Summer in the city

After Jeff and I took never-before-taken photos of our walk on the Brooklyn Bridge, we went to Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is part of the DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”) area.

My version of an oft-taken photo of the Manhattan Bridge.

We spent some time in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where we rested our feet near the East River and saw a photographer take photos of a wedding party. Then we left to get in line for a little pizza place called Grimaldi’s.

The Grimaldi’s proprietor holds the door for an exiting customer. This is probably my favorite of all the photos I took on this trip. Actually, it’s probably my favorite of all the photos I took last summer. I love the gritty graininess of the film, and the motion blur, and the tiled letters, and the brick, and the mood.

We waited at least an hour in line outside the restaurant before we were seated inside the cramped pizzeria. New York City has its fair share of tourist traps with long waiting lines, but quite a few of the customers willing to brave the line were locals. And the pizza, which is baked in a coal-fired brick oven, was completely worth it.

Check out a few more photos I didn’t post in this entry.