Day 2 in New York

Pete went out for a run the next morning (in poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires no less) and returned with bagels. He had stopped in Whole Foods to buy beers for our next hosts and was denied as it was before 8am! 

We fueled up for a big day at the American Museum of Natural History with Emma, Tom, and Cole! We were really excited to take the kids (and see it again ourselves). We'd watched Night at the Museum in preparation and the kids were excited to see the sights from the movie. There are tons of special exhibits that you book in advance so we did a lot of crisscrossing the museum. We even left to have lunch (at Shake Shack of course) and returned, but still feel like we missed seeing a lot! 

She loves her shiny things

After the museum, we headed downtown to see the new (to us) Hudson Yards. Laura came in from Hoboken and we walked the length of the High Line down to the West Village. 

We met Susan and Brian for dinner at a little Italian spot. When they wouldn't serve pasta without sauce for Maeve, Pete left with her and got a slice! The kids were antsy at the table so we made our way to a playground, grabbed a bottle of wine, and had a much nicer time catching up while the kids ran around. According to a (potentially drunk) fellow mom at the playground, drinking in playgrounds is totally legit since COVID. 

Our Saturday group hang was at Ellington in the Park, a great beer garden in Riverside Park. Mike, Char, Jeff, and their girls came into the city to see us for a nice early afternoon hang and catch up! 

We made our way (so, so slowly- who knew Uber drivers knew how to drive so slowly) to Metro North at 125th Street where we caught the train to Croton! Emily, Tim, and Ali had moved into a new home since we last saw them and we were so excited to see it and them! Our visit was too short as always, but so fun to see the kids quickly reconnect and enjoy a nice dinner together. 

We went for a walk along the Hudson the following morning before catching Amtrak to our next destination.