Monday, July 16, 2007

Imagine This

I just wanted to share with everyone the amazing night that we had on our Island this past Saturday....
So New York is full of activities the whole summer, I mean every night week nights included you can find a movie in the park or a concert or something, usually you can find a few huge events each night to attend-and the best part they are all free!!!
This is an amazing place to be for the summer, and honeslty the heat hasnt gotten to me yet-let's just say being raised in Bakersfield has helped!
SO imagine this, its 10pm when Mike and I begin our treck to South Point, a rugged undeveloped park area at the very tip of the island. To get there we pass under the Queens Borrow Bridge walk pass a hospital and down a rugged trail to our destination. The crunch of rocks beneath our feet and the smell of trees quickly remind us of being in the back country hiking (you know how bad we miss hiking when a little gravel leaves us longing for the mountains!) There we were walking along the "trail" beside the river as we pass a CASTLE that is lit up beautifully for all to admire, really it is the ruins of a small pox hospital from the 1800's but it really looks like an ancient castle with ivy climbing up its towers-gorgeous! We continue our journey arriving at our destination were we are welcomed by warm popcorn...it was "date night" at Roosevlet Islands movie in the park. Unlike all of the other movie in the parks that New Yorkers enjoy this one was a little "secret"- we had plenty of room to spread out our blanket and cuddle up to the classic love story from our "generation" Jerry McGuire...there we were enjoying the warm summer night that graced us with its gentle breezes, behind us we could see the castle, and to the left of us the industrial city scape of queens, the river surrounded us from all angles and the beautiful Manhattan lights scattered across its waters, the Cyrsler building, the most beautifull in NYC stood proudly beside us, and the Manhattan Bridge skated across the waters in front of us, it was truly a moment that is etched into my memory forever! Ahh how I love this city, we are where we are destined to be, we have only just begun our journey and we wait in anticipation for all the Lord has for us.

4 comments:

Barbie said...

Sounds like a movie! Wish I was there! What movie was it that they were watching a movie in the park?

Lisa said...

Sounds so iconic!

Lisa said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Stephen says hi back and laughed when I told him about the last time you remembered seeing him. I'm actually the editor of The Northwest Voice which is the sister publication to MÁS, which is where I started. They are all fairly new publications. We are a subsidiary of The Bakersfield Californian. It's a lot of fun.

lorieloo said...

soooo romantic! reminds me of that movie in the park scene from The Wedding Planner...