Eating a Pumpkin Scone with Hippos at Central Park

I've been in NY for over a year and still haven't seen all of Central Park. Today I decided to check out the north part of the park, specifically The Resevoir (officially named the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir). I stopped by Alice's Tea Cup to pick up a pumpkin scone since I'm on a pumpkin craze right now and managed to wait until I got to the park to enjoy it. (I've had Starbuck's pumpkin spice frap, pumpkin pancakes from Cafe Orlin, a giant pumpkin cupcake from Crumbs, and tomorrow, pumpkin spice frozen custard from Shake Shack!)


Pumpkin scone with a side of strawberry jam and cream...though it's not quite a scone since it's more moist, sweeter, and cake-ier


The Resevoir


Many people jog on the Bridle Path, which loops around the resevoir.


Panoramic view of the resevoir.


Hippos in Safari Playground, which is next to the resevoir.



Safari Playground has 13 hippos chillin around. I felt awkward opening the gate to walk into a kid's playground since I didn't have a kid...similar to when I opened the gate to walk into a dog park even though I didn't have a dog. There were other giant hippos that I wanted to take a picture of but the kids were climbing all over them and I didn't want parents jumping me for taking a picture of their kids.




Central Park has a lot of pretty bridges to cross. Whenever I see a pretty bridge, I think, "Proposal spot"...but if it's an ugly bridge, I think, "Bums live under there."




When I was walking out of the park, I passed by this lady that walked her dog while she bicycled. That's just wrong.