It's been awhile since I've been to the blogosphere.  I've been assisting Mr. E., working the 9-7 office shift, coming home exhausted and not wanting to look at a computer.  But now I've had a day off and am glad to be back!

I'll bring you up to speed on one of our day trips and the sights seen...

We headed over to Coney Island on a beautiful, sunny Saturday.  Our first stop was the Coney Island Museum.  Looks like a crumbling warehouse from the outside, but inside are hundreds of pieces of kinda-creepy memorabilia and a fantastic movie about the history of Coney Island, including its previous incarnations as Luna Park and Dreamland.



After a stroll on the famous boardwalk, where we witness the monthly meeting of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, we went for lunch at Nathan's Famous hot dog joint.  Mr. E. orders chili dogs.  I, the purist, order the traditional, with grilled onions.

Next, we take the train to the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn.  They've made a defunct subway station in to a museum.  The place is fantastic, with subway cars dating back to the early 1900s.  Great exhibits too on how they built the subway and Manhattan's vital bridges and the mysterious 'money train' that used to ride at night and pick up the cash from all the stations.  I am intrigued by the metro, I love it.  A strange thing to love about a city...ooh, I feel a new blog topic forming.