After breakfast we spent the first part of the day in
Central Park. It was a hot, bright summer day.
Around 10:45 we walked the few blocks from our hotel to the Columbus Circle entrance. We walked by/through Tavern on the Green, Strawberry Fields, the Ladies Pavilion, The Ramble, Belvedere Castle, the Charles B. Stover Bench, the Shakespeare Garden, the King Jagiello monument, The Ramble again, The Point, the Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Fountain, the Mall, the Dairy Visitor Center, the Chess & Checkers House, the Victorian Gardens amusements at Wollman Rink, and The Pond.
We exited Central Park at 59th and 5th and walked by the Apple Store. The iconic glass cube and underground store has been undergoing renovation for 2 years but a temporary store next to it is open for business. We didn't go in.
We continued down 5th to 53rd and made a right so that we could go by
The Halal Guys for lunch/dinner (they're opening storefronts around the country now and there's one coming near us - can't wait!). We each got a combo platter then stopped in the nearby Hudson Market for drinks, a Crunchie bar (yum! - it'd been so long since I had one), and a black & white cookie (because, NY). We took our food back to the hotel and ate in our room. It was all delicious.
After eating we put the leftovers in the fridge then took a shower to clean off the day's sweat - we were soaked. Then we relaxed in the room until it was time to get ready for our evening: a night at Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
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Near the Ladies Pavilion
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| Rock(et) Man |
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Green water courtesy of toxic algae bloom. Thank you cyanobacteria!
Signs were posted all over the park warning to not come into contact with the water and to keep pets away. |
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| Murky green water, a blue dragonfly and a yellow dragonfly |
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| It's like The Joker's origin story |
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| Todd made fun of me for taking pictures of lampposts |
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| The algae didn't keep the boaters off the water. I like this photo. |
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| A stone arch in The Ramble |
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| Detail |
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| And the other side |
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The Charles B. Stover Bench.
Oh, and Todd. |
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| We revisited our favorite tree in the Shakespeare Garden... |
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| ...as seen in 2016 |
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| A peaceful rolling green sitting area |
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King Jagiello Monument.
From the Central Park website: "...originally featured at the entrance to the Polish pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair. Later that year the Nazis invaded Poland, preventing the sculpture's return to its homeland. In 1945 it was placed in Central Park by the Polish government as a symbol of the proud and courageous Polish people. It portrays King Jagiello, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, who united Lithuania and Poland and became king after marrying the Queen of Poland in 1386." |
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| A canopy of leaves... |
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| ...an abstract in blue |
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| Looking toward the Bow Bridge |
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| That is some green water |
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| The view from The Point |
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| Despite the brutal heat, unforgiving sun, and algal water, there were plenty of people renting boats on The Lake. It was amusing to watch because about half of the people were rowing the wrong way, forcing the stern of the boat forward. |
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| Boat jam |
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| Bethesda Fountain |
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| Purple lotus |
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| A view of The Point from Bethesda Fountain |
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| Bethesda Terrace |
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| In the winter this is a skating rink. During the summer the Wollman Rink hosts the Victorian Gardens amusement park. |
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| The Apple Store is so generic looking right now. It should just have "STORE" written across its front in bold black letters. |
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| There, that's better |
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| So good! |
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| Early sunset due to clouds. We'll have a bit of rain later after the show. |
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