thursday: ice skating again
we went ice skating again this morning. it was their last lesson of the season. the rink closes next week, but since we will be visiting nana and nonno, today was our last chance to skate (outdoors, for free).
it was very warm, and the ice was rutted and wet. it made for some bumpy skating.
afterwards, m and c and i met greg for lunch in the time life building's cafeteria. the employees don't think too much of it, but us civilians do. chanda chose the salad bar, morgana had a burrito, and i had a quesadilla. the fixings one could choose from were delicious: rice and beans, mango, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pulled chicken, sauteed corn, shrimp and salsa. greg had a sandwich that they make fresh. they also have yummy chocolate chip cookies.
the prices are reasonable (chanda's salad came to $5.00, easily half the price of what you would pay at a deli), and the atmosphere is pleasant. the south facing wall is all windows, and the other walls are covered with photographs from time life's archives.
on the way home, after getting off of the subway, we walked through abingdon square park. it's now without any snow. the grass is green and the ornamental cabbage plants look healthy and pink.
everyone was, once again, out in the park, reading, eating, chatting . . . and swinging . .
and the first crocuses are poking their heads out of the ground!
we went ice skating again this morning. it was their last lesson of the season. the rink closes next week, but since we will be visiting nana and nonno, today was our last chance to skate (outdoors, for free).
it was very warm, and the ice was rutted and wet. it made for some bumpy skating.
afterwards, m and c and i met greg for lunch in the time life building's cafeteria. the employees don't think too much of it, but us civilians do. chanda chose the salad bar, morgana had a burrito, and i had a quesadilla. the fixings one could choose from were delicious: rice and beans, mango, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pulled chicken, sauteed corn, shrimp and salsa. greg had a sandwich that they make fresh. they also have yummy chocolate chip cookies.
the prices are reasonable (chanda's salad came to $5.00, easily half the price of what you would pay at a deli), and the atmosphere is pleasant. the south facing wall is all windows, and the other walls are covered with photographs from time life's archives.
on the way home, after getting off of the subway, we walked through abingdon square park. it's now without any snow. the grass is green and the ornamental cabbage plants look healthy and pink.
everyone was, once again, out in the park, reading, eating, chatting . . . and swinging . .
and the first crocuses are poking their heads out of the ground!
Wow I that ice rink is brilliant. It looks like such a contrast; winter skating and then jacketless girls and sprouting crocuses :) Yay! Spring!!!
ReplyDeleteOh - wonderful. Springtime!
ReplyDeletecroci?? oh my, you do need to head north. we shoveled about 10" of snow out of our driveway this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteahhh . . 10" of snow. you know, i'm one of the few people that wouldn't mind another 10" of snow . . but would i mind shoveling it out of my driveway? maybe not . . not if it meant being able to take all those wintery white pictures you've been posting!
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