may day walk

greg and i took a walk today specifically to the chobani store in soho. along the way we passed this tree and i thought it was so pretty that we tried to read the tag that was on it with greg's phone, hoping we could tell what it was. but, that didn't work. (i looked it up on the nyc tree map just now as i'm writing this post, and it's an eastern redbud, which is what i first thought when passing it. i had just never seen a white blossomed redbud before.)

we just continued on our way along bedford street . . 

protect the vulnerable . . .

everyone was out dining . .

waiting for our chobani order . .

walking to versuvio park to sit and have our treats .  .

i decided to get the gelato at vesuvio bakery instead of the yogurt from chobani. they swirl olive oil on the vanilla gelato with sea salt flakes and a chocolate hazelnut biscotti . . !!!! it's incredibly delicious and greg agreed he would have to try it next time.

we had fun watching the workers across the street who were setting up an outdoor dining shed . . we thought things looked a little funky monkey (an expression our old landlord used to like to say).

greg got to finish my ice cream.

 

we just happened to be near spring street, so we visited trader joe's . . 

to buy butter. it's double the price everywhere else (organic butter).

walking home . . 

i thought the sticker on this car was funny . . 

we passed cherry lane theatre . . 

which had some old photos up of sam shepherd and his play true west, which played here from october 1982 to august 1984.

we played two hands of may i with chanda after dinner. greg ended up having the least amount of points . .

a saturday walk with charlotte

charlotte was out early in the morning for a ballet class at joffrey . .

 

after which we took a walk to soho for a yogurt at chobani. we first ordered the clementine and pistachio cup, but then changed it to the seasonal special of fresh raspberries with chocolate bits and sauce. it was incredibly delicious!

 we also had a green tea and coffee from la colombe next door.

 we stopped at purl soho for yarn for a scarf project and then walked through the nyu campus that has the i. m. pei apartment buildings (silver towers) and pablo picasso's statute of sylvette david (cast by carl nesjar in a sandblasting process he called betograve; there's an interesting new york times article about it here).

charlotte went to her summer intensive audition for the kirov school, based in washington d. c., at around 4 pm. she said it went well (not too many dancers) and we had chocolate ravioli (!) for dinner with melted butter. greg was home, but chanda was at an "escape" party for her friend gabriel's birthday (they needed to solve a puzzle before being let out of a room).

a walk through the neighborhood and a dance rehearsal

 on a cold, grey morning i walked through the neighborhood to take photos with the new camera and to watch chanda and morgana rehearse for the alumni concert. chanda is choreographing a group dance for it, and morgana has a solo part, which she can finally learn now that she is home!

 

 finally at the dance studio on wooster street.

 at chobani . . 

 for a sandwich and yogurt . . 

 and then hot chocolate at burdick's!

in the evening morgana and i had a mulled wine at the neighborhood bar, entwine . . or ent wine, as we like to say.

happy holidays! it's so nice having her home.