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I went to Manhattan twice this weekend. The main purpose of Friday's
visit was to attend Terry's daughter's art exhibit reception. It was well-attended (a bit crowded but not uncomfortably so) and the star of the show was radiant. Stan was there and we both enjoyed talking to Terry, and also got to meet up again with her husband. Stan and I spent a while talking to Terry's son as well. Terry has two bright, talented kids- good job Terry! Before going to the exhibit, I took advantage of the trek into Manhattan to stop at Chelsea Market at 9th Ave and 6th St. My mother had me assigned the task of finding caciocavallo cheese for a co-worker and I found it at Buon Italia. I also picked up some gianduiotti (think "solid Nutella") for mom. Then I went to Bowery Kitchen Supply across the hall to look for fountain glasses and tulip sundae dishes, but they were too thick (too much glass, not enough room for ice cream). I did buy some silicone mini-muffin cups (I'm going to try making chocolate candy cups and filling them with the yummy peanut butter tofu cream I posted a few days ago). Otherwise, I thought their silicone mat items were pretty expensive. There is a dutch oven though that I might consider buying... I noticed that the Moroccan shop in the hall is losing floor space. I hope that's not a bad sign. ![]() when we passed by. Sigh. The next day, I started out making a couple loaves of Oatmeal Banana Bread to use up 4 ripe nanners. Then the resident college student (RCS) had an assignment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which required her to have her photo taken in front of the museum as "proof" that she was there, as well as photos of pieces relevant to the course. So I accompanied her as photographer. First we went on the museum website and planned the visit. We arrived at the hardcopy after 4 pm (the museum closes at 8:45). Phew, no crowds. We did her assignment (and were amused at how many other students with assignments there were). We searched for (they don't make it easy) the cafeteria for a couple of sodas and were pleasantly surprized at the ambience. Also, the food people were eating looked really good, not the usual museum cafeteria fare. Still expensive ($2.25 for a 20 oz Diet Coke). I was disappointed that the Islam exhibit was closed temporarily because that's what I wanted to see. Using Vindigo, we had chosen a Moroccan restaurant near St. Mark's Place (Greenwich Village) which was easily accessible by #6 train. It was a tiny restaurant with a little bar in the front with patrons inhaling fruit-scented tobacco from a hookah. Unfortunately, we got there around 8:45 pm, prime time, and had to wait an hour for a table, in the line of traffic, shuffling to let the wait staff go back and forth. After being seated, the order was taken quickly, the appetizers we ordered (bourekas) arrived right away. They were good but we were so hungry (our usual dinner time is 6 pm) that styrofoam would have tasted good. Then.... we waited until 11 pm until our entrees arrived! The kitchen was tiny and apparently the upstairs dining room kept the waitresses scrambling. RCS got the chicken kebabs and I got a chicken tagine with olives and preserved lemons. Both were delicious and we vacuumed them up (famished!). We then made an error- we ordered desserts. I ordered rose-petal ice cream and RCS ordered warm chocolate cake. There went another hour of our life... We didn't get out of there until 12:30, thinking "Free at last!!" I would go back there again, the food was excellent, reasonably-priced, the staff very nice, etc. but beware of Saturday night. I would make a reservation for the upstairs room where the belly dancing is, on a weekday, and not be in a hurry to get home. But this night was not over. Heading home we walked to W. Houston to get the train back to Queens. At that hour, some of the entrances were closed so we had to re-route a bit east. That's when a bit of good luck kicked in. I almost walked past it until it hit me that Yonah Shimmel was open at 12:40 am!!! So I backtracked a few steps and bought a couple of kasha knishes to take home. I still can't get over that it was open ![]() I'll spare you the details, but the train ride back was hell with the Saturday night rowdies. The train announcer had the volume up too loud so it was impossible to relax. The train we were on at one point had to wait between stations for another train to pass by, one which we should have switched to at the last station but I thought I could tolerate a few more stops on this one. When we got off the train we found out that the buses only ran once/hour at that hour of the night and the next one wasn't due for 45 min. We gave up and walked. At least it wasn't raining. Home at last at 2am! Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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