I love Hudson River Park on the west side of Manhattan, but the thing is.. you sit around there in the sun and stare at Jersey. The cool thing about Pier A Park in Hoboken, which is very similar to Hudson River Park, is that you get to take in a view of Manhattan.
After running around for a few days, I met up with Jeannette, Eleanor, and Dan for dim sum in Chinatown then spent the day with Julie and Jess just laying around Pier A Park and talking and reading and relaxing. It was a nice break.