i discovered the park carl shurtz on friday. it is on the east river and it is so pretty and quite a bit less crowded than central park. jess came with us and we had a great time. we saw the gracie mansion, the one time the home of the mayor of ny and a museum of the city of NY. the home is so pretty and it is in the park. we didn't go inside, but i may want to another day. there was a guy playing kids songs, which was very entertaining.