Bikes, the 'burg, and puppy snuggles

Coming so close on the heels of the last post, I'm going to (try to) keep this one shorter.  Just a few snapshots to highlight things from the last half of the week:

I haven't *gasp* written much about Charlie's transition to apartment life.  As you can see, he's doing alright.  He loooves seeing all the people and dogs around and he does well navigating through crowded sidewalks.  We wish the squirrels and birds were a little more afraid of him so that they would get out of the way a little sooner.  To him, there are just a lot of squeaky toys running around.  Our neighborhood has a lot of trees and grassy areas, so he doesn't have to relieve himself on the sidewalk.  He really hates walking over the cellar door covers in the ground and will jump out of the way to avoid them, which can be annoying when people are walking really close.  But let's face it I find walking on those doors unnerving too, so I don't blame him.  The dog park is about 7 blocks away, so we've been going there a lot this week.  He's living a pretty good life.

We went to the NYC Philharmonic concert in Central Park on Friday night with some people from the church we've been visiting.  A perfect night and lots of fun.  Crazy story...we met a couple from the church.  The wife, Emily, also grew up in Atlanta, went to Peachtree Road UMC, went to Duke, and knows my cousin Wil.  Small world!!!  They have an adorable French bulldog pup named Rocky that they brought with them to the concert.  Hopefully we will get to know them better, maybe have a puppy play date soon.

Great food tent festival in Brooklyn.

Look at the view!!

And the awesome food!!!

Look at these safety studs!  We both ventured out on the Citi Bikes some more.  It's getting much easier to navigate and I feel more comfortable doing things like riding to the grocery store.  Also, what a great (and cheap) way to see the city.  We rode on Saturday night down the East River promenade to the Brooklyn Bridge and back.

As we were riding, we came upon this scene under the FDR highway where a line of Asian women were all dancing.  There was no audience, this wasn't a performance of any kind.  It looked like folk dancing of some sort...I had to stop and snap and pic.  Just so interesting.

Next week's topic: Life after a house (pros and cons of living in an apartment again).  Have a great week everyone!!!