In working towards Alex's new room, I took a trip to the IKEA in Red Hook today. It offered the opportunity for Alex to see a whole bunch of things and take a boat ride. Even though he had to stay in his carriage for nearly all of it, he seemed to really enjoy it.
The Ikea in Red Hook, Brooklyn is located right on the shore line with its own dock. Ikea sponsors a water taxi to its dock from Pier 11 in Manhattan, free for Ikea shoppers. I knew that would be more exciting for Alex than the long ride to New Haven. I would just have to bear out the subways with a large carriage, sticking to wheelchair accessible stations.
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| Alex experiences the subway. (Bowling Green station) |
A tugboat and an ocean liner (QM II) - both of which excited Alex. The ocean liner pulled out while we were in Ikea and we could see it from the windows. It made him sad.
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| Ikea's Dock |
One of the views from the Ikea restaurant. It's so sad that this area of Brooklyn has remained abandoned for so long. When I was little, this area was a really scary place that you just did not enter if you had a choice against it.
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| Alex enjoying french fries and Swedish meatballs |
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| Alex in lower Manhattan (on the way back home) |
I never noticed just how crowded "Charging Bull" gets with tourists. I used to walk by Charging Bull everyday and it always seemed empty and ignored.
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| A tired Alex on the way home |
In other news, the depression seems to have moved rush hour. I got on the uptown subway at 7:40 PM and it was packed as if it was 5:40. Scary.
July 7, 2009
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