4th of july weekend with the gordons in the city...

brian and julie traveled to see us from cleveland to celebrate our nation's independence.
what more patriotic thing to do than to see the yankee - red sox game in the bronx?
i'm a johnny damon fan.
manny at bat...
yankee rbi's...
americans.
this is the last year for the house that ruth built.
after the game, we headed to spanish harlem for a barbecue.
jeff wonders why i shoot his picture while he polishes off a bojda burger.
cheers. mexican beer (pacifico) in spanish harlem on america's birthday?
lauren sips vino.
we left the barbecue (thanks, amanda!) to travel toward fireworks. this was our pre-show drink. gordo, where are you putting that money?
saturday we woke to a gloomy stormy day but went on the circle line cruise, anyway.
lower manhattan...
lady liberty...
from the east river...
pier 17...
manhattan bridge with water fall art installation. there are a total of 4.
there is another art piece beneath the brooklyn bridge...
the neighborhood craig and i dream one day we'll live...DUMBO.
full frontal...
LL with sailboat...
back on land, we traveled to soho for lunch.
to gear up for the allstar game at yankee stadium (july 15), an artist painted 42 statue of liberties in MLB garb and they are located through the city. this is his statue for himself.
american flags and empire state building.
we took gordo to the white sox MLB statue. here, two sox fans with statue.
craig with statue.
then we took the gordons to alphabet city. gordo ordered "his" beer.
kristin at the grape and grain...
we had an action-packed fun-filled weekend with our friends brian and julie. they are our first repeat visitors since we moved to nyc. thanks for coming, gordons! good times!