Recent trips (Fall 2012)

One really great day trip (planned by Al) was to Cold Spring. About an hour and a bit north into New York state, it's a cute arty village. One of the nicest things is the train trip up there which is just miles and miles along the Hudson river bank with gorgeous fall leaves.

Which Ruby loves to crunch on.

We had lunch in a cute restaurant which used to be the old railway station, looked around the village, got some hot apple cider and spent a lot of time in the village playground.

I went on Ruby's first class trip with her which was apple picking in New Jersey. My favourite part was going on the yellow school bus.

Then there were a few trips closer to home, including a recent hike to Carroll Gardens which took us 2 hours in horrible Sunday subways. Love Brooklyn but not enough to do that again for a while.

Ridgewood to see Rob and Leslie. Utterly Handsome Eben in the school field opposite their house.

And closer to home, forays to Central Park. This was from when mum was here.

And one of the highlights of mum's trip was seeing Woody Allen playing clarinet at the Carlyle. The guys practically expires when he tries to play, a little painful but very exciting to be that close to him.

And a concert at Carnegie Hall to see the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Lovely concert and truly beautiful venue.