Mika/Notes/EastCoast2024

This is a page to note things we did during Mako's sabbatical year on the east coast.

Boston

• Farmacia

New Haven

DOs

• Long trail to run on from Yale; some parts are rougher

New York

• cheaper hotel options near the Battery Park
• there's now a faster train to Penn from JFK

Newark

• Lots of people bike on the sidewalk

Transportions

• Airport

Skytrain to Amtrak/NJ Transit station

Foods&Drinks

• Ironbound is the foodies' neighborhood

• Mompou

good tapas

• Bello's tavern

first gastropub in town

soup of the day: whisky with rocks

more affordable than other places

• Brick City Vegan

vegan chicken biscuit sandwich

• Hobby's delicatessen

great vegetarian reuben!

TODOs

• Branch Brook Park

Big cherry blossom focused park. About 15 minutes by bike from downtown Newark.

Wilmington

• pretty empty on the streets but lots of people in restaurants
• good ohanami spots in downtown
• great ohanami spot/bench at Winterthur

Foods&Drinks

• Chancery food court

• Wilmington Brew

Shakes-beer

pizza next door

• Hotel Du Pont

easter brunch

famous cocktail

• Bardea

• The Quoin's cocktail bar

• Constitution

• Iron Hill

TODOs

• Waterway trail
• Delaware Museum
• Winterthur

ohanami!

tour

run

tickets good for 2 days

• Run on JAM to New Castle

little waterside town with a British style tavern

Washington DC

• stumpy

Miscellaneous

• Amtrak can be as cheap as $3 if purchased early.