We Love New York

When I heard that our good friend Sidney would be in New York in mid February for her baby shower, I jumped at the chance to meet up with her. She and her husband Andrew drove down from Waterloo, ON and we drove down for the weekend too.

Before meeting up with Sidney & Andrew, we went to visit our friends Mohan & Rachel in Brooklyn. After a delicious brunch at one of their favorite restaurants, they took us down to Jane's Carousel in the DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood. It's a really cool carousel from the 1920s that has been beautifully restored:

Maya was of course super excited to get on the carousel:

And she was all smiles once she got on her horse:

As usual, she was not as thrilled once the ride was over:

And it really is in a beautiful setting, right on the East River, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges:

After that, we stopped at a playground, also right near a bridge:

Later that night we met up with Sidney and Andrew for dinner out in the suburbs of Long Island. After some delicious Indian food, we headed over to a diner for some late-night dessert. Maya entertained herself by arranging and re-arranging sugar packets on the table and hanging out with Sidney:

After some gigantic slices of cheesecake, we were all smiles: