playing hookie {sandy hook}

Summer is ending?! Feel like I need to take advantage of it as much as possible, so I took a day off and headed to take in some sunny rays. Did you know that you can take a ferry from Wall Street and in 30 minutes land on the shores of Sandy Hook? So I jumped on the 9am boat...

...and then this is a little of what I spent the day seeing and doing:

The water is relatively clean and the big stretch of sand with not a lot of people made a super relaxing day {although I lost the chess game!}. And the best part is getting to and from there - no car hassle, traffic or anything of the sort. Instead you get beautiful views of the city, while passing under the big 3 bridges in the East River...and even a far glimpse of Coney Island from the water side. Some pics here to share with you - and I definitely recommend it to all the busy New Yorkers who could use a quickie break from the everyday without the need to plan too much~