A Taste of Summer in New York (PICS)

In mid-May I spent a week in New York for the network upfront presentations. There's nothing better than early summer in NYC; here are some pics. First up, above, a view of Central Park from the Belvedere Castle.


Speaking of the Belvedere Castle...


Strawberry Fields, forever


Crowds gather at the Sheep Meadow


Nothing much to see here, just a cellist performing in his store window.


Inside the subway.


Turns out people don't actually show up to the "Today" show with posters in hand -- they're asked to make them on the spot.


Random art exhibit spotted in the lobby of an office tower.



At the Museum of Modern Art, the fantastic exhibit "Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal"


A model of the H.C. Price Company Tower that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

FRANKLIN AVENUE IN NEW YORK: Central Park Zoo

More from Central Park, where we hit the zoo with Evan a few weeks ago. If you've never been, the Central Park Zoo is rather small -- but that's about the right amount of zoo for me. You're in and out in about an hour, and everyone's happy. The 4-year-old got to see the zoo animals, and the 4-year-old's parents weren't stuck marching around a zoo for too long.

FRANKLIN AVENUE IN NEW YORK: Central Park

After a week racing around New York covering the TV network upfronts, I wound up staying through the Memorial Day weekend to unwind. Maria and Blogger Preschooler hopped on an inexpensive JetBlue flight and joined me; that meant hitting a lot of kid-friendly attractions throughout the weekend.

Of course, that meant the first stop had to be Central Park, where we watched the model speed boats (above) and rented a rowboat in the Central Park lake (below).


At just $12 an hour, the boats are a relative bargain. It was quite a treat for Evan, who wanted to help me paddle -- before realizing how tough it was.

The line for the boats was long, but went quickly. Once in, we rowed all around the lake -- and were occasionally hit by other boaters.

Alice in Wonderland, in Central Park.

Evan has been talking about the subway virtually nonstop since the trip. More to come...