Day-venture with Mandy and Kip

This summer I decided to take some random vacations days. One day to adventure with Mandy and Kip and one day to adventure with Dan and Kip. Of the three of us, my schedule is most flexible with taking days off and if I don't use em, I lose em.

This past Friday I spent the day with Mandy and Kip.

We took the subway into Manhattan and the ferry over to Staten Island.

 <Subway          Ferry>

After we got off the ferry, we walked over to a random lot for a free event call Broadway in the Boros. I guess, each summer several Broadway shows participate by performing a few songs from their show, free to the public. One event in each borough. We missed the Brooklyn event in June before I heard about the event but fortunately, the timing for the Staten Island event was just perfect.

We found a shady spot under a tree, set-up a little picnic for Kip, and watched performers from A Band's Visit (the new 10-time Tony award winning show from this season) and Wicked (one of my most favorites)!

It's just a few of the performers. No staging or costumes or anything but there was live music and it was free!! We also really liked watching the sign language interpreters on stage as they signed along with the songs. Very interesting! It was only supposed to be an hour long event but with the raffles and all the sponsor stuff it was more like an hour and 40 minutes.

By the time we headed back to the ferry, Kippy was sound asleep in his stroller for a nap.

When we got back to Manhattan, we took Kippy for a ride on the Seaglass Carousel in Battery Park. 

He loved it.

Mandy and I picked up some fresh baked cookies before we all hopped back on the subway home. It was a perfect adventure day and everything went surprisingly smooth. Fun for all!

That night, Mandy gifted us a date night while she stayed at the apartment with Kip. Dan and I went to dinner and walked along Summer Stroll, they close off the main street in our neighborhood and the restaurants set-up seating and music outside.

It was a really wonderful day. Can't wait for my day-venture with Dan and Kip.