today began with lots of sunshine and our daffodils nodding on the windowsill. they're doing very well. these are the dwarf daffodils that will poke their heads up in another month or so in the laundry room garden. i really love them. they seem very hardy.
i didn't want to dig the car out to go shopping in brooklyn at the coop, so we ran errands around the neighborhood today. on our way we passed these trees on thirteenth street by integral yoga which looked like they were from wonderland or seussland with their snowy caps.
dancing shoes at onstage dance on 35th street . . morgana picked out character shoes and tap shoes for me and my girl, which she rehearses every thursday and saturday, 4:30 to sevenish.
we had first stopped at the chacott store on 20th street so chanda could get new pointe shoes. we were actually twenty minutes before opening time, but the manager likes chanda (he thinks she has nice feet) so he let us in (this is a major miracle in manhattan). she had to get a different shoe with a higher vamp.
after getting morgana's shoes we walked back downtown to eataly for a lunch of focaccia and tea. then chanda and i went shopping at whole foods while morgana went to her acting class. it's nice to have food for dinner plans again. i was going to make split pea soup, but after cleaning out the refrigerator, there was only time for pasta with leeks and sausage and ricotta.
That is the best reason for letting someone in: she has nice feet! That is a guy who is serious about his job....
ReplyDeletehe is very serious! it took me awhile to warm up to him! these pointe shoe salespeople always like to disparage their competitors. when we first went to the store, he harangued us about how poorly made were chanda's prior ballet shoes from a different store. i've come to appreciate him now. he has a sharp eye and can see clearly what she needs. he also knows every shoe in that shop.
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