This past weekend was jam-packed full of activities. Greg survived his Friday golf outing, and had a smashing time. He even hit "an amazing ace from about 35 yards away". He said this very enthusiastically -- and it seemed to impress the partners! The borrowed clubs did do a number on his hands however and he came home with some nasty blisters!
Saturday morning, the family headed down to Penn Station and we caught the 9am Amtrak train to Philadelphia to meet the McAveney family. I have to say, Amtrak was really nice. Big seats, easy to book, comfortable ride.... definitely a viable way to travel up here! Rob was one of Greg's best men in the wedding and prior to seeing him earlier in the week for the Mets game, it had been quite some time since we'd seen their family. We hopped on the Philly subway and headed to see the Liberty Bell first. (Philadelphia will be a cool place to visit once the kids are older and a *little* more interested in history!!) We sort of ran through the museum, took a quick photo or two of the bell and headed out.
Our next stop was lunch. Since we were in Philly, we HAD to have cheesesteak! While we couldn't make it to one of the "top two" spots - we headed to another local favorite recommended by Rob's brother called Sonny's. We weren't brave enough to try the sandwich with Cheez Whiz -- but maybe next time?!? It was a fantastic cheesesteak however - very fresh. I remarked that it could use a little ranch or honey mustard sauce and poor Rob almost had a heart attack. That's when he suggested that next time we go ahead and try it with the Cheez Whiz! After lunch we hopped on the Philly Phlash - a trolley that makes a loop of the downtown Philly attractions. It wasn't the speediest of transportation, but it was fun. The whole crew headed over to the Philadelphia Zoo. This was Atticus's first time to the zoo and he had a blast! (As a side note, now I know to check out the amenities of some of these places before we go. Apparently you can rent a stroller at the zoo! That would have saved us from lugging both the Ergo AND the stroller!!) Anywho, I think his favorite animal was the giraffe. He couldn't stop staring at the giraffe! Of course, all the animals were pretty cool! As a special treat, I let Atticus have a "lick" of my ice cream cone. That was really funny -- I'll have to get a copy of the picture from Rob. He wasn't quite sure what to do, but he kept trying to grab my arm and opening his mouth. Apparently the sweet tooth is one of the 6 already in his mouth!!
After the zoo, it was back to the Amtrak station where we grabbed a quick bite at this cool kiosk type restaurant that served crepes! I know. I'm a sucker for crepes. I should open a crepe restaurant later in life. Jen the Crepe Lady? Does it work?
Sunday morning, what else? Brunch! We met some of our Aussie friends for breakfast at Landmarc. After brunch, off to central park to see my friend Stuart perform with his acting troop in A Comedy of Errors. Of course, the first comedy was me trying to locate the production in the park. Seriously people... central park is HUGE and horribly confusing. There is a severe lack of signage and way too many windy foot paths. But, eventually I found the show and Atticus and I camped out in a good shady spot to enjoy the performance.
Another great weekend in NYC.
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