Not many visitors or residents of New York City realize that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux -- the creators of Central Park -- created a 585-acre sequel. And one they believed it to be far superior to the original. Hilly and (in season) green Brooklyn's Prospect Park was built a few years after Central Park in 1867, and is a park, unlike its more famous cousin, that allows visitors to play cricket and soccer, or roll strollers, onto its lawn anywhere you want. We like that. We also like that it's across the street from our apartment. Last Sunday's nicer temps lets us give Ruby her first taste of it. We met up with pals Cathy and Diana, and a feisty squirrel named Cameron.
In other Ruby news, chubbiness persists -- she's now almost exclusively wearing three-month-old outfits. I think she only got to wear that Bob Dylan onesy for 10 minutes. Also, we made it out yesterday for a third restaurant-made breakfast. She's starting to pay attention to the sounds of the rattle.
nice squirrel.
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