Water Taxi!

Is it too lazy of me to post to our friend Leo's site for pictures of our Ikea water taxi adventure? Probably. But there, I did it. We had fun. Maple and Kim barely made it. The ferrymen -- surprisingly salty and gruff given that they just go back and forth across the East River all day -- were nice enough (just barely) to lower the gangway and let them on the boat. Ten minutes over to South Street Seaport, five minutes in Manhattan, ten minutes back, followed by a 40 minute tour through the bowels of Ikea trying to find something to buy to recoup the ferry ticket price. Worth it! Did I mention we had fun? From the water you can spot helicopters, tug boats, huge cranes, all the things that make 2 year olds go gaga. And the Statue of Liberty, which leaves them totally cold. Afterwards, the 3 of them ran around on the stage/abstract sculpture/no man's land between the boat dock and the parking lot.