doma and fireworks

chanda and i visited a neighborhood restaurant this afternoon for lunch. doma moved from perry street to morton street, and changed their "theme" in the process. they now feature german wieners and salads along with beer and wine. it's a casual, comfortable atmosphere, and it wasn't too busy.

chanda had vanilla tea served it the loveliest polish pottery teapot and teacup (which you can purchase there).

she also ordered the apple strudel, which wasn't on the menu, but was featured on the glass window! the new waitress had to check with the kitchen to see if they really served it. they did, along with vanilla ice cream and granola, caramel syrup . . 

. . and topped with a sprig of parsley.

i had simple hot dogs with an incredible potato salad. the peas and carrots in the salad reminded me of the salad i bought in a bremerhaven market years and years ago. the market had so many delicious salads to choose from, and i remember picking potatoes with peas and carrots. the sprig of thyme you see poking from the top was added to the plate by me, and the bread was a very good sour dough.

earl grey tea for me . . 

chanda is re-reading one of our favorite books by eleanor estes, which takes place in brooklyn.

i also worked on a square for the afghan we're slowly putting together for nana.

morgana has begun her metropolitan museum of art sketching and painting class. it's a free class she registered for in the early spring. she met us afterwards at the restaurant and we walked home together. at 5:30 pm we went to the library to return a "few" overdue books, and then m and c took a ballet class at joffrey, while greg and i went for a walk.

at home at night we were surprised to hear fireworks! i'm not sure who sponsored them, or to whom or what they were going off for. i liked them because they were a surprise, and they were short! only 15 minutes or so. 

i also enjoyed them because we only had to peek from our bedroom window to see them. they're usually a little further to the right behind the building and not as easily seen. but these were . . right there!