The Secret Garden

As much as the adjustment to Uptown life can sometimes seem impossible...

What with the El Barrio Music Center's streetside stereo jams, the sudden bursts of anger directed inexplicably from one local to another and the random chicken bones we'll find discarded on the pavement, Up-Uptown life can on occasion feel just downright hopeless.

Or rather, at least, at times Matthew and I will just feel hopelessly out of place.

It goes without saying then, that feelings of euphoria nearly indescribable erupted at our discovery that some of the most gorgeous sculpture gardens and landscaped vistas exist at the edges of Central Park- and just a short ten minute stroll from our front door.

Beauty beyond Beauty.

These photos were taken at dusk and barely even begin to illustrate the grandeur of this magical place in the Summer sun. Alongside the adjoining ponds and enormous public swimming pool, this buried treasure ascends to the top of our list of favorite New York places. Frankly, I couldn't be more in love.

They don't make 'em like this in SoHo. We consider it our own private Central Perk. And yes, we're happy in our new home.