I'd known about the gallery for weeks and had been dying to see it. Park Here is an Openhouse Gallery exhibit, but very unlike the usual New York City art galleries. The space had been converted to resemble a real park - complete with trees, grass, chirping birds, benches, ponds and, most importantly, a constant temperature of 73 degrees. Not to mention, it's completely free.
What a great idea!
The entrance.
Park Here!
You can see the strollers parked on the grass inside.
Fake tree!
Fake tree stump!
Our view from our seat on the grass.
Pond!
We managed to snag a super comfy bean bag chair.
After dozing in the park for a while, we headed out to grab dinner.
First, we went to Eataly, Mario Batteli's food and wine marketplace/fine dining establishment. I'd been meaning to check that out for a while too. However, Eataly is insane! It's huge, crowded and smells delicious. Chocolate, coffee, paninis, cheeses, pastas, fish, meat, breads, sauces, etc. There was several different places to eat inside the building, but everything was a bit pricey. We ended up just wandering around, checking everything out. We saw people doing their daily grocery shopping - while holding glasses of Italian wine. Somewhere inside I picked up a map of the place, with directions on how to shop and where to eat!
Bit blurry, but this is at the entrance to Eataly.
From the outside.
After exploring Eataly, we started walking in hopes of stumbling upon somewhere to eat.
We walked by a building that housed this:
We also walked through the Fur Garment District of NY, which was interesting.
Finally, we came upon one of our favorite places to eat, Blockheads. For a NYC Mexican restaurant, it's quite good.
Afterwords, we caught the RamVan back. Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon and evening.
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