Labour Day Weekend

Saturday:
Last weekend Aspen and Doug Blanchard came to New York City to see the sights and take in a Yankees game. I had a chance to meet up with them for a few short hours. We went Macy's, walked up 5th Ave. and went to Tiffany's, the NBA store, the Apple Store, and the Disney Store. Sadly it was the first muggy day we have had in weeks, but it wasn't so bad. It was only for a few hours but it was very nice to friends from home.


Afterward, I went to meet Mariam and Sabine at an apartment Mariam is cat sitting at. She started a week and a half ago. And rather than describe to you this AMAZING place, I shall just have to show you....or at least the view from the panoramic windows...


The two cats are named Charlie and Fritz. They are hypoallergenic Parisian cats flown in from out of state so they can spend all day playing and sleep on pillows on the ninth floor of a West Park Avenue apartment. Oh what a life some lead.






Sunday:
Sabine and I decided to go to Brooklyn. We followed a walking tour around and it was beautiful. I fell in love with the city all over again. There are brown stone walk ups (redbrick houses) and it’s quite without the traffic of the city and there are cute one of a kind stores and restaurants. You can see the skyline from West side and it is beautiful. There is an art piece up around the East side River. They are three freestanding waterfalls and soon will be taken down forever.

We stopped by a lovely little coffeehouse and had a corn muffin and Italian soda. Then we stopped by Prospect Park before heading home.

Monday:
It was a day of shopping in the financial district. And only bought a book. I went into Strand Books and spent at least an hour going through all the used books and being in complete awe at how many books there are on Feng Shui. It was great. I bought a book about Ronald Reagan. I met Sabine in Little Italy for dinner and we shared two dishes. It was delicious.