Sunday at Ikea-by-the-Water

Last Sunday we decided to go to Ikea to check out the "big girl" beds for our daughter. Her crib is from Ikea and we have been very happy with it, so we thought that we would look at their Junior beds before ordering one from another company.
We don't have a car so getting there by public transportation is such a hassle (especially with daughter in tow) that it usually discourages us from going. But the (relatively) new IKEA in Brooklyn has a boat shuttle service (a watertaxi actually) that takes you from the Seaport (reachable by an easy, even if long, subway ride for us) and leaves you directly at the IKEA in Brooklyn, that is directly across the dock (then it's only a very short walk through the parking lot). So we thought that it would be a fun outing for a summer Sunday.

Now I don't know what I was thinking when I get dressed on Sunday morning. I wore the worst outfit for this kind of trip. For starters I thought that the weather would be nice and sunny (clearly I didn't check weather.com) while it started to rain as soon as we arrived at the Seaport (linen shorts and leather flip-flops are notoriously not waterproof). Second, my outfit was completely wrinkled by the time we got off the subway. Third, a delicate embroided blouse is not the best choice when you have to schlep a huge IKEA bag (not to mention a bed) on your shoulder all the way back home (because you all know that it's impossible to go to IKEA and not buy anything. Even for my husband!)

I guess that I really wanted to wear my starfish shorts, that I haven't worn that much since I bought them (I took them to the Hamptons but never had the occasion to wear them there). I really like the print on these, it's so summery, and after trying them with a few tee-shirts without being satisfied, I put on my Fiesta tunic and I felt ready to go (or that's what I thought):




(The Fiesta tunic and the shorts appear wrinkled in the pics above because I took them AFTER our trip).

Besides the rain (that stopped after 45 minutes or so and gave us a good excuse to have lunch before "embarking"), it was a fun trip. The boat ride is short but interesting and you get to see the Brooklyn docks from an unusual point of view and very close (and of course you still have the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty on the other side). Actually the architecture of the docks reminded me a little bit of the Venice docks (NB: my husband doesn't agree).
I didn't have my camera with me and the battery of my phone was slowly dying and I really regret not taking a pic of IKEA-by-the-Water as we were approaching it (it looked a little bit like a mirage), but I managed to take a few pics in front of the watertaxi after disembarking at the Seaport. You will notice the huge IKEA blue bag hanging from my shoulder. I was carrying it because my daughter fell asleep in my husband's arms on our ride back to the Seaport (as you can see she is sleeping in the stroller), but after these pics HE carried it (too late for my blouse though):




We didn't buy the bed but we bought two cute bedding sets for her future bed, a pillow, a stool and a stuffed animal. As I said, impossible to leave IKEA with free hands.

Have you ever taken the boat to go to the IKEA? Do you own the starfish shorts or the the Fiesta tunic?