Afternoon in Central Park

Last week, after having watched the weather forecast like it was an out of stock item I was hoping would pop back, and I determined that Tuesday would probably be the last summer-like day we'd have, I decided to take a personal day and hop on the train to New York with Sean.

In all my trips to the city, I've never spent much time in Central Park, and I have no idea why - it's just such a gorgeous, huge park. I knew exactly how I wanted to spend the day there, starting off with a picnic from Perfect Picnic NYC. It's a brilliant concept, because while I love the idea of packing a picnic myself, my follow through is terrible. Perfect Picnic takes care of everything, including the blanket, and delivers right to Central Park. For $15 a person, it's completely worth it. You can get fancier picnics for much more, but I was pretty pleased, and full after my little smoked duck baguettes.

Next on my list was taking a paddle around the lake in a rowboat. The Loeb Boathouse provides the rentals, and is also beautiful restaurant. When I saw how lovely the views were, I added stopping for a cocktail there to my list. As it was such a gorgeous day and everyone was out, the lake was a bit crowded, but it was still really fun.

After docking we went for a stroll through the park in the direction of the Guggenheim museum. It's a pretty small museum and doesn't take long to take it all in. I did spend a little time waiting in line to partake in Maurizio Cattelan's “America”.

After that, a walk back to Grand Central, oysters at the Oyster Bar, and then back to the realities of life, work, and real fall weather.

Though it was such a delight to have a perfect summer day in Central Park in October.

      

The Rundown

Dress Florence Broadhurst for Kate Spade via Poshmark

Vintage Japanese Bamboo Bag via eBay similar
White Mules "Camila" Rebecca Minkoff
Necklace "Greer V" Gorjana
Stacked Rings Gorjana via TJMaxx similar

Gold Herkimer Diamond Ring c/o Lumo

Chevron Ring Etsy via Silver Canyon Jewelry
Sunglasses c/o Sicky

Nail Color "Marshmallow" Essie

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