Walks

Well for the most part it was a pretty quiet weekend which was nice since this week is busy. I went to the Aquarium in Brooklyn where I saw "Brooklyn's Biggest Baby", a Walrus that was born there this past summer. The Aquarium is in the perfect location, just across from the Ocean! I live a few miles away from the ocean but on rainy mornings if the wind is right you can smell the Ocean when you step outside. I love the Ocean it is defiantly one of the advantages to living on the largest island in the Continental USA. After the Aquarium I went for a walk down the Boardwalk. It is one of the most fascinating walks one can take. The Aquarium is near the Coney Island side where you feel like you are walking around 1930s Atlantic City sans the Casinos. Astroland the amusement park is there, a freak show, and carnival games. But if you walk down to the other side of the Boardwalk you find yourself in Brighton Beach aka Odessa. I was walking around for a while when I realized I was the only person on the Boardwalk who didn't speak Russian.

On Sunday I was disappointed there were no Golden Globes so I decided to go see a movie that was nominated. I saw Atonement which was touching but very sad. I took the long way home and cut through Greenwood Cemetery. Leonard Bernstein, Alice Roosevelt, and Samuel Morse are among the notable people buried there. The most ornate and stunning statues are markers for many of the graves.

My friend Josie and I checked out CURVES and I ended up joining. I really like it, it is very affordable, a good workout, and I like that it is only women and not everyone looks like a supermodel. In an effort to keep our New Years Resolutions, Josie and I have been going for walks on our lunch breaks. Today it was quiet nippy out so we ended up at the Port Authority. I always think of it as being the Bus terminal but there is a three floor mall and bowling alley inside. I had to check out the prices of renting out lanes because the administrators in my building want to get together at some point for something non work related. There are eight of us and by default I am asked anything that sounds like it might be Midwestern, aka bowling. One of my co-workers is fascinated by the fact that Big Ten Football is such a huge deal. But much of this city is made up off Midwest transplants so I am not alone.