A group of lovely ladies has come to the city for Bree’s bachelorette party (you remember Bree), and today, ahead of our no doubt raucous activities this evening, we headed to Central Park for a picnic.

We stocked up on breads, meats, dips, chips and vats of cookies for the feast, and Janessa even had the wise idea to buy shower curtains to sit on rather than blankets. Take that, Tropical Storm Andrea.

Just as the sun came out to dry the ground, we settled down in a south easterly section of the park for delicious snacks and a gossip.

This is a perfect summer activity – even though the park gets really busy, there is more than enough space to pop down a blanket (or shower curtain) for a snack and plenty of people watching. I have no doubt I’ll be doing it again.