"Black is the queen of colors" Auguste Renoir
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| From Phil U on Yelp |
Another tough week, physically, and an easy ride
down to NYC, I arrived to chat with Kristi and fall into bed. Saturday we woke to a rainy, dismal but mild
day. It seems most Urban dwellers spend
a lot of time at and work in coffee shops.
Kristi has found one near the Hx3, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (3rd
and 83rd), which is a company that actually started 50 years ago in
Los Angeles. Their claim is that they
created the Original Ice Blended Drink in 1989, thus starting the frozen coffee
drink craze. Well, it’s a nice place
with very friendly employees. I thoroughly
enjoyed their chai tea latte, raspberry croissants, and oatmeal cookies (had
throughout the day!) I spent most of the
day, surrounded by others, working on my Uncle’s letter to my Grandmother.
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| Dinner from Eli's |
Walking home (just a few blocks), I decided to check
out Eli’s (Nora Ephron shopped here, so if it was good enough for her..). It’s another amazing New York City food
mecca. A bit pricier than my other
favorite, Agata and Valencia, I still managed to pick up dinner (sushi),
breakfast (apple turnover), and light dinner for Sunday (pumpkin/butternut
squash soup, crackers and cheese).
Popping into the wine store next door, W.I.N.E., I rounded out my order
with a nice bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
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| From their Website |
Feeling the real to need to laugh, I treated myself to
a comedy show Saturday evening. Getting
to the show was entertainment in itself.
The 6 Train is not running downtown at my stop, so I took it up a stop
as instructed..now what? A woman about
my age explainedwe must now take a bus
to 59th and transfer. So up
to the street we went together..no bus..finally we decided to share a cab..Anna
lives on my street, and has a Daughter with a restaurant on the LES. We exchanged information, and perhaps yet
another friend made? When Anna got out
in Midtown, I continued on with our lovely Cab driver. We had a great chat, his
story: been in the NYC for 19 years, originally from Ghana. He has 8 children ranging in age for
5-27! His oldest has his MBA from
Johnson & Wales, working for Bank of America in Rhode Island. Not the first time I have been lucky to hear
of the true recent Immigrant experience in the Boston-New York area.
Truth be told, the show at Eastville Comedy Club
(E4th Street between the Bowery and 2nd Ave) cost me $4! I joined a “seat-filling club” for a few
months in New York, and it was the first time I finally took advantage of
it. It won’t be the last. I was thoroughly entertained for a couple of
hours by Judy Gold, Harris Stanton, my second favorite Gary Peter, and Janeane
Garofalo whom I have had the pleasure of seeing in the past.
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| Chika @ work |
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| My wonderful treat |
Since I was in the East Village I decided I owed it
to myself to go to Chikalicious, an amazing dessert restaurant on E10th between
1st and 2nd. Amazing
place. And, I was treated very nicely
indeed. It was a three course dessert
that began with a small glass of Proscecco while I waited. While waiting for my dessert (I love to sit
at the bar and watch Chika in action), I was given a tiny bowl of jasmine
sorbet with a banana-lime mix. Then the
main course followed, an awesome warm chocolate tart with pink peppercorn ice
cream and red wine sauce with a lovely glass of Churchill Graham Reserve Port. This was followed by a dish of tiny petite
forts. Wonderful.
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| A sculpture gallery @ the Met |
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| From the Met's Website |
Sunday I awoke to a quiet Hx3, as Kristi was at a
retreat for Original Bindings Productions.
I read my paper, did some more writing, and then went to the Met (love
saying that, the Metropolitan Museum of Art) for the members’ opening of “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity”. It was mobbed but excellent. The beauty of having a membership to such a
wonderful institution is that you don’t feel like you’re wasting your money
when you go for just one exhibit! (much like having a season ski past, in the
old days).
Home again to share a light dinner, and chat, with
Kristi. Now, off to catch my bus back to Boston, yet again!
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