{"id":417,"date":"2016-06-20T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-06-30T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:35:54","slug":"its-official-its-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/its-official-its-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official &#8211; it&#8217;s summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.manhattanministorage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/free-nyc-summer.jpg?resize=373%2C247\" width=\"373\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The City will be bouncing all summer long with hundreds of fabulous events. \u00a0Here are some of the major \u00a0sites \u00a0I use to find out what&#8217;s happening. \u00a0I will\u00a0 keep updating this post as new things pop up and they will. To\u00a0\u00a0get us started and so we can mark \u00a0our calendars &#8211;check them out. Hundreds of free- easy to get to &#8211; events!<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Center \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lincolncenter.org\">www.<b>lincolncenter<\/b>.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Central Park. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/centralpark.org\">http:\/\/centralpark.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hudson River Park \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonriverpark.org\">http:\/\/www.hudsonriverpark<\/a>.org<\/p>\n<p>River to River Festival <a href=\"http:\/\/lmcc.net\/news\/river-river-2016-live\/\">\u00a0 \u00a0 lmcc.net\/news\/river-river-2016-<\/a>\u00a0June 16-26.<\/p>\n<p>New \u00a0York City Go \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgo.com\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.nycgo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free Shakespeare \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.com\">http:\/\/www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, don&#8217;t forget the beaches &#8211; we are surrounded by water!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/its-official-its-summer\/2011-422\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2011 422\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rockaway Beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?fit=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?fit=840%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?resize=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rockaway Beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-422.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ROCKAWAY BEACH &#8211;\u00a01\u00a0SON AND 4 GRANDDAUGHTERS A FEW YEARS AGO!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Kay&#8217;s Notes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important to know:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There really is so much to see and do and so little time. \u00a0 I make a list and\u00a0\u00a0mark my calendar (on my phone and the one on my wall)\u00a0otherwise, I wake up and realize that I missed the event the day or night before that \u00a0I really wanted to go to.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/its-official-its-summer\/picnic-in-park\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"picnic in park\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-429 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"picnic in park\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaysnycways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/picnic-in-park.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good to know:<\/strong>\u00a0 Picnics and blankets in the parks are so much fun.\u00a0\u00a0 Bring books, newspapers, balls, and get ice cream and gelato from one of the food trucks. Now sitting on a blanket is great &#8211; but getting up from a blanket can be a challenge and&#8230;the process of getting up is not a pretty sight, if you know what I mean. \u00a0 \u00a0So you might want to bring a folding \u00a0chair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restrooms:<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Will take a little work &#8230;each site will have restroom locations on their sites so you might want to take note of them before you go there.<\/p>\n<p>*Disclaimer \u2013 I try for correct info on Kay\u2019s Notes\u2013 but no guarantees people. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Photo of Central Park courtesy of NYC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"r\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The City will be bouncing all summer long with hundreds of fabulous events. \u00a0Here are some of the major \u00a0sites \u00a0I use to find out what&#8217;s happening. \u00a0I will\u00a0 keep updating this post as new things pop up and they will. To\u00a0\u00a0get us started and so we can mark \u00a0our calendars &#8211;check them out. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/its-official-its-summer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s official &#8211; it&#8217;s summer!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-museums","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7svLB-6J","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}