On Sunday May 17th the Sunday Excursions group traveled to Queens, NY to see the Big Apple Circus. Aboard the South East Consortium bus we headed to Cunningham Park to eat subway sandwiches for lunch. After lunch we took in the beautiful day as we walked to the circus tent to prepare for our show.
The performances kept us on the edge of our seat as we watched contortionist, jugglers, trampolining, tumbling, plate spinning, flying trapeze, quick change and more! Some of the highlights for our circus goings were the acts that involved animals such as a "Living Carousel" with real live camels, horses, mini horses and lamas. Also the "Down on the Farm" act that involved horses, mini horses and dogs doing a variety of tricks, so cute! Francesco the clown kept us laughing and entertained between acts.
After the circus we headed back to Mamaroneck and ate dinner at Frankie and Fanucci on Mamaroneck Avenue. We started our meal with mozzarella sticks and bruschetta, than a caesar salad and for the big finale we had enjoyed their wood oven pizza and it was simply delicious!!
It was a wonderful day and a really fun trip! Fun was had by all!
Last Sunday April 19th the Sunday Excursions group hopped aboard the Metro North train bound for NYC! Once in Grand Central Terminal we ate lunch at Juniors, and it was delicious! After lunch we headed to the shuttle to take us to Times Square where we boarded "The Ride".
The Ride is a bus tour that uses NYC and it's iconic landmarks as the backdrop for a theatrical tour. The bus itself is like a traveling theater that is designed with coliseum seating and framed in glass to make the street the stage. It was a super cool experience and everyone had a blast! We ended the tour with Brad signing "New York, New York!
Our Sunday Excursions group went to NYC to enjoy a Chocolate Tour this past Sunday. Needless to say we had an deliciously good time! There were 8 different places on our tour starting with Lilac Chocolates then Chocolate Bar, Magnolia Bakery, Milk and Cookies, Bisous Ciao, Xocolatti, Pasticceria Bruno and Vosges. We sampled everything from chocolate candy, cookies, macarons, cupcakes and more.
After our tour we headed back to Grand Central where we enjoyed some pizza at Two Boots. Then to end our day we explored the outside of GCT and talked about some of the history. Everyone who attended had a really great time!
Last Sunday 10/26 the Sunday Excursions group took a trip to Barton Orchards for a day of festive fun! Once we arrived we took a hayride to the Apple Shack where we collected our apple sacks, and pole extender (to help us reach some apples up high) and off we went! We were able to pick a variety of apples in two different apple fields.
We were in for a cool surprise on the way to the third apple field! As we got closer we found out that you can either walk or take a giant slide on the way to the other apple field! Needless to say some participants and staff took on that extra adventure!
After all that apple picking our bellies were telling us it was time for lunch! We were able enjoy hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches and more. For dessert we snacked on some homemade cookies and cider doughnuts.
The day was a little colder than most of us would have liked so to keep warm a few of us went to the dance floor to enjoy the live music and to dance, dance dance! Every day is better with a dance party if you ask me!
Next we headed over to the live animal section of the orchards where they had lamas, chickens, pigs, ponies, donkeys and more! The animals were very friendly and we were even able to pet a few of them.
To end our day we watched a chain saw artist carve a bear out of a log of wood! That was awesome to watch! Everyone had a great time enjoying a wonderful fall day. On the way out we stopped to grab a pick a pumpkin to take home. So with a bag or apples and pumpkin in hand we headed back to the SEC bus to drive home.
