This morning we woke up to a brilliant blue sky and endless sunshine. Our plan to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge was a go. We left here and grabbed coffee and tea at Starbucks and decided to walk from our place to the bridge. With a stop to look around the court houses on the way, we got there in about a half hour. The bridge walk is very interesting and we'd highly recommend it. The views back towards Manhattan are great. You just have to keep to the right as the bikers go flying past on the left. There was one section of the bridge that was under construction.
I was pretty much fascinated by the patterns made by all of the supporting cables.
This is one of the views back towards Manhattan.
Once we reached the other side of the bridge, we decided that we'd go to the parks that were supposed to be under there. The first thing we found was another Jacques Torres chocolate shop so, naturally, we bought more chocolate and had another wicked hot chocolate as it was still a bit cool out. From there we went to the Brooklyn Bridge Park which gave an excellent view back into the city. We also saw the famous Riverside Cafe. It is literally on the edge of the river. It was too early for lunch so we had to move on. We did, however, witness a photo shoot for some hip hop guy that I didn't recognize. Not the major highlight of the day.
This was a highlight. Although we didn't eat here, it was cool to see another of the famous NYC coal burning pizzerias. Grimaldi's is right under the bridge.
A view from Brooklyn Bridge park.
I was trying to balance the camera on a rock to take this picture when a nice couple came by and offered to help.
Jacque Torres's cookies. We had a chocolate chip yesterday.
This one shows the derelict area of Brooklyn that is being rebuilt with the bridge in the background.
Looking up from the park area.
This shot is from the garden at the Riverside Cafe. Next time, we're eating here!
Manhattan with a police boat in the foreground. The police presence is very obvious most of the time.
Looking back towards the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan from the park.
After we finished walking around the park, we decided not to go back to Manhattan and brave the St. Patty's day throngs. So, we hopped on the subway and headed off to Coney Island. How cool is it to be able to take the subway to the ocean? On the way I realized that we'd have to eat at Nathan's Famous Frankfurters. We have seen this iconic hotdog joint on numerous food shows. They've been around since, I think, 1916. The hotdogs are done on the flat top griddle. They aren't fancy, but they were good. After eating, we walked on the boardwalk and the beach. We even went out on the long pier. It was really nice to feel the sun warming us up.
Here are our Nathan's hotdogs. I had the chili dog of course. Marilyn had the basic one.
Here are a few images of the beach area at Coney Beach.
Once we got back to Manhattan, we decided to walk around and see what was going on. We found quite a few loud, noisy bars with over indulged yahoos in them. So, we went to another of Mario's places called Otto Enoteca. It's a pizza place but we had beers and bruschetta pepperonata. It was a great snack but, sadly, Mario wasn't there.
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