C Tann-Starr's Outside Blog

If you ever find yourself on Avenue U and East 33rd Street in Kings County, then you must pull into Marine Park and visit the Salt Marsh Nature Center (SMNC) located at 3302 Avenue U, Brooklyn, New York 11234, (718) 421-2021. I absolutely love this place and the kids are wild about it. Where else can you meet up with the Urban Park Rangers, the History Club, do some sketching in the Zen of Seeing and Drawing program as well as participate in Woodworking Workshops, Birding, Yoga, Pilates, Tap and Line Dancing all under one roof?

What a gorgeous roof it is -- and it hosts so many wonderful community projects! For example, the Salt March Alliance (SMA) routinely invites the public to participate in non-commercial art shows which are exhibited at the SMNC. The SMA may be reached at (917) 841-9283 if you would like more information and are interested in supporting the SMNC by participating in one of their charitable events.

The SMNC is directly across the Avenue from the fields in Marine Park. The cricket games are fascinating to watch and I do enjoy baseball. They hold soccor tournaments as well. I love to turtle run in Marine Park. (Truth be known, I think I love to turtle run anywhere where there is eye candy!)

I like to do my cool down and stretching in the side court by the atrium. Not only are there bathrooms conveniently located here, the entrance to the Salt Marsh Nature Center (SMNC) has some unusual eye candy suspended from the the atrium.

There is a collection of birds overhead floating in flight around the skylights.

This shot is one of my favorites! There are a lot of fascinating exhibits to engage one's imagination here.

Did you know if you strolled through the building to the rear Courtyard you will discover a beautiful place to hang out with spectacular water views?  This is where Lawn Chair Theater is held! Another fav activity! Yay!

On 7/31/08 I am going to accept their invitation to view the Alfred Hitchcock Classic "The Birds." Their movies usually start around 7:30 PM (or when it's dusky enough to see the projection). The little minions are just as excited about their road trip as their Mama and have their Wiggles blanket all packed and ready to go. We shall picnic for dinner tomorrow and do a little gawking because  Assemblyman Alan Maisel is co-sponsoring the event! He is such a treat, we plan to bring extra snack-age to share!

Here is some more eye candy from my Marine Park, Salt Marsh Nature Center turtle run in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. (These are some of the views from the rear Courtyard.) Stay tuned for Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza next. Enjoy!

This series of residential tours is inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub (of Sacramento) and Poppy Dinsey (of London, UK). The Weintraub Gallery features her favorite Land Park Homes in Sacramento (NY Times, About.com), while Poppy D (Zoomf) takes us on an eclectic tour of her neck of the woods in "A Walk Around Chester, England," and "A Walk Around London England."

In "Home Inspections" Elizabeth asks us, "Where Do You Draw The Line On Repair Requests?" If you haven't been acquainted with her blog, please make it your business to do so, for it is definitely a must read. E's blog also contains an outstanding kitchen remodeling series where we are taken on a delightful day by day, step by step, behind the scenes tour full of humor, angst, horror and praise while providing some excellent remodeling eye candy. It is by far one of the best on-line reads I have ever encountered. Truth be told, I just left there and I'm still giggling...

Poppy D has a "thoroughly British blog" and keeps the smile on my face with her delightfully humorous video entitled, "I may not be at Connect, but I have American candy!" What a neat introduction regarding some of her favorite foods and I enjoyed hearing her delightful accent! Now, when I read her blog and emails I enjoy the memory of her voice ringing in my ears and the words leap off the page with a British melody. We are so looking forward to your New York visit, my dear. Don't forget your cowboy hat!

You should also check out my friend Deborah Burroughs, an Agent/Loan Officer in Vista, CA who takes us on a delightful tour of things to do and places to see while showcasing the geological history of a local Volcano Plug. If you are into eye candy, like me, then you will enjoy visiting Deborah's blog for "Mt Calavera adds a bit of natural history and intrigue to the surroundings communities of Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista." See Part I and Part II of what is fast becoming one of my favorite Club Chaos Localism series.

Here is some eye candy from my turtle run in Jamaica Estates, Queens County, NY. I'm off to do another  "historical post." Stay tuned for some eye candy from my turtle run around Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. Enjoy!

There are so many wonderful things I love about being a Work-At-Home-Mom (WAHM). At the top of my list is the ability to be there for my learning disabled children. My six year old son, Noah, suffers from Autism. My two year old son, Stephen, suffers from Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). When you are balancing two sets of therapy schedules, three freelance positions, and trying to get a little face time in with your husband, things can get a little crazy in your daily planner. No one really knows what anyone else’s life is like and I am flattered that you’ve been very curious about mine. Since I have received so many emails from the readers of my blog; I decided instead of answering each person individually, I would simply publish the answers on the very blog that generated each inquiry. The number one question revolved around how I do all of the things that I showcase in my blog.

The answer isn’t as complicated as some of you were lead to believe. The fact of the matter is since I am working for small periods of time for multiple clients and customers on a broad spectrum of projects, the most important thing for me are to manage my activities during a set amount of time wisely. It’s not the “time” you concentrate on; it is the “efficiency of the activity.” This is my key for how I manage to get so much done: (1) I schedule my time carefully in 20 minute intervals until my “list of things to do today” actually get done. (2) I prioritize my phone calls into (a) immediate answer or return, (b) 24 hour return, (c) 48 hour return and also try to ensure that a response rarely goes past the third day. All important calls are followed up with a fax or an email to recap the talking points and to document where I am in the project with the client.

As an independent contractor who telecommutes I have to be very careful about my attitudes toward the flexibility in my schedule. You control your schedule and can not blame someone else for what you fail to do with it. I am responsible for my own health insurance, errors and omission insurance, general operating expenses, transportation, marketing and overhead. If I am not careful with my management of my activities or fail to schedule adequate time to perform my goals, then my business may fail. As a Real Estate Paralegal operating (1) a Mobile Notary Signing Agent business, (2) conducting legal research/investigations and (3) working as a New York State licensed Realtor, my self-management style is based upon obtaining “the most bang for my buck,” e.g. maximizing a final result while minimizing time, costs and commuting. If you are anything like me and your wireless laptop and cell phone is your office, then technically your business can virtually remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This WAHM is never absent; I am always on duty and simply an email, fax and / or phone call away.

On a final aside, yes I am an artist and I create illustrations, fine art, and graphic art and absolutely love my photography, however, I treat my creativity as seriously as I treat my e-commute and schedule time for those activities accordingly. I even treat my blogs as a job and take the branding of my name and association very seriously. If you are going to be a WAHM, then time and activity management is the key.

This turtle run was inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub, (NY Times, About.com) a Sacramento Real Estate Broker for Lyon Real Estate and Poppy Dinsey of Zoomf, London, UK. It is dedicated to a very talented gentleman, Gary Woltal, a Dallas Ft. Worth Realtor at Keller Williams Realty and my dear friend Melody Botting of Melody Botting RE/MAX Empire Realty. Mel gives us a taste of her vacation in the U.K. with her blog entitled, "Subaru Family Bragging Rights."

In "It All Counts," Gary presents some excellent talking points about how we influence people with our words. My favorite thought includes this partial quote from Leo Buscaglia: "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt." He does an excellent job of this, and so do my friends and I love their blogs.

Kudos and congrats to Elizabeth, who will be featured on HGTV's House Hunters! If you haven't read her blog, you need to make it your business to take a peek. She provides some wonderful eye candy regarding the behind the scenes day to day renovation of a marvelous rehab job of her kitchen. Her  commentary had me tickled pink. Too bad you aren't privy to her phone calls... you'd be smiling for days.

Poppy D takes us on a new tour of the United Kingdom and provides some very delicious eye candy of historic buildings and landmarks with her latest blog entitled "A Walk About Chester, England." BTW, did you know that "according to new figures from the Bank of England, in some parts of the UK as many as four in ten home-buyers pull out before they complete?" Check out her 40% of British Buyers blog here. If you haven't checked out her company, you should. Zoomf is a genuine vertical search engine. Agents can list their properties for free (and seriously increase their Google juice). If you do list there, she also gives great advice with her blog entitled, "The Importance of Listing Photographs." I've been playing with its features and I have to say it has been a lot of fun peeking at available properties in the United Kingdom. If I had to choose three words to describe it, I would say "complete, unbiased and swanky." It's a shame they don't cover the United States, but maybe we can work on that together. It would certainly influence Craiglist to up its game and would probably make Trulia scramble to compete for content. Oops, sorry, Active Rain has already managed to do that... but I digress.

This turtle run is all about historical buildings. After checking out Chester, England, and Tower Bridge, how could I not? Today's eye candy features City Hall, which is located in the borough of Manhattan situated at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. According to the official website of the City of New York (NYC.gov NYCTV-OP page), "New York City's City Hall is the oldest city hall in the nation still used today as a center for city government. For 200 years this building has been at the center of politics, protests and civic celebrations."

Did you know that there are reportedly more than 100 paintings by some of the leading late-18th to mid-19th century American artists housed inside? The published list includes such notables as Samuel F. B. Morse, Rembrandt Peale and John Trumbull. According to Wikipedia, Samuel Finley Breese Morse not only painted portraits and historic scenes like the ones on display in City Hall, he also "created" the single wire telegraph system and was the "co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of the Morse Code."

Stay tuned for Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. Here is some eye candy from my turtle run. Enjoy! 

This has been, by far, one of the best turtle runs I have ever been on. It took four visits to collect these pictures and conduct a little research so that I could give an account to my out of state/country friends some history behind one of my favorite spots to enjoy some eye candy. This post is dedicated to my girlfriends Kathy Passarette, L.I. Staging/Decorating, a fellow Club Chaos Brooklynite, Elizabeth Weintraub, Sacramento Real Estate Broker, Lyon Real Estate, Poppy Dinsey ~ Zoomf, London, UK (who inspired this entire project with a delicious piece of eye candy of London's Tower Bridge). Since Poppy was kind enough to give us "A Walk Around London," I decided to give her a turtle run across The Brooklyn Bridge...

By the way, Poppy takes us on a new tour of the United Kingdom and provides some very delicious eye candy with "A Walk About Chester, England."

What can one say about "The Brooklyn Bridge"? As a native New Yorker born and raised in Brooklyn, one of the first things we were taught as little children is the fact that The Brooklyn Bridge happens to be one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. I don't know how long it is, there have been a few squabbles about that with the highway extensions being added, as well as the expanded "on" and "off" ramps, but I do know that it extends over the East River connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. At one point, it was the only land connection for people to cross between the City of Brooklyn and the City of New York. On the Manhattan side, it ends in front of City Hall Park. On the Brooklyn side, it ends on Brooklyn Bridge Blvd where the US Post Office and Court complexes are located. On completion, it was reported to be the largest suspension bridge in the world and is rumored to have been the first steel-wire suspension bridge. Originally referred to as "The New York and Brooklyn Bridge," it was called "The Brooklyn Bridge" in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and was eventually re-named by the City of New York government officials in 1915. It was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark as well as a National Historical Landmark, the latter taking place one year before I was born, sometime in 1964.

Construction reportedly began on January 3, 1870 and took approximately 13 years to complete. On May 24, 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge was considered officially opened. According to Wikipedia, "On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed what was then the only land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m). The bridge cost $15.5 million to build and approximately 27 people died during its construction. One week after the opening, on May 30, a rumor that the Bridge was going to collapse caused a stampede which crushed and killed twelve people. At the time it opened, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world — 50% longer than any previously built — and it has become a treasured landmark. Additionally, for several years the towers were the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere."

Here, and the following two photographs, I'm facing Brooklyn standing before the Manhattan side Tower where one of the corner stones is visible. This Tower was capped in 1875.

Here is a shot of the underside of the Brooklyn side Tower, near The River Cafe off of Water Street. There is a man-made water fall off the promenade I may have to feature soon. The eye candy at night is spectacular!  Imagine dining under the BB while staring at the Manhattan skyline...  I see a night run in my future...

If you are going to jog (or visit) beneath the BB, you must enter the promenade for a wonderful view of the bridge, Manhattan, the Statute of Liberty, and South Street Seaport.

I started each of my turtle runs from the Brooklyn end. I love coming around the bend and being greeted by the Manhattan skyline. Reaching City Hall is always such a nice incentive. I shall blog about that in the very near future as well.

Off camera, the Manhattan Bridge is to your right, well past the Verizon building towering in the photo.

Not only can you see the Manhattan Bridge to the right of the BB, if you look closely you can also pick out the Empire State Building in the left side of the photograph.

To your left of the BB, as you cross the bridge towards City Hall Park, you can enjoy views of the South Street Seaport and even see the Statute of Liberty off on the horizon.

At the Manhattan side Tower of the BB, there is a gap in the cables which gives you an unobstructed view of the Manhatan Bridge that is just awesome! If you look closely, you can see a man made waterfall streaming in the background just under the roadway and a little to the right of the base of the MB's Manhattan side Tower.

As you near the BB's exit, there is a gorgeous view of historical architecture...

Stay tuned for my next turtle run showcasing City Hall and City Hall Park.

I love New York!

This series of residential tours is inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub (of Sacramento) and Poppy Dinsey (of London, UK). The Weintraub Gallery features her favorite Land Park Homes in Sacramento (About.com), while Poppy D (Zoomf) takes us on an eclectic tour of her neck of the woods in "A Walk Around London England."

In "A Cactus Flower Blooms For Only One Day" Elizabeth makes some interesting analogies regarding missing your moment if you wait too long to purchase the home of your dreams (while providing a little cactus eye candy). In "Are You As Green As You Can Be?" her talking points include what people can do to help reduce our carbon footprints and be eco-friendly. She poses an interesting question at the end: "What do you do to be green?"

You should also check out Sondra's Snapshots. Sondra Meyer  is an expert on College Station, TX and takes us on a wonderful tour of things to do and places to see. She never leaves home without her camera so if you are into eye candy, like me, then you will enjoy visiting Sondra's blog. In "What Is Behind A Name?" we are introduced to the sculptures of Payne Lara who "worked in conjunction with landscape designer Larry Schueckler to create what is considered one of College Station's nicest displays of public art." In "What Makes Something Beautiful?" Sondra whips out her camera to showcase Hensel Park.

Here is some eye candy from my turtle run in Flushing, Queens County, NY. I'm off to do a "historical post." Stay tuned for some eye candy from my turtle run across the Brooklyn Bridge. Enjoy!

Queens County is a great place to live. I love New York City.

This series of residential tours is inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub (of Sacramento) and Poppy Dinsey (of London, UK). The Weintraub Gallery features her favorite Land Park Homes in Sacramento (About.com), while Poppy D (Zoomf) takes us on an eclectic tour of her neck of the woods in "A Walk Around London England." Her London blog was recently featured at Localism.com. She also poses a very interesting question in her latest blog: "Is it time to get rid of the stigma of being a renter? No matter where we are in the world?" You can read, "UK  Rental Attitudes Are Changing, How Is It Stateside?" here. For some extra eye candy, and a delightful peek at history, go check out Elizabeth's article on Ronald Reagan's Former Home in East Sacramento here.

Here is some eye candy from my turtle run in Jamaica, Queens County, NY. Enjoy!

Queens County is a great place to live. I love NYC!

This series of residential tours is inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub (of Sacramento) and Poppy Dinsey (of London, UK). The Weintraub Gallery features her favorite Land Park Homes in Sacramento (About.com), while Poppy D (Zoomf) takes us on an eclectic tour of her neck of the woods in "A Walk Around London England." If you are into eye candy like me, then I encourage you to bookmark both of their blogs. I promise you, you will not be disappointed... 

Who knew turtle runs could become such international fun? May all the readers enjoy my second selection of favorite homes in the neighborhood.

Queens County is a great place to live! I love New York City.

Who knew an article authored by Jeff Gottlieb would inspire a turtle walk on a quest for the rich and famous buried at the historic Maple Grove Cemetery?

Established in 1875, I discovered that in August of 2004 Maple Grove Cemetery (MGC) was inducted into The National Register of Historical Places. Major Queens County streets, boulevards, roads and drives are named after many of the notables deposed there such as Elizabeth Riis, John H. Sutphin, Theodire F. Archer, J. Harvey Smedley, Joseph B. Everitt, Edward Mandel, D.R.P. Marquis, Harold G. Cambell and a host of other extraordinary citizens. 

Located directly across from Maple Grove Park in Briarwood, Queens County, New York, there is a very elegant entrance leading into the Maple Grove Cemetery on Queens Blvd. Unfortunately, the ancient stone monument marking the Briarwood entrance was defaced by vandals several years ago and the chemicals used to clean the grafitti marred the surface and beautiful craftsmanship of the work. However, there are numerous outstanding monuments errected throughout the landscape so intricately carved the cemetery has become a quiet tourist attraction. One particularly fetching area that can be viewed directly from Queens Blvd is Liberty Gardens. The stonework is amazing! Out of respect for the deposed, I've limited the selection of eye candy to post, but I must say the landscaping here is exquisite.

To quote Mr. Gottlieb's article, "Opened in 1875, Maple Grove Cemetery is a beautiful, 65-acre burial ground in Kew Gardens, with its main entrance on Kew Gardens Road and Lefferts Boulevard. It was modeled, in part, after the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, a 478-acre tract, also well above (478 feet) sea level, and established in 1838 as a rural cemetery and horticultural garden, Maple Grove, like Greenwood, is an oasis in an urban environment."

I can attest to that fact, Mr. Gottlieb. Very well said, indeed.

Here is some eye candy from my turtle walk.

Wedding, anyone? Retirement party? Club Chaos family reunion? Just looking to be swanky and get your sophisticated groove on by hosting the bash of the year?

How would you like to dine at a location surrounded by delicious eye candy inclusive of the Queens Museum of Art, New York Hall of Science, Queens Zoo, Queens Theater in the Park, Queens Botanical Gardens, Shea Stadium, Arthur Ashe Stadium, USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Stadium, the Court of States, the Unisphere and other World's Fair monuments? Excellent. I have good news:

Terrace on the Park (TOTP) is the place to be if you, like me, are into enjoying meticulously planned events surrounded by views that can actually make you forget to breathe. Imagine being in an atmosphere full of exquisite elegance, tastefully oozing with eye candy from every available vantage point.  

To quote TOTP: "From the extensive selection of culinary masterpieces, to the exquisitely appointed ballrooms, the ambiance of their breathtaking views, the attention to detail is the hallmark of Terrace on the Park."

Having been a guest at several events hosted here I can honestly state that I whole heartily agree. In fact, this description may be the understatement of the year. You have to see and experience it to believe. Please check out the gallery photographs on their official website, for it is full of eye candy, indeed... I am happy to report that I am a die hard fan of their culinary masterpieces (which is why I turtle run, people), so with fond memories and a warm smile I encourage you to visit Terrace On The Park at 52-11 111th St., Flushing Meadow Park NY, 11368 (718) 592-5000 for your most important catering needs.

I love tennis but unfortunately I don't play very well (unless we're talking video games), which is why I do love to watch the sport and appreciate the precision, strategies and athletics involved in the activity. In anticipation of the upcoming events scheduled for August, I decided that today's turtle run would be around the tennis stadiums in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

The US Tennis Association (USTA) hosts the US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center every August in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The planes are re-routed not to fly over at that time, which is something that only a native New Yorker would notice. The absence of noise is always invigorating during a zen moment while enjoying a slow jog. If you stand at the gates of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, you can actually see a lovely view of the Unispere and the Court of States.  East of the Unisphere are the Soccer Fields where most kids run to play a pick up game after using the tennis courts, which  are open to the public throughout the year. There are indoor and outdoor courts and programs for adults, youths, and seniors. You can find out more information regarding events and available programs from the USTA website here.

Meanwhile, here is some eye candy from my turtle run. Enjoy!

This series of residential tours is inspired by my girlfriends Elizabeth Weintraub (of Sacramento) and Poppy Dinsey (of London, UK). Elizabeth has a beautiful gallery of homes showcased at her site on About.com. The Weintraub gallery is featuring her favorite Land Park Homes in Sacramento. Poppy and I have been planning to showcase more of our neighborhoods ever since. I can't wait to see what she has in store for us across the Big Pond at Zoomf.

London has such beautiful eye candy. So does Land Park and Briarwood. Today's residential turtle run is in honor of you. May all the readers enjoy my selection of favorite homes in the neighborhood.

I love New York! Queens County, what a great place to live.

According to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, "The Hall of Science was built for the 1964 World's Fair. Today, the facility is New York City's only hands-on science and technology museum." Being a mom always on the search for something for the little people to do I found myself thinking, "Now how cool is that?" 

After my turtle run in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, I am here to tell you it's awesome! There are NSA Rockets parked outside gleaming in the sunshine, people! Where else in New York City can a person casually stroll by such gorgeous out-of-this-world eye candy? (In my case, turtle run, but I digress...)

This place is all about the kids -- check out the kid empowerment zone! If you want to schedule yourself a seriously fun play date with your children (and sneak in some educational science while frolicking) please feel free to take yourself down to the New York Hall of Science located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona NY 11368 (718) 699-0005.

Here's a little eye candy from my turtle run today. Enjoy!

I'm addicted to my turtle runs in the morning. I can't imagine my day without having a slow jog with my Nikon. There are so many beautiful sites to see in my neck of the woods known as Queens County. Truth is, each borough has something special to offer. They all have a soul and flavor that is very unique. We are talking eye candy, people. Did I mention I am a visual person? I think I did, but I'll say it again, in case I did not. Being an artist has its perks when you  live in New York City, and one of the biggest benefits of being a native New Yorker is you know where to go to get your visual fix if need be. So today I am going to share one of my favorite places to be and let you see how much eye candy the Court of Sates in Flushing Meadow Corona Park can be. Enjoy!

The interesting thing about the intersection of Union Turnpike and Queens Blvd is that three neighborhoods meet at the Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens train station. (1) Forest Hills, (2) Kew Gardens and (3) Briarwood. If you exit the train station at the fountain you are in Briarwood. If you exit the train station at the black towers, you are in Kew Gardens. If you exit the train station at the Con Edison building, you are in Forest Hills. I guess when a 6 laned Queens Blvd. meets a 4 laned Union Turnpike and a 4 laned Jackie Robinson (Inter-borough)  Parkway, anything is possible. 

The train station houses the IND E and F lines. There is also a cab stand, four express busses (two into Manhattan, one to JFK and one to LGA airports) directly across the street from the  fountain on the same side of Queens Blvd the black towers is located.

The fountain statue is on the corner adjacent to the Queens County Borough Hall. Behind both is a gem of a park where the elderly practice Tai Chi, people who get married at the court house take their wedding photographs, and bloggers like me chill in the grass with our laptops, or enjoy a few short laps of a lazy turtle run...

I love getting my kids on the school bus, then taking my bloggers butt over to Meadow Lake to do my turtle run in the morning. According to the NYC Parks Department: "This 84-acre manmade body of sparkling, fresh water is New York City's largest lake. A popular spot for boating, fishing, crew, and sailing, the water keeps splashing while scores of other recreational activities fill the surrounding athletic fields, bike paths, a model plane facility, and picnic areas."

Well, I can tell you they certainly summed it up rather nicely. I love jogging in this place! My kids, family and friends spend a lot of their play time here. It's minutes from Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Briarwood, Whitestone and Forest Hills. The Grand Central Parkway runs parallel on one side while the Whitestone Expressway flanks the opposite shores.

Here are a few views from my warm up and slow jog starting at the Boat House. For some really great things to do at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, check out this link from NYC.gov:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_flushing_meadows/vt_flushing_07.html

I Love New York. Enjoy your day!

Queens Blvd, as a street, has been around since 1873. It's gone through several transitions through the ages, but in essence it has always been around for as long as anyone could remember. Originally a two Lane Road, it has been expanded into six Lanes and can almost take you from one end of the borough to the other. My favorite part of Queens Blvd. (besides the shopping and food, of course) is The #7 Train In The Grass by the Queens County Borough Hall. If you have kids who are car and train crazy like mine, nothing beats hitting a tasty restaurant across the street, then letting your kids play on the 7 Train.