dumpster pools

Where do you go swimming in NYC? Dumpster pools of course. While this might sound a little crazy, I think it was actually a genius idea. 3 dumpsters of varying size= the perfect summer weekend stay-cation activity in the city. It was part of NYC Summer Street Festivals this summer. They blocked off some 7 miles of the city on the weekend and 2 blocks of that were set up for dumpster swimming. You got a wristband and were assigned a time to go swimming. Then, when it was your turn, you got 20 minute to lounge, 20 minutes to swim, then another 20 minutes to hang out. It was completely organized and really fun! It was just Jack and I who enjoyed this stay-cation (along with Leighanne, Shonnie, Tiffany, Dan, and Hudson). While Jack didn't enjoy the really cold water inside the pools, he did love lounging around the pool:) I'm already looking forward to next summers dumpster pool day.