Plant your picnic blanket among the lunching office-workers on the Great Lawn, or swap people-watching for bird-watching along The Ramble, 37 cool acres of wooded paths and streams.

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We went down the rickety steps, I with the thermos and picnic basket, you with the blanket and towels.

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They arrived early, spread a blanket on the grass, and waved at John, who was sitting at a picnic table, writing in his journal.

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