We set out to bike to Redhook, which is really far away, to both buy latin food from the moderately famous food vendors there, and visit the giant public pool.
We took this picture crossing a canal on the way down.
It's those food vendors I was talking about! We got down there during the hour the pool was closed, so the lines were suuuuuper long.
Our Mexi feast. One of these is supposedly a quesadilla and one is a huaranche. Can YOU spot the difference? We sure could not!
me with corn! It was tasty.
This is normally where we would put pictures of the pool, but you're not allowed to bring cameras in. Sad! But trust me, it was beautiful! And HUGE. "Maximum capacity 1100" read a sign above the entrance. So, yes. Big!
We went to a rooftop party that night to see the fireworks, which are now between New Jersey and Manhattan instead of between Manhattan and Brooklyn. At first, we were mad about this, but, I mean, Look at that! It turned out to be really cool. And they lasted for like half an hour!
more, in a different color
Oh, and after the actual fireworks were over, the rooftop a few buildings over (where there was also a party) started letting off these little paper hot air balloons, similar to these which they release in Thailand during this. It was really cool to watch, and they let loose many, many of them. Everyone at our party would cheer really loudly when they released one, every time. Which got old after a while, but was pretty cool, overall. So, all in all, hooray for America. If there's one thing I've learned in school, it's that Empires are forever. May the sun never set on this land, and may it in fact always be rising. Or something.
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