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Playland * BIG

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Do you remember the movie BIG from 1988? A kid visits a fortune teller machine, Zoltar Speaks, and wishes to be an adult and the next morning he is big (=Tom Hanks). 

On Saturday last week, we drove to where this is filmed, the Playland Park in Rye, NY. We walked around the amusement park for a little bit to start and then walked out to the beach area where the scene with the Zoltar and Hanks was filmed. The Zoltar machine is actually located inside the park these days and there is an ice cream machine where it was placed in the movie. Of course we all took some pictures there:)

We sat down at a Tiki Bar for a little bit and with all the palm trees around us it felt like we were somewhere completely different than NY. Then we just walked around inside the park for a while, my dad and I got our Zoltar fortunes, we had some snacks, I went on a Dino “ride” that never ended:), we played some games and then we drove home. Zoltar told me to get myself a treat cause I only live once (yolo!), haha, so I bought myself a giant cotton candy. Omg, sooo much sugar, I was hyped for an hour and then I completely crashed..but it was fun, I haven’t had one since I was a kid.

This was a fun little trip. The park isn’t that big and it is made for little kids. Not a place I think we ever gonna visit again, but it was fun to have been there once and we like to visit places from movies:) 

In Dance, Stamford

Weekend park day

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I know, it’s been over a week since I last posted anything here. So much for putting more focus on the blog like I wrote in June, haha. Sorry. I just haven’t felt like sitting by my computer updating you guys about random stuff I do. But we are having a pretty nice summer. How’s your summer?

This weekend, we wanted to explore a new place that is included in our beach pass (in Connecticut you need to pay for beach passes, Stamford has five locations). This park that we chose was supposed to have a waterfall and it looked really nice on pictures. Well, it had a waterfall, but it was a small river that didn’t look too awesome and the super short hike we went on to just check out the forest was full of broken glass and garbage. Not exiting at all and it broke my heart that people are idiots throwing things around that will hurt innocent animals. There were people in the water and they seemed to have fun but my husband and I were not intrigued, so we left. Instead we drove to a small garden/park area nearby. Very cute there. I just had to dance of course. So below is an improvisation I did to music by Explosion in the Sky. In the afternoon we went to an opening party for the Stamford Yoga Center that I’m a member of. That was about all the excitement of this weekend:)

In Stamford

Alive@Five: Cee Lo Green

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Every Thursday during the summer, Stamford has a concert event called Alive@Five. We went there on Thursday. The concerts doesn’t actually start until later, but they open the gates at 5. The whole area is blocked off and the restaurants have some deals for their outdoor seatings. Plenty of companies trying to promote whatever they have (our building had a tent there trying to rent out the last few apartments that is left).

We started with dinner at a Mexican place while the first band, Oak & Ash, played in the background. Then we walked around and checked everything out, got some free stuff before CeeLo Green came on stage. I don’t know much of his music, but he has some famous song and it was a fun night. 

In Connecticut, Stamford

Cove Island Park

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Yesterday we left Thor at our neighbors apartment around 9:30 and then we packed a few things and drove to the Cove Island, a beach and park area 10 minutes from our apartment. Not much people around that time which was nice, they all came some time after noon. We stayed for about two hours. I dipped my whole body in the ocean twice, first swim of the year. So cold!! Jim, as always, didn’t go deeper than up to his ankles. I was one of the few people who actually let the whole body be under the cold water. I grew up by the beach in Sweden so I’m used to cold water:) 

After we had packed our things and left it in the car, we went for a little walk in the park there. Lots and lots of families there who brought their big grills and all their relatives. Seemed like a normal Sunday for them:) Very cute area. We will definitely go back there. 

In the afternoon, our neighbor dropped T off, J grilled some steak and corn on the rooftop and then we spent the rest of the night on our computers, me in my office upstairs blogging and J downstairs playing games. 

This was really a wonderful weekend! Can’t be happier:) I hope you had an awesome weekend as well!

In Dance, Stamford

Restless Creature and Wendy Whelan

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On Saturday, we went to see a film at the Avon Theater here in Stamford. A documentary, Restless Creature, about Wendy Whelan. She was a principal ballerina with the New York City Ballet for 30 years. The film is about when she had found herself injured in the hip and had to do a surgery. She has been dancing her whole life and had been very lucky to never have any bigger problems with her body before. She is a strong and beautiful dancer. After the surgery she eventually made a decision that she wanted to retire from NYC Ballet, after her 30 years in the company and she did a farewell performance. She was also working on some contemporary works with four male choreographers and together created the Restless Creature performance. 

After the film, Wendy Whelan herself showed up for an Q/A with the audience. When that was done, some of the younger ballerinas in Stamford wanted to take pictures with her. We left to get coffee. On our way back home, we walked passed the theater and saw that she was standing there. I quickly walked up to her, got to talk to her and take a photo before she had to go. Starstruck! I didn’t know who she was until a few years ago when she was performing with those male choreographers (one of the choreographers is a guy I have taken classes for and I have worked with someone in his company). But now when I know who she is and know more about her work, it felt like I was walking up to a celebrity:) 

Later in the afternoon, my husband and I walked to Harbor Point. It took us about 30 minutes. We wanted to find a place by the ocean to have a drink. That area is far from being done. Very industrial and they are building tons of new apartment buildings. We looked at some apartments there in December but we are so happy we found a place somewhere else. We sat down at two places before we took the trolley back to the city center. We finished the evening with grilled food and the movie Hairspray. A pretty awesome day!