the first item on the agenda today was a bike ride uptown. chanda is thinking of riding to her dance intensive during the week so we wanted to check out the route.
it was a nice ride and not too difficult . . she'll just have to be careful of all the weekday commuters: walkers, bikers and drivers--all the typical crazy manhattan commuting worries.
an old building from the interborough rapid transit authority: the IRT. i'm not sure if it's still being used by the metropolitan transportation authority.
we stopped at a park we used to visit a lot when the girls were younger. chanda was upset to see that they had taken down the playground equipment that she used to like to play on, and they had put up this green "fencing" around the fountain.
it was a quiet fourth of july. greg and i did more apartment cleaning and chanda worked on four pairs of pointe shoes from her pointe shoe graveyard. she sewed and reglued them so she can get more wear from them during this four week intensive she's taking. she's saving the one new pair she has for the end presentation, i think, or for the intensive that comes after this intensive . . (i'm making a face now . . )
Her bike ride sounds lovely. It is Shane they took down the play park and those signs are unreal!!
ReplyDeleteHope the dance incentives work out, pointe shoe graveyard made me smile :-)
Happy belated Fourth of July X
Thanks San :) It's getting very warm here now . . I think we're entering the "dog days of summer." I hope there was some good sunshine over by you this week. xoxoxo
DeleteIs bicycle theft a problem by you? I was just wondering if she rides by herself if her bike could get stolen. Good for her to fix those shoes. Charlotte's old ones are beyond that, but she normally wears one pair for a whole year. (Of course, Chanda uses her much more.)
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