It still amazes me that you can hop on a train in Manhattan and end up at a beach in a little over an hour. As we are not planners in the least bit, we decided last-minute after church last Sunday to spend the rest of the day lounging on a beach. I also half-way decided in my mind that morning that I wanted to be vegan for a week and thought Sunday would be a good day to start. After eating a (surprisingly!) yummy lunch at a vegan place, Peacefood Cafe, we took the D train all the way from our apartment to Coney Island. Well, when at Coney Island, one must eat at Nathan's , home of the first hot dog eating contest. As a result, the vegan diet lasted about half a day. But...that chili cheese coney was SO worth it after an afternoon of swimming. ;)