{"id":7284,"date":"2015-06-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2017-03-23T01:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T01:40:06","slug":"branch-brook-park-newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/06\/branch-brook-park-newark\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch Brook Park, Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Brook Branch Park, Newark, NJ\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1878-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, John and I decided to spend a Saturday strolling through <a title=\"Branch Brook Park\" href=\"http:\/\/www.essexcountyparks.org\/parks\/branch-brook-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Branch Brook Park<\/a> in Newark. It&#8217;s about a 30 minute drive from our place, and unlike parks in NYC, we pretty much had the entire place to ourselves. 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It&#8217;s about a 30 minute drive from our place, and unlike parks in NYC, we pretty much had the entire place to ourselves. The cherry blossom festival is in mid-April, and it was already post-peak season when we visited, but it was still very pink and gorgeous everywhere! 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