The Bokas' Day Out

We had the BEST day. It was Saturday, there were no weddings to shoot and nothing to keep us from enjoying a summer day in New York. The weather was gorgeous and after several weekends of Geoff mentioning that we should rent bikes, (after loving it so much in Italy), we finally did it. And loved it again.


We finally found a bike shop that still had any rentals available at noon on a Saturday in the summer and high tailed it over there to pick them up. There was a slight moment of crisis when we realized that the woman before us at the store took one of the bikes we had on hold. And we were told there were no more rentals available. But the bike shop just found us another one. Possibly one that actually belonged to somebody else and was in for repairs, but we didn't ask any questions.


After a quick stop by auditions for me (I had to flex those rusty acting muscles and read with an actor), we headed over to the west side of Manhattan and rode south on the bike path by the Hudson River. It was GORGEOUS out.







And it seemed everyone else had the same idea, as it was packed. The bike paths, the benches, the grassy areas, the boardwalk... just tons of people out enjoying the day. Even saw the lady from the bike shop who had taken our bike. This guy though, was one of my favorites.


We passed Chelsea Piers, and hung a left on Christopher Street to ride through the West Village and almost as soon as we did, we saw this adorable little Italian restaurant with outdoor seating. So we stopped for a late lunch. It was SO good. And made for even more of a flashback to Italy.



Me stealing something delicious from Geoff's plate while he takes my picture.


Afterwards we would through the West Village a little more and came upon a street fair on 6th Avenue. We walked our bikes through and saw grilled corn on the cob vendors, jewelry sellers, cotton candy, fresh lemonade, and this really really cool furniture booth from a store where everything looked to be hand carved from whole trees...just some gorgeous and really interesting pieces.

Then we continue east, picking out dream houses in every other brownstone that was painted with colors that I liked.



After making it to 2nd Ave, we spent our last few moments in the bike lane there, just enjoying the breeze and the sights and the people watching. We love bikes. And if Geoff has anything to do with it, we'll be buying some of our own as soon as possible.