Looking forward to the Furthur shows we’re going to at MCU Park (a.k.a. Keyspan Park) at the end of this month, but the last time I’d been to Coney Island was with one of my freshman-year college roommates, who was a born-and-bred Brooklyn girl.

So the only thing to do was schedule a Brooklyn recon mission to test out exactly how long it would take us to get from Grand Central to Sheepshead Bay and beyond. Subway rides via the Q (on the way there) and the N (on the way back) both went off without a hitch, so we’re anticipating that covering a little more ground to see the shows will work out just fine.

How could any day that includes a ride on the Cyclone and a spin on the Wonder Wheel be anything but awesome…