Lindsay and Laurie Sutton here! A couple weeks ago we decided to create a NYC Summer Bucket List since we aren’t usually both in the city during the summer. An added bonus is that our restaurant decided to close on Sundays until October, so we are guaranteed one day off together each week!
This blog is for us to remember and document our adventures as well as to share our adventures with others! We encourage you to share any bucket list adventures with us as well!
BUCKET LIST ADVENTURE #1
Sunday, June 1st, 2014
Temp: 77 degrees
The PERFECT start to our summer adventures. Lindsay researched a GROUPON deal for a bike rental company called Bike and Roll.
http://www.bikenewyorkcity.com/
She purchased the deal which was $19 for two people to rent bikes for two hours. It also came with free helmet rental. (A necessity in our cases…haha!) Let me preface the bike adventure by saying that we probably haven’t even been on a bike, other than exercise bikes, for a good 15 years. (Lindsay had a traumatic experience on a bike many years ago that involved a mailbox and having to be picked up two houses down in our old Cadillac car…and you’re surprised we’re ACTORS? Yup…pretty dramatic!)
We picked up our bikes after a gorgeous walk from the 57th and 7th street stop to 12th ave. The company had one small bike and one slightly bigger bike. I have to say my bike felt HUGE…probably the source of the bum soreness I felt for the next three days, but that’s another story! Anyway, I insisted that we shouldn’t start our bucket list with a trip to the hospital, so we should stick to a bike path and avoid the streets. We settled on the Hudson River Park Bikeway. Lindsay led the way, and we were headed north along the Hudson with smiles plastered to our faces drinking up the sunshine and relishing that active feeling of being alive in a city so full of life and adventure!
We made it to 175th street where the George Washington Bridge is! What a beautiful sight! At this point we were rolling…pun intended! 😉 I decided to take over the lead, and that’s when we started to feel the exercise. Now we walk all over this city, up the 3 flights to our apartment and exercise at the gym regularly, but we noticed this was using different muscle groups. The wind also picked up, and I’m thinking that path definitely felt more uphill heading back…I’m just saying…
We made it back to the bike rental place right on time. Phew! And we were off to our next adventure.
I had never been to Chelsea Market believe it or not! It is soooo cute!
We picked up a gluten free lunch to go at Friedman’s and headed to The High Line. Linds had told me about The High Line. I had never been there before. For those who don’t know, it is a park built along the above ground section of an abandoned railroad.
NYC is just so unique and creative! It was pretty packed that day due to the nice weather, but we finally found a place to enjoy our lunch. We walked the rest of the way and decided to call it a day.
What’s next? We’re not even sure, but we’ve got a list started! We’re looking forward to friends joining on us some adventures and creating some of their own!
A Sutton Sister Summer 
this is great. i think you both should try aquacycle. enjoy your summer ladies.