Two weekends' worth of random fun

Hi again! I was derelict in my blogging duties last weekend so I'm making up for it now.

Last weekend we decided to go to the Lower East Side. We spend a lot of time in neighborhoods in that area. The architecture is really cool, there are tons of restaurants and bars and shops, and it's a lot less pretentious than similarly artsy neighborhoods on the West Side.

We started off at La Taqueria, a cheap taco place that I had heard good things about. Holy moly, it was every bit as amazing as I'd hoped. $2.50 lamb tacos... I can't wait to go back and try other stuff on their menu! The next people who visit us will definitely be going on a trip there! After lunch we wandered around the neighborhood and took some cool pictures of a building on the corner of Stanton on Bowery.

This weekend we accidentally ended up spending Saturday in Fort Greene after a trip to the most wretched, horrible Target store on the planet. We went to lunch at The Smoke Joint, a barbecue restaurant, and then stumbled on a huge flea market, of which I got no pictures because it was too crowded and discombobulating. Naturally, my sugar craving kicked in after a bit and we went to a little dessert shop on the recommendation of our server at the barbecue place. We got a piece of apple pie with salted caramel ice cream and a giant cream puff filled with chocolate cream. They were both ridiculously good! This is another place on my list for visitors, so get your asses out here! Until then, please to enjoy some pictures below:

This is Pete and me in a park just off Bowery. I also wanted to take a picture of a real life hooker, but he wouldn't let me.

This is just part of the cool graffiti on the building.

Weird tile hummingbirds. Kind of cool, huh?

This is a shot of the whole side of the building. There are so many layers of paint and plastered ads and whatnot that it looks really textured up close.

This is a gorgeous tree in Fort Greene. The whole neighborhood was surprisingly beautiful.

A shot of a classic brownstone block in Fort Greene.

Pete said he used to take a bus that went by this church about 15-20 years ago when he worked in the area and the gargoyles scared the bejesus out of him. He wondered who the hell would want to pray in such an evil-looking building.

 

 

 

 So that's that! Two weeks' worth of exploring. I'm so glad we got out and got some pictures while the trees were still turning. New Yorkers really make an effort to preserve and maintain what little green space there is, it's nice to see the fruits (ha!) of their labor. The next two weekends we'll be back in good ol' Nebraska but I'm already plotting our next adventure.

xoxo,

Leigh