heading home, fresh food box and a walk through the neighborhood

after a big breakfast and moving the car, i saw charlotte off at penn station at 1:20 pm. she had a seven hour ride home but was supplied with sandwiches and plenty of chocolate, and even a cup of auntie anne's buttery pretzel nuggets (chanda's and my favorite). all went well (it was a beautiful sunny day for traveling) and she reunited with her dad in rochester around 8:30 pm. she still had a two hour drive home though, after that, and so i think just her mom and the cats were awake when she finally got in.

 meanwhile, after seeing her off at the station i walked to bellevue for my fresh food box pick up. korrina had already been and was at work trying to get her locker open to get ready for another night of restaurant week craziness. i had ordered a box for marisa this week, so she was on her way also and caught up with me in the rotunda. we walked home along first avenue and then cross town to mah ze dahr bakery where i had a hot chocolate and a ginger snap cookie, and marisa had banana bread and an english breakfast tea (while the school children bounced off the walls around us . . school had just let out).

it was all incredibly delicious.

 walking home . . 

 walking past a store which i thought was an art gallery until marisa pointed out to me that it's now a shoe store (the prior occupant was a photographer . . 

 and the fancy windows didn't look much different to me . . 

this is a lady's slipper, not an art object on display . . perhaps this can be debated?)

 it felt so good to be home in the warm apartment again. the veggies i picked up today were beets, garlic, pears, apples, swiss chard, kale and a butternut squash.

and look what else came!!! morgana sent two boxes of seashell chocolates and a huge niederegger marzipan!!

(check out our tuesday adventure with charlotte here.)