Cherry Blossom

Today we went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to see the blooming cherry trees. They had a festival called Sakura Matsuri yesterday and today. According to the pamflet there were a lot of performances and art with Japanese theme, but we didn't really care. I just wanted to see the cherry trees.

They had an esplanade they call the Cherry Esplanade - two corridors with blooming cherry trees on both sides. Quite beautiful actually. The garden had a Japanese themed pond with kois too, but this was of course nothing compared to all the real Japanese gardens in Japan.

Note the color of my shirt. :-D




We continued the day with walking over the Brooklyn Bridge. We stood in line for a pizza at Grimaldi's but we gave up after 30 minutes in the line. It would have taken an hour more before it was our turn we guesstimated...



We took a look at the construction site at Ground Zero. One of the buildings is actually on it's way. We shopped a little at the nearby Century 21. The original plan was China Town, Greenwich, and Soho after that but it was quite late so we ended up in Canal Street/Broadway for some more shopping instead.

Today's purchase:
* More Converse shoes
* Sun glasses from Guess, Levi's, and Ray Ban
* Underwear from Hilfiger and Calvin Klein