Another long walk, this time out to the Brooklyn Bridge Park. These new waterfront parks are both amazing and odd. It feels safe, clean and of another time. Everything is new and people lay on the grass as if city rats aren't steadily living on it all night. Families leave their bags on the sides of fields as if no one will come along and steal them.
The one thing the park doesn't have is food vendors. We passed Grimaldi's, Shake Shake and a few other tourist traps for brunch before finding this retro diner from another dimension and time (1983) as well, called Park Plaza. First of all it's a stand alone building with a hi-way sized sign, a giant family-owned oasis with outdoor seating for breakfast complete with doting manager, scurrying waiters and a genuinely mixed Brooklyn crowd. Brooklyn can be a magical treasure hunt of adventure if you like to walk.
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