Roosevelt Island

Today we ran a few errands in the City and happened to pass by the Roosevelt Island gondola and thought what a great idea to hop on. Even better, they take MTA subway passes as payment. So it was a free ride. Both of you had just woken up so we had to get the feeding out of the way first.

Here's some video of our trip over.

On the other side is Roosevelt Island. It's between the Brooklyn/Queens and Manhattan. It's mainly a residential area and there isn't much to do. We went down one direction and there was only really a walking path along the water. At the very end there is, believe it or not, a old mental hospital that is completely run down. It looks haunted and a great location for a scary movie. But it's all fenced in and impossible to get into unfortunately.

This is the 59th Street Bridge or the Queensboro Bridge. The gondola traverses the river next to this bridge. It's a bridge made famous by a number of popular culture references.

• Simon & Garfunkle have a song called "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)"
  
• It's in the opening sequence of a famous TV show called Taxi
• It's in the closing sequence of a famous TV show called Archie Bunker's Place
• It's in an iconic scene in Woody Allen's movie "Manhattan"
• It's the escape route for the final scene in a movie called "Escape From New York"
• And the tramway/gondola is in the climactic scene in a Sylvester Stallone movie called Nighthawks

It was a pretty cold day so we all bundled up.

There isn't much to do except to point at things. I think mommy's pointing at an airplane.

It has a nice view of Manhattan.

This is the East River that separates Roosevelt Island from Manhattan. It's not a real river. It's a tidal strait. This means all of this water is really ocean water. And the river 'flows' by the tide coming in and out. That's the United Nations building in the middle of the picture with the blue/black face against the water and the white side.

You guys were both slowpokes today so we kept having to carry both of you.

Another view of the city.

After that we headed back to the car for some dinner. We went to Ippudo. They have the best ramen noodles and broth in the city. Bar none. Both of you loved them.

Slurping noodles.