PARKED! Carless Park Avenue and Food Truck Festival

Last weekend we finally had a very New-Yorky day!  It was bright and sunny and they had shut down Park Avenue to all cars!  That meant swarms of bikers, walkers, joggers, and a very special freeliner called Mike!

Every time we go out and Mike puts on his free-line skates, I love to hear all the comments from people watching.  Last Saturday, as he rolled down Park Avenue, I heard a kid tell his mom, "Mom, that's the coolest thing in the WHOLE WORLD!"  Other packs of people just talk among themselves trying to figure out what he's doing!  "Is that a skateboard?"  "Are those strapped to his feet or is he just standing on them?"  "How is he DOING that?!"

All types of people were walking down this street.  I saw a man on his motorized wheelchair barreling down the middle of a highly-sloping part of the street.  Then, an old shirtless midget sprinted by me with no shoes on.  Not to mention the purposefully ostentatious riders blaring music or dressed as clowns.

But, I think Mike got most of the looks :)

After walking all the way from 86th street down to 14th street - Union Square, a distance of over 3 miles, we got a nice tall Lemonade and went down to South Street Seaport for PARKED - a food truck festival.

We quickly ran to the falafel and smoothie truck and ordered a falafel sandwich and banana, date, lime smoothie.

Then we waited in the longest line for Gorilla Cheese!  We had a bacon tomato cheddar grilled cheese sandwich!

While we were waiting for our $7 grilled cheese sandwiches out of the back of a truck, Jessica had the foresight to stand in the hour long Korilla BBQ line.  There, also for $7, you can get a tasting of three Korean style kim chee tacos that are some of the best tasting tacos in our out of the back of a truck.

Also available is bacon kimchee fried rice and kim chee mochi.  MMMMM!

We finally relaxed at the beer garden on the water before making the trek home and falling promptly asleep.  For all of you who think I'm only a hater... it was a GREAT New York day!