Musings about Shorts and Grids

I recently received the newest Athleta  catalog, and it reminded me that I never shared pictures from a spring preview I attended ages ago. At the time, the clothes wouldn’t be available for quite a while, but now that they are online and in stores, the time is right.  Please looking at spring clothing reminds me that warm weather can’t be too far away.

Here is a look at just a few items that caught my eye:

Vata Shorts  I love the color and style of these moisture wicking shorts!

   

I am always a fan of mix and match swimwear

 

Color blocking is definitely all the rage this season.

My next topic as nothing to do with fitness, but it does have to do with NYC!

Yesterday, I went to the Greatist Grid: The Manhattan Masterplan from 1811-2011 at the Museum of the City of NY.

 

The Museum itself is very pretty, it would be a great choice for a small wedding .

The exhibition shows how the easy to navigate grid we all know and love (unless you live downtown or in the west village or way way uptown) came to be.  Rather than model the city plan on the fashionable European city designs, Manhattan decided to take a bold step towards functionality and drew from the cities including, Edinburgh, Savannah and Lima!

Downtown was developed before the plan, while all areas above the white were basically farmland in the early 1800s.

As a HUGE history nerd, I was all about it and totally fascinated! For example, every wonder why Broadway is such a rebel and weaves itself across the city hither and yon?  Here’s why:

 

In any event, it’s definitely worth seeing.  My only critique is that the exhibit is set up like a grid, which was cute but not practical.  It was very hard to know whether to go through north to south or east to west!

All right, this post has been sufficiently random. I better go to the gym before dinner!  I start (and finish—it’s one day) Blueprint Cleanse with Ashley and the boy tomorrow—can’t wait to feel super human and pumped full of green juice!

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