USA Summer Tour: NYC Weekend Getaway

We opted not to spend a full week in NYC with the kids this summer. We loved showing them the city we love last year, but it was too exhausting criss crossing the city in summer heat. So Pete and I asked Oma and Opa for a weekend of babysitting so that we could make the trip in. We would have skipped it altogether, but there were a lot of babies to meet! The weekend was basically babies and eating! 

Friday afternoon we made it to Brooklyn where Emma and Tom had a baby-free afternoon so we could bar hop. We got caught in a major summer downpour while enjoying our frozen margaritas and Mexican!

Then we got to see their apartment with views to die for and meet Cole! Such a sweet, smiley guy!

Then we met Kevin, Jess, Sam and new baby Will for dinner in Windsor Terrace to wish them well on their upcoming move to California! Pete and I wandered through Prospect Park, catching some of a jazzy Celebrate Brooklyn festival before hanging a bit more with our friends.

Uber views along the BQE

We were very fortunate to get to stay at Pete's friend's apartment in Tribeca as he and his finance were away for the weekend. Great NYC views from the rooftop!

Saturday we were back to Brooklyn for brunch (fried chicken and waffles, yum!!), shopping in our old neighborhood and afternoon drinking at Threes Brewing where we got to see Brian and Laurel and meet their sweetie, Anderson in addition to Emma, Tom and Cole again!

We had dinner plans with Adam, Laura and Mike in the West Village so we headed to the neighborhood early for some pre-dinner icecream, a pedicure and wandering in the sunshine.

Not where we ate :) 

Pete couldn't resist some late night pizza from his favorite place!

Sunday we got some bagels and headed to the ferry terminal to cross the Hudson over to Hoboken, NJ (we made it to 8 states this trip) to meet Margot, another adorable smiley baby! The ferry crossing turned into an epic journey due to some major staff incompetence!

We walked from Laura and Josh's to Susan's to catch up with her and the family. A quiet afternoon compared to our noisy week-long visit last summer! 

We bused back into Manhattan- I headed North to pick up Pio Pio for our picnic in Central Park. Pete headed South to grab our stuff from Tribeca. As I walked along the reservoir, eyeing my grad school buildings across the park I got to catch up on the phone with my GC classmate Heather. It was like we'd never left that magical place! Then Pete and I found each other near the Delacorte theater and we chowed down on our favorite NYC food, Peruvian chicken! 

We regret not getting to see a lot of friends on this visit, prioritizing time together and meeting new babes. Thank you again to Oma and Opa for allowing us to get another weekend away!

Sunset along the Hudson from the train