With family out west, family in the Midwest, and family away from family here on the east coast all working from different angles, we were finally persuaded to start our own blog. You've gotta love peer pressure! But what better way is there to modestly brag about all the awesome things we get to do?! So without further ado, let us tell you all about our rockin' cool life!
We are living here in a relatively quiet part of NYC: just down the street from the Little Italy of the Bronx. We have a plethora of restaurants that can fill our cravings for eggplant Parmesan and gnocchi pesto and, above all, New York pizza. Whenever we ride our bikes up through the heart of Little Italy it is commonplace to pass old people sitting on their lawn chairs on the sidewalk right outside their shops, and kids running around with Italian ices. We're pretty sure that we've heard the classic "eh Tony!" shouted out across the street. So contrary to our first impressions of this big city, we aren't afraid of getting mugged the moment we step out of sight of the housing security guards.
Speaking of riding our bikes: we've decided that it is the best way to get around locally. Those of you who have ever driven in the Bronx know the stress of maneuvering around the double parked cars and pedestrians. Anyone who uses the MTA knows it can sometimes be faster to walk than to wait for that darn bus. We've found biking to be, by far, the most enjoyable mode of transportation around here. Naturally, when we decided to go to the zoo to try out our new camera (thanks Thalmans!!!) we also decided we should bike it. We're glad that we did, because pedaling up there together was half the fun. (PS, anyone looking for the bike racks at the zoo, we finally found them by the ticket booth at the Southern Boulevard gate.) We had a great time seeing all the animals. Some super rad experiences were hearing the lion roar in person, watching some young snow leopards pounce on each other, and having a couple sea birds fly right over our heads.
Ah, the beautiful flamingos.
Chet's face, and a zebra.
See a resemblance?
Cool lemurs.
Some birds that flew right over our heads. We could have touched them from this nest.