Susan – you should definitely make a visit back. You won’t recognize the place (in good ways and bad). Even in the 9 years we lived there things changed so much. All in all, the changes are better for families. Thanks for shedding color on life back in the 80s!

I didn’t realize that. Thanks for pointing it out. I blocked winters out of memory, but now that I know this, I’ve softened up a bit.

I like the list, Diya.

I will point out, that Smorgasburg is not only a summer thing. In the winter it moves a few blocks away into the Brooklyn Brewery. Not quite the same (no grass for the kids), but still delicious food (and now beer) make it still worth the 5 block walk.

Hope you have a change to enjoy it.

We can thank all of that to the resurgance of families in the city. We haven’t done fire fighters meetings for Chelsea Piers with the kids, so thanks for the ideas!