It’s hard to make up for Sunday’s in New York.  Great brunch scene, shop until you drop, traffic free central park (if you ignore the bicycle maniacs), museums and galleries galore, and even my favorite bodega style tailors on the Lower East Side are open.

Today we started out hitting a new brunch spot, Cafe Nola’s am Weinberg, a Swiss ski-chalet themed cafe in the middle of a park.  It was a beautiful crisp winter afternoon, sun bright, air fresh, Kai pleasantly sleeping in his Bugaboo.  Arriving a little late, we still were warmly welcomed and even got to bring the stroller in next to the table, even though the cafe was almost full (and was within 30 minutes packed to the hilt and overflowing to the tables outside).  The brunch was a well prepared smorgasbord of savory bites — dozens of cheeses, quiche, eggs, yogurts, muesli, breads, not to mention both buttermilk AND potato pancakes — plus hot lunch entrees like curry and pasta.  All chilling in the sunshine lit space for hours.  We just couldn’t break away.

Finally, we realized that Kai would need to eat soon, so we took a stroll over to the Museum Island to visit the Bode Museum.  Inside, we were escorted to a secret changing area hidden behind a green door in one of the halls. After a bit of roaming about with Kai, everyone was completely exhausted so we decided to make our way home.

If every Sunday was like this, NYC could be under some serious pressure for the best Sunday city.