Blog #12 - Write about a Photograph

I've always wanted to walk the Brooklyn Bridge, but was even more inspired to do so after seeing Sex and the City when Miranda and Steve met in the middle of the bridge after not seeing each other for two weeks. If they met at that designated spot at the exact time they agreed upon, then they would leave all of their problems and such in the past. Well they did and it was so romantic!! Anyways, my friends and I decided to have a girls night out by walking the Brooklyn Bridge and then have dinner. It was originally going to be girls only but since our other guy friends wanted to come, they tagged along.

We did this on a Monday in June of this year around 5PM when everyone got out of work. Luckily, it was gorgeous outside! We started on the Manhattan side and it took us about 20 minutes to get to Brooklyn. We were like tourists taking pictures of everything we saw along the way, like the manmade waterfalls scattered along the Hudson River. When we got to Brooklyn, we went to Grimaldi's Pizzeria and waited in the longest line! We were standing for a little more than 45 minutes just waiting to get inside. After dinner, we went to the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory which was walking distance from Grimalidi's. We took a bunch of pictures with the beautiful city skyline as our backdrop. We could even see the Statue of Liberty to the left of us and the Queensboro Bridge to the right. After eating our dessert, we headed back to Manhattan on the bridge. It was hard not to look down and get scared because you could see the cars passing underneath through the gaps between the wood. All in all, it was an awesome night! I had the best time with my friends and this moment was definitely one of the highlights of my summer. It was a new experience for many of us and the wonderful summer breeze that night just made it even better!

I guess it's important to note post writing our personal essays that this was a result of taking kickboxing classes. I wanted to try new things and going on the Brooklyn Bridge that day was my idea :o)