New York June 2009, part 2

As always, I leave this town with my head spinning. It takes time to adjust, and get into the rhythm and just as I do, it is time to leave.

This trip has been a good one. We found, thanks to Jaimie and Joe, a great venue for David's book launch on October 13th (see the view to the right). Our friend Ara helped us come up with a fabulous idea for the launch, which we will keep under our hats until the event.

Trinity tried out Tai Kwan Doe, which she loved. We watched eight year old's spa, and were impressed by their energy and focus. She loved chasing around the instructor trying to land a blow with both fist and foot.

Summer camp run by blue school allowed Trinity a week of hanging out with other kids and doing great creative projects.

One of the big events of the trip was going out to Coney Island to see the Mermaid parade which happens around the summer solstice each year. Sadly it was raining this year, so the parade ended early.

We walked along the board walk past lots of amazing creatures and costumes. Our favourite was the sea creature, which India was entranced by, as he ate his fish and chips under cover during the rain. We all dressed up, with Trinity as a mermaid (including a blond wigand a shell shaped bra top). Unfortunately I didn't get any good photos but it was great fun for her.

Coney Island is an interesting place. The fun fair has lots of great rides for little kids, though operating intermittently due to the rain on the day. I was tempted by the 'Shoot the freak' game (!). We were deeply sad to miss the hot dog eating competition that was due to take place in 12 days.

Trinity and I also had the pleasure of going to the Broadway show 'The little Mermaid'. Last time she saw the 'Lion King' with her father, so this time we got to sing along with Ariel. We then walked around Times Square which is now a more pedestrian place, as they have fenced off many of the roads to allow for the vast amounts of tourists that walk around there each year.

The trip ended on a high note. We got to JFK burdened with the normal extra luggage collected in NYC and found that we had been upgraded to business class the whole way home. Ahhhh, such happy events.