there are so many good things at the green market these days . . peaches, blueberries, zucchini, garlic, eggplant . .
well, greg and i didn't go biking, but we did go on a long walk to the lower east side to visit two particular places: a bookstore and cafe that we had heard about.
the first stop was sweet pickles books on orchard street where jars of pickles were sold along with a great many books (though we didn't buy either today - we just browsed).
walking towards the manhattan bridge . .
and walking beneath the bridge while a bus was loading passengers and their baggage . .
to our second stop . .
dreamers cafe on henry street . .
where i bought an iced jasmine tea (it was a warm day!) . .
and silent spring by rachel carson for chanda (she had asked if we had it just a week before).
walking home along essex street . .
past seward park (where there's always a serious game of volleyball happening) . . and then to essex market where i bought a bottle of coastal craft kombucha (they're based in oceanside on long island) . .
here we are on ludlow street where someone is waiting patiently for their owners to return . .
houston street . .
meltzer park . .
past prune restaurant which is still closed . .
and first street garden . .
to busy bleecker street . .
and home . . dessert was ben and jerry's vanilla ice cream with blueberry compote (dinner was a sausage, kale and potato soup - it was a rather hot dish for such a warm day but i needed to use up the kale and i didn't feel like having kale salad).
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