Grandma!' I said that's a lie! Everything that comes out that woman's (the one who told, I guess) mouth is a stinking lie! I never said anything bad about him. . . I just said he's black, and I don't like black people."

Sigh.

I just don't know what to write after that. I was able to leave and not react--uncommon for me.

Anyway, here's a picture of the game with Votto at bat--a great game with a 5-4 win over the Angels. I wasn't the only one with my camera out. Frazier, Choo, and Heisey each hit a home run that day!

Snaggletooth Cat

I have met a very nice person in our apartment unit who is letting me cat sit when she's traveling. This is Reggie Bush who, after three days of coming in to feed him, decided he could trust me enough to let me get close for this picture. Do you see his wonderful snaggletooth?

Storm

A line of dark clouds roll over Manhattan's skyline outside our apartment window.