Sept 10, 2005
Took the kids to the Bronx Zoo for the first time today. Once we were at the zoo, it was great -- took the overhead tram ride and rode the new bug carousel, and saw lots of animals. Getting to the zoo was...interesting. The NYPD had shut down Pelham Parkway westbound so we took a very scenic detour through the Bronx in an attempt to find the zoo through the 'hood. We discovered that on every block in the Bronx there is a nail salon, a bodega or deli, some sort of physician's office(often for odd ailments), and at least one storefront law firm. We liked the one that listed all problems it dealt with on the window: "bankruptcy, wills, divorce, slip and fall." What if you just slip and don't really fall? Will they still take your case? From the looks of the storefront, they probably take chickens in payment for services.
Anyway, the kids had fun at the zoo. It is so big we couldn't do everything! I think we maybe saw about a third to a fourth of the zoo. The new bug carousel is a hoot! Jake rode the praying mantis, Sadie rode the grasshopper and I rode some weird blue bug. one of the bench seats that doesn't move up and down on the carousel is carved into a ball of dung being pushed by a dung beetle! Someone had a sense of humor when they designed this.
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