{"id":98665,"date":"2025-08-27T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/we-have-two-beloved-visitors-in-brooklyn-this-week\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:58:14","slug":"we-have-two-beloved-visitors-in-brooklyn-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/we-have-two-beloved-visitors-in-brooklyn-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have Two Beloved Visitors in Brooklyn This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last night, Anton<\/a> and I sat on the stoop waiting impatiently for our guests to arrive\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026until my brother Nick and my cousin\u2019s son Jimmy (aka Anton\u2019s second cousin<\/a>) arrived from England to spend a week with us in Brooklyn. It\u2019s Jimmy\u2019s first time in the U.S., and when I asked him what he\u2019d like to do \u2014\u00a0ride the Cyclone at Coney Island<\/a>? see the view from the Empire State Building? \u2014 he asked me, earnestly, \u201cDo you guys have Dunkin\u2019 Donuts?\u201d We do, Jimmy, we do.<\/p>\n

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What a fun assignment to think about how to show a 13-year-old around NYC \u2014\u00a0what are the fun activities specifically for preteens? Last night, we ordered pizza and rode bikes and scooters along the river to the Brooklyn Bridge, while the sun set \u2014\u00a0or, as Jimmy said, whilst<\/em> the sun set. My brother also cemented his \u201cfun uncle\u201d status by doing wheelies and riding down stairs.<\/p>\n

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This morning, poor Jimmy woke up at 5 a.m. (jet lag!) but waited patiently until we all roused a few hours later. Then we walked to get bagels and took goofy photos. Next up: shopping for \u201ctrainers\u201d and going to the Yankees game. (Toby\u2019s visiting my mom<\/a> right now, but they come back to New York on Friday for an even bigger reunion.)<\/p>\n

Plus, a flashback:<\/p>\n

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Jimmy and Anton<\/a> in Cornwall (ages of the cousins, from left to right: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!). They\u2019ve been mischievous soulmates since day one.<\/p>\n

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On Anton\u2019s sixth birthday<\/a>, and Jimmy was seven.<\/p>\n

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This summer<\/a>, when Anton turned 12 and Jimmy was 13.<\/p>\n

We always love having visitors, especially these two! What about you? What do you show people from your hometown? Also, would you like an updated Cup of Jo NYC guide, maybe one for kids<\/a>, one for teens, and one for adults?<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. Our Brooklyn house tour<\/a>, and all our past England trips<\/a>, including my aunt\u2019s house tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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