Mother's Day in Manhattan

Mom decided that it might be nice to spend Mother's Day in Manhattan this year since we could all meet in the middle, me coming from Jersey, her coming for Long Island and since Matthew already lives there. It was a beautiful spring day so Mom and I wanted to make the most of it, we had a whole list of places we wanted to check out with our intention of ending the day in Battery Gardens for a scenic dinner overlooking the Hudson and the Statue of Liberty. First we met at my brothers apartment which has a beautiful view overlooking the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.

We started our day at the Union Square Farmers Market, and then drove the car over to the west side to walk over to the High Line. This is where the walking began on 15th between 7th & 8th to be precise, the goal was to get to battery park. So we walked through the High Line and then we headed south and kept walking, and walking, and walking. I never thought we were going to get there. First my phone told us it was about 2 miles to get to Battery City Park, apparently this is different from the actual Battery Park. We came to find out that it was at least another 2 miles to go from there.

We walked through a whole bunch of very nice parks that line the whole west side, it was actually quite a beautiful walk going through the west side. We passed through beautiful residential areas and all the great parks, but we still kept walking and walking. We were determined to make it to battery park to enjoy a nice meal.

Alas we finally reached our goal, I was never so happy to see Battery Park before, it meant and end to our walk but it wasn't.... Disappointed by the restaurant selection we now had to find another place to go to eat, so we settled on the PJ Clarke's we passed at least a mile back north. We love going to PJ Clarke's by Lincoln Center so we figured it was a safe bet and we knew exactly where it was. So we called my brother and told him to meet us over. 

We enjoyed a nice meal at PJ Clarke's (although this location wasn't as good as the one in Lincoln Center) it was still delicious and in good company for a wonderful Mother's Day. I just hope we don't have to walk this much next year or I may be calling a cab and meeting my Mom there instead.