“Get in, get out of the rain… We’re gonna move on up to the waterfront.” Day 5.

Today, we switch from Sinatra to Simple Minds, it’s been that kind of a day.

A subway ride through downtown Manhattan on the 1-2-3 line(s) got us to Brooklyn Heights for some rain-splattered promenading Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (DUMBO) and along the Brooklyn Bridge Snow-fields – sorry – Brooklyn Bridge Park. If it didn’t look like a park, that might have been because of the two feet of snow blanketing everything.

Cold. White. Monochrome. Snow.

Bloody atmospheric, but.

With just enough visibility to see Manhattan’s exquisite skyline from across the river, we were able to take some great photos, even if Muddy and I haven’t mastered the art of the panoramic iPhoto…

Just as it started to rain, we scarpered through the lovely streets of DUMBO, scooting back up to Brooklyn Heights for lunch in a cosy little café called Siggy’s Good Food. Delicious.

We weren’t game enough to walk back to Manhattan via Brooklyn Bridge in the pouring rain, so a subway ride took us to the Financial District, and into the Century 21 discounted shopping zoo / department store. Lots of bargains, and lots of people to be crushed against… Anyhoo, we got to see the Woolworths Building – another stunning bit of NY architecture before heading back to the Village.

Dinner is a picnic on the couch with provisions from Murray’s World of Cheese on Bleecker Street, a bottle of something white and Italian and home–made hot chocolate.