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puppetmaker) wrote2010-11-21 08:16 am
puppetmaker) wrote2010-11-21 08:16 am
A Good Day was had by All
It was a very nice day. The weather was good fall feeling weather but not too cold which made walking around the city very comfortable.
We started at the Central Park Zoo. We have a membership with the zoo so getting in is quick and painless if you have your card. We couldn’t find our updated cards so we went to the membership window and got a substitute and waltzed right in.
Caroline and one of the Sealions at the Central Park Zoo
They have a new section since we had been there with a couple of snow leopards, a red panda, and the snow monkeys among other animals from that region. That section feels more like the Atlanta zoo with habitat for the animals to hide in if they don’t want to deal with people. The snow leopards didn’t so we didn’t see them until the second time we went through that part of the zoo.
We walked through remembering the first time we took Caroline to that zoo oh so many years ago (in two weeks she turns 8 years old).
After that we walked to where we had arranged to meet Brad and George for lunch. It was rather crowded so Brad went to see if he could do better at another place that they both liked. We got in there and had a very good meal with lots of great conversation and laughter.
George, Brad, Peter, and Caroline
It was nice to have one of those long lunches that moves from point A to point B eventually with some diverging conversations. We caught up on news. We told stories about what has happened to us. Caroline had fun talking to George who she kept calling “The Great Ancestor” because George played the character in Mulan. George took it with the good humor he is well known for.
I think sometimes we move so fast through life pinballing from one point to another, we need that sort of stop to bring things back into perspective. Just to take a breath and step back and review. And yesterday at lunch that is just what I got to do.
I am grateful that we had lunch with Brad and George.
We started at the Central Park Zoo. We have a membership with the zoo so getting in is quick and painless if you have your card. We couldn’t find our updated cards so we went to the membership window and got a substitute and waltzed right in.
Caroline and one of the Sealions at the Central Park Zoo
They have a new section since we had been there with a couple of snow leopards, a red panda, and the snow monkeys among other animals from that region. That section feels more like the Atlanta zoo with habitat for the animals to hide in if they don’t want to deal with people. The snow leopards didn’t so we didn’t see them until the second time we went through that part of the zoo.
We walked through remembering the first time we took Caroline to that zoo oh so many years ago (in two weeks she turns 8 years old).
After that we walked to where we had arranged to meet Brad and George for lunch. It was rather crowded so Brad went to see if he could do better at another place that they both liked. We got in there and had a very good meal with lots of great conversation and laughter.
George, Brad, Peter, and Caroline
It was nice to have one of those long lunches that moves from point A to point B eventually with some diverging conversations. We caught up on news. We told stories about what has happened to us. Caroline had fun talking to George who she kept calling “The Great Ancestor” because George played the character in Mulan. George took it with the good humor he is well known for.
I think sometimes we move so fast through life pinballing from one point to another, we need that sort of stop to bring things back into perspective. Just to take a breath and step back and review. And yesterday at lunch that is just what I got to do.
I am grateful that we had lunch with Brad and George.
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George is a lot of fun to talk to. He has done so much and experienced so much in his life and tells the stories very well.
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I love what bits I know of George's sense of humor. His visit to Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me about a month ago had me in complete stitches. He must be a joy in person.
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Sweetest. man. Ever. So is Brad <3