Mardi Michels' Guest Post for Taste As You Go inspired me to write about a day I spent wandering around Brooklyn at the beginning of September. You see, for the past few weekends, I've been taking advantage of the gorgeous fall weather in New York City and exploring various neighborhoods with my friend Candice.
Our first adventure took us down to City Hall Park in Manhattan, then across the Brooklyn Bridge. We didn't have a plan once we got to Brooklyn, so we just let our feet do the thinking. Eventually, we found ourselves in Cadman Plaza, surrounded by the stalls at the Cadman Plaza Farmers Market. Holy tomatoes!
I've never seen so many varieties of tomatoes before. If I had prepared properly, I would have whipped out my canvas grocery bags and started loading up. Alas, I had to settle for posing for a picture with all of these beauties.
Curious to see how long the line was at Grimaldi's, we headed over to Dumbo to see whether our chances of buying a slice were good.
Unfortunately, the line was already snaking its way down the sidewalk, so we skipped the pizza and went straight for dessert.
By the time we got to the front of the line at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, they were out of the strawberry ice cream, so I "settled" for one scoop of the coffee ice cream on a cone. Heaven! We took our frozen treats back outside into the afternoon sun and stood by The River Cafe, where Stephen and I had dinner last November thanks to a gift certificate I won, admiring the view of Manhattan.
