Liang Huang

What’s not to like? Fall foliages this year at Black Hill Regional Park is just wonderful. The park itself is free, with paved trails for hiking and biking. For nature lovers, unpaved trail around the lake is also beautiful. The trail and the lake itself connects Germantown neighborhood. Fishing and boating is a must. The picnic shelters host many community events. The large space and playground one the center of the shelters allows fun activities. The nature center is one of the best in the region. Restrooms are well maintained.

Very good venue with nice acoustics. What’s not to like? We come to concerts here, my kid rehearses and performs here, I took music lessons here, we jog around or into here. Simply a wonderful place!

Although everyone knows that Manhattan is becoming more and more inhabitable, one still expects a nice cafe to be a good place to rest and a good place to rest need a restroom. I am not the only customer who is asking about if the store has a restroom for customers, the cold, indifferent answer from staff member is “no”, without even a single word more or any suggestions. This aligns with many other reviews that staff in this particular location is not friendly. Coffee is ok, but do not expect anything special. The Cranberry walnut scone that I had, is just dry and flavorless. I usually wouldn’t waste food, but half of it went to trash. Three of us couldn’t even finish one scone. It is that bad. Two stars for the so-so 2 cups of cappuccino and 1 cup of americano we had. Zero star for service, environment, and pastry.

It is a nice bridge. This one is the one you see right after coming out from the Zoo tunnel. The next one is the Taft bridge. Those pictures with lion and eagle posts, that is the Taft bridge, which is the next bridge on Rock Creek Trail.