i met our friend, radha, at her dance school on saturday afternoon. we visited teddy roosevelt's birthplace for the 3 pm tour, as radha had never been before.
we were fortunate to have geraldine as our tour guide. she was incredibly knowledgeable and a good storyteller. she began the tour in the bedroom where president roosevelt was born, and worked her way downstairs to the parlor room where they liked to sing around the piano with much enthusiasm, but not always in tune.
the table would have been set with all its leaves for guests, but would probably have been kept smaller for the immediate family which consisted of teddy with his mom and dad, two sisters, and one younger brother.
beautiful rose dishes, reflecting the meaning of the family's last name: field of roses.
most of the furniture was made of horse hair, which teddy was allergic to. as a child he had this special chair to sit in, and it was used for many photograph sittings. however, i can't find any of these pics on the web!
as we were leaving, we passed the store, fish's eddy, where a sign was posted announcing that misty copeland would be signing copies of her latest book on wednesday (i might go! i already have the book, and it would be fun to have her sign it!)
tutus in the window . .
checking out some beanbag chairs at muji on 19th street . .
they were very comfortable, and radha daydreamed about getting one for christmas for her room.
a sunday card game . .
of may i, which greg won.
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