Bronx

Sister fun continued! 
Sunday was a lazy day around the house, TV time, neighborhood walk, and driving into Hoboken (yes, Hoboken again) for book club.  After 2 months off of book club, Ginny kindly hosted us during her moving week.  She's been in the same Hoboken apt for several years and I have to say I'll miss the place.  But I'm happy that she's now got her own place in the Upper East Side.  We happily sat around the floor (and the last remaining furniture) eating pizza and Crumbs cupcakes, just chatting about new jobs, travel and lots of random things.  Of course we also discussed the book, A Reliable Wife.  In general, I'd say we all gave it a pretty favorable review.  I was pretty impressed because E even read the book as an honorary book club member.  :o)  She however was not wild about the book.  (Ginny also gave us all a party favor!! more on that some other time)

The next day, E and I took quite an adventure.  I mustered up the courage to drive across the George Washington Bridge and into the Bronx.  Destination - Bronx Zoo.  I have always been a little bit nervous driving in NYC and have majorly avoid it, but luckily all went very well.  That morning we had debated postponing our zoo trip because the weather was a little questionable as there was a chance of rain.  I'm happy to report the weather turned out perfectly - a little overcast and therefore very comfortable, not too hot.

The first thing we saw was the Chilean Flamingo.

And then some really neat birds.

The gorilla we saw was pretty far away, but I thought this huge gorilla hand print was pretty cool.

One of my favorite parts of the zoo was that peacocks were just walking everywhere.

We took the Asia Monorail to see some of the animals that are otherwise not accessible.  (I guess it would be too much ground to cover with walking trails)

American Buffalo

And now the American Flamingo. (I found their colors more vibrant than the Chilean)

Then again, maybe I just liked them better because they were closer. :)

Hard to see here, but it's a peacock - with 2 of her babies that are visible.  We had just watched her shield the rest of her babies by basically sitting on them.  We also got to see the last remaining babies go under moments after this picture.  Very neat. 

The zoo had a lot to offer.  Of course I didn't get pictures of everything, but possibly my two favorites - 1. dwarf mongooses and their newborns and 2. wild little squirrel monkeys chasing after each other. 

That night we had a feast of grilled beef tenderloin, baked potatoes, and roasted asparagus.  And it sure was fun to have a girl around to watch the season premiere of The Bachelorrette!