Day 1 of our adventure!

We arrived to our cute apartment that would be our home for the summer--small, cute but crazy expensive. If we spent this much money in Atlanta we would be living in a mansion but we would not be in NYC. Our neighborhood is filled with great restaurants and bars so Tyler was feeling pretty bummed that he was only with us for a few days before he returned to Atlanta. We had our first meal at Putnam's--a Gastropub on Myrtle Ave. It was good but a little too fancy for us. After dinner, we made our way into the city via the subway. We take the G train to the A train under the East River into the city. First stop was the Freedom Tower but before geting there we passed a most unfortunate site--about 50 rats enjoying a late night meal of garbage in a construction site. We have spent a lot of time in this city and we have never seen anything like it. Yuck does not begin to explain my reaction, but of course my family thought differently. Tyler wanted to show the children the rats, Christa wanted everyone to love the rats, and Ryan just thought it was hysterical especially since his mother was cringing with horror. We finally made it to the freedom tower and this is what we saw. Much better than the rats.

Afterwards, we stopped for a late night Falafel and I got a raw juice from some street vendors and we headed to South Street Seaport where we had a beautiful view of the Brooklyn Bridge. So happy to be back--I feel like I am home.