Central Park in the Snow

15 months into our New York adventure we've finally had the sort of snow I expected to be  a regular occurrence here.

We were sent home from work at 3 last Friday to await blizzard Nemo from the safety and warmth of our apartment.

(View from the apartment around 11pm)

 
(Upper West Side the following morning)


On Saturday morning of course we piled on as many clothing layers as possible and headed straight out for an afternoon in Central Park.

After a seriously long walk and lots of leaping around in some pretty deep and powdery snow we headed to our new favourite local spot Jacob's Pickles to defrost with some Matzo Ball Soup.

The daily commute

After a 15 minute subway ride I have a 10 minute walk right along the bottom of the park.

Through the trees, past the tourists, the horse and carriages, the many snow cone and coffee vendors, morning dow-walkers and endless horn-beeping yellow taxis.

My little New York escape before the working day begins...

The start of summer

Things have gotten a lot busier round here now we're both working full time. Thankfully the evenings have been long and light and the weekends have been sunny. 

Just a few photos of the past couple of weeks and our first real taste of summer...

A park view

We're really loving being so close to Central Park at the moment. 

As we move into Spring and start to see glimpses of our first New York summer it's great to have such a lovely expanse of quiet and green to wander in.

Here are some of my favourite park views taken on my iphone last week on a morning walk to The Met with Mum and Simon and today on a leisurely Friday afternoon off.