usual Sunday

Sunday morning, the heat finally subsided and we went out for our usual aimless bike ride. I was thinking of heading to Governor's Island, but when we passed by New Amsterdam Market at the old Fulton Fish Market by the Seaport, Taiyo urged me to stop.
It's a nice little Sunday market where you can find local produce and artisanal food products. We went around and sampled cheese and bread, but this week the market seemed a bit smaller than usual, maybe because of the heat, or we are in the middle of the summer at high vacation time. We couldn't find his favorite focaccia, so we settled for a crabcake slider by National Crab.

The cute little slider was whopping $10, but it was solid crab meat with no filler. Quite tasty. But Taiyo only had a slice of tomato and bread. Then he kept asking for more bread. So we went around looking for more bread. This market is another wonderful outdoor eating option for the summer, but there's no place to sit! Last year they had benches but this year they decided to have only high tables, which Taiyo enjoyed to climb. But it was impossible to eat at this table with him. We sat on the divider around the lot, which I would not recommend to any other little people. Other option would be to just walk out and sit by the water, although right now there's construction along the path and not very appealing surrounding anyway.

There's a few more options for street food across the street at Fulton Stall Market. But there's no bathrooms at these markets. I guess you can go to the pier at the Seaport. Later Taiyo led me to Gap where I ended up making unplanned purchase of his shirts and pants. Then we went just another block down to the beautiful Imagination Playground.

This fabulous little playground has great blocks, cool fountains, large sandbox, fun slope to run around and a tower to overlook everything. And even a spacious bathroom with a changing table. We always love hanging out there.