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April 3, 2009

Sunny in the East Village

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Sunny. Over 65 degrees. Just by looking out the window, i knew it was hot. The fruit vendors in my Washington Heights neighborhood were out in large numbers. Mangos, papayas, even coconuts where on display for sale today. We decided to head to the East Village for fun.

The East Village on a sunny warm day is bustling with people of all kinds. Young, old, students, professionals, artists, parents with strollers. It’s just lively and busy and great to walk through.

We stopped into Artichoke Pizza on East 10th street. The awesome smell of brick oven pizza spilled out on to the street. The boys immediately become obsessed with the thought of having pizza for lunch. We ordered two slices of the Margarita and it was good.

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Afterwards we walked around to where the boys could work off some energy. So we walked further North to 19th St. where they were able to play in the Augustus Saint-Gaudens playground. This wasn’t just the discovery of yet another city playground. This playground, like so many in New York City, had every reason to be proud of itself, something to hold claim to because it turns out that in June, this is the place to be if you want to see the beautiful Monarch Butterflies.

During their journey back from warmer climates, the butterflies come in large numbers and rest on one of the playground’s many butterfly bushes. Surely a sight not to be missed!

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The playground was full of little boys the same age as mine. It was fun watching them play with other kids besides each other, though they still fiercely defended one another if somebody did something to upset the other. It was very cute to watch.

The playground divides the play areas for the little kids from that of the bigger kids and has a basketball court adjacent to it but separated from the rest of the park.

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Before heading back to 14th St to take the M14 crosstown to the Westside, the boys decided to stop in Stuyvesant Square.

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I sat on a bench and soaked in some sun while the boys watched the squirrels and blew bubbles.

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img_3659It’s so beautiful there, a perfect stop before our long train ride back home. T’was another beautiful day full of discoveries and surprises.

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Carol Cain

Brooklyn native Carol is happiest when on an adventure, whether close to home or farther away. She is a small business owner and travel writer. In addition to creating Girl Gone Travel, she is the Founder and Principal of Brave World Media, a social media marketing, communications, and branding agency. She's mom to three wonderful sons and wife to a handsome Irish/Scot. She lives, works, and plays in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NY.

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2 Comments
  • Allyson
    April 2, 2009

    Thank you for the wonderful photos. I have visited NYC many times and would love to live there. Thank you for sharing your adventures and letting me live vicariously through you.

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  • Latina On a Mission
    April 3, 2009

    Ahhh sounds like you had a great time even with the messy pizza- gotta love the challenges of motherhood! And I totally agree about asking questions in NYC but I think its cause evryone is sooooo rushed, not like the islas, that they don't enjoy whats around them!

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Happy Monday, y’all. Woke up in time to enjoy the soft glow of sunlight that shines its way around our house in the morning, and sipped on a cafecito without being rushed for anything. So already today is a win. 

Yesterday we worked our longest day yet for our little coffee cart that could (7 hours!!!) at the Heritage Fiesta in Ithaca, NY. 

Though we were ready for a crowd, the reception was also unexpected because there was a popular coffee shop just steps away. 

But we had Cómodo Fam stop by, family (who also fed us 🙏🏾), and soooo many members of the Latinx and BIPOC community who were just excited to see a small business like ours representing. 

I want to share that we were ALL worried about potential harassment and assault by 🧊and fliers were handed out to prepare us. And you would think that it would’ve intimidated the community enough to not come out…BUT WE DID. In numbers. 

And for hours that little parking lot next to Press Bay Alley was packed with all sorts of Latinx and non-Latinx community members, eating, laughing, dancing, singing, and drinking all the cafecitos and refreshers we had to offer. Literally. We went home cleaned out!

All this to say that we are all aware of the threats but we also understand the power and importance of coming together as a community and a people. By no means are we all the same, and Lord knows a lot of Latinos have a lot of self-reflecting to do based on the choices they made, but yesterday was a testament to the best of us, and I thank @yenospina and @lcatompkins for putting together such a wonderful event, for inviting @cafecomodony to be a part of it, and to all the friends, old and new, who came out to support us and la cultura. 

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Our neighbors are harvesting the grapes. The proce Our neighbors are harvesting the grapes. The process is busy and noisy but also exciting and fun to watch. 

This cloudy morning seems to have calmed things down a bit, but not for long I am sure. These families work hard!

Bonus: they set up roadside stands so we can purchase and taste them 🍇 I highly recommend picking some up if you see some in your drive. 

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The rain has been so good. More, please. ❤️ The rain has been so good. More, please. ❤️
I want to take moment to send out love to my fello I want to take moment to send out love to my fellow Latinx and immigrant community. 

To send strength to my community of glorious misfits who are out in the world making good trouble and emboldening us to not give up hope on our dreams, our livelihoods, our future, our country, our people. 

The country our parents worked so hard to get to so that we could fly. A country they helped build and bring to prosper. A country our communities help to feed and house and care for. 

I am my immigrant parents dream come true, and my children are a continuation of that dream. 

I just want to remind all of us who represent the targeted, of our worth. Of the value of our contributions. In our languages, our culture, our insights, our work ethic and skills and knowledge. Of the things we bring to the table.

I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, or to us. But, as someone whose family lived through a dictatorship, I have an idea of how this story will end. And all I can advise is that we remain on the right side of it, our convictions unaltered, our core values untethered. Our spirits unbroken. In these stories, the monsters might scare us, and even harm some of us, but they never, ever win in the end. 

I am living proof of that. ❤️ And every time you succeed and feel joy, you are too. Pa’lante, mi gente.
Signs of autumn 🍂 in the Finger Lakes. Signs of autumn 🍂 in the Finger Lakes.

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