Birthday Ferry Ride

Yesterday I celebrated my 26th birthday. It was a perfect day: pretty casual, spent with people I love, and showered with birthday wishes from all those I love that don't live in the City with me :) 

I met Seth for lunch in Union Square. Following lunch I headed towards Williamsburg where I met Kendra. We grabbed iced coffees and headed for the pier to take the new East River Ferry towards Wall Street. 

Once we got downtown, we wondered the streets, admiring old landmarks along the way. We found our way to Battery Park and looked out across the water to Lady Liberty. When we felt we had sufficiently sweat enough, we headed towards Stone Street (one of my favorite streets in the City) for an afternoon drink.

Unfortunately our afternoon drink was interrupted by an afternoon down pour - we tried to weather it under our umbrella, but the wind picked up and the rain drops were huge, so we ran inside to finish our beers. 

When the rain stopped and the sun returned, we headed back towards the pier to catch the ferry back to Williamsburg.

Upon returning to Williamsburg, we headed to a new beer garden on the north edge of Williamsburg where we were met by a few friends. Our evening was filled with laughter, talking, and even a tournament of rock, paper, scissors (which I didn't win).