Prospect Park

Admittedly, I had been the one to suggest we spend an afternoon in Prospect Park. However, she was the one that was training for a marathon, and she needed to get her long run in. And so we thought, what the heck? Why not kill two birds with one stone and run the eight miles in the park?

The fact that we didn't rethink our decision once the snow started falling - that was a mutual thing. And good thing, too, because running through Prospect Park in a snowstorm might make for pretty poor picture-taking, but it's pretty fun nonetheless.

We started out at the Grand Army Plaza, the home of these beauties:

The arch above is the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, a tribute to those who fought for the Union in the Civil War.

The Grand Army Plaza opens up into the park, around which we ran. Twice. Like champs. I may or may not have tripped my running partner. The injuries may or may not have been severe.

Okay, they weren't that severe.

We took a ten-second look inside the lovely Brooklyn Library, then wised up and went home - shivering and exhausted, but happy, all the way.