The Great Pumpkin

Check out these guys we saw at Dean and Deluca today.

My New Commute to Jersey

I leave my place by 7:30 and head to the subway.

I get out of the subway at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan and wait for the crosstown bus or the free ferry shuttle.
Here's the view of the city around the park.
The bus takes me to the NY ferry station on the Hudson River.
Everyone waiting in the building for their ferry to show up.
My ferry docks at slip 3.
That shiny blue building on the left is where I'm going.
Here comes my boat.
We pass by a huge cruise ship crossing the river.
Here is a view of downtown NY on the left and downtown Jersey on the right.
Getting close to shore.

Entering my building.
Here's my first stop...morning coffee.
The view of the city on the way home. It's only daylight when I leave on Fridays!
I got off the ferry shuttle in Midtown East so I could meet S for dinner.
We have a new favorite Thai restaurant and a Friday night habit of eating the drunken noodles.

A Day at the Zoo with Drew

In August I got to stay with Kurt and Debbie for a few days. On one of those days I went with Debbie and Drew to the Portland Zoo and followed Drew around on his preferred path through the exhibits.
Here he is in front of a picture of "George," his favorite monkey.

And then he spent awhile in the petting zoo, grooming little goats. It looked like he was doing a really good job, very practiced at it I guess!

It was really fun seeing Drew go through his favorite parts of the zoo and hang out with him for the day!