The Big City...

So yes, Saturday was a trip down to NYC with my mother and son. I actually spent most of it just with my son; my mother had a hike thing of sorts with some other people she knows, and debarked at 125th St; so Aidan and I went the extra stop on the train down to Grand Central and then walked up to the park. I have to admit, I find it funny that Grand Central is closer to the zoo than the north end of the park is - Central Park is big, however, you look at it.

It was a good day. Visited all the animals; saw the sea lion feeding; had a long discusson about the differences between penguins and puffins; hung out with a puppeteer who did a little Humpty Dumpty show on the path (it was egg-celent!)... After lunch, my mother came down to meet us, and we took a pedal-cab down to Times Square.

Now, the guy pedaling this little thing was an insane guy called Bob. He had a nasty habit of dashing between cars and in front of other cabs, which invoked an amazingly small amount of honking considering how often they had to slam on their brakes. My mother was terrified; I was greatly amused; and Aidan was uncharacteristically quiet, which I interpreted as discomfort. Bob apparently wants to move up to Albany area, but doesn't want to deal with the snow; when asked what he does in the City over the winter, he said he went to visit his family in Puerto Rico instead. :)

Soooo. Times Square. The only place we actually went into was Toys R Us; we browsed all over, went on the Ferris Wheel, and bought stuffed Angry Birds for both Aidan and my father (yes, my father is addicted to Angry Birds). Then we walked down to 42nd street and back over to Grand Central; we stopped at the Metro Diner almost across the street from Grand Central, at which point I woke Aidan up long enough to confirm he didn't want to eat, and we had pizza. Hopped back over the road to the train, got home... Oh, 7:00 or so when all was said and done.

Generally, a very good day. Though I had a headache afterwards that lasted until Sunday afternoon, which was no fun.

(Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/neko128/sets/72157626596322595/)