greg and i drove to rockland county this afternoon, to meet our friends joyce and neal for dinner in their neighborhood.
crossing the hudson river on the george washington bridge . .
the palisades parkway . .
we talked for a little bit at their home, and then visited the rockland county bakery which i've heard so much about from korrina. it did not disappoint! it was rather an amazing place. it's a huge working bakery where you grab a paper bag and help yourself to bagels, rolls, cinnamon raisin bread, irish soda bread, whole wheat bread, italian bread . . etc . . and if that isn't enough, the room where you pay is filled with the sweet side of their business: pastries and cakes and cookies.
after the bakery we drove to nyack for a lovely restaurant on the waterfront.
the sun set as we finished our meal of different pastas and risottos and tea and coffee. it's relaxing to sit outside in a quiet place and watch the sun set . . it was my second dinner with sunset of the week . . not bad!
i had greg take a pic of me with our friends this time . .
heading home on the tappen zee bridge (now renamed as the mario cuomo bridge after the govenor's father . . yes, i'm rolling my eyes . . i'm not a big fan of renaming all these bridges and tunnels - i find it very annoying).
i took this photo of a gas station we stopped at in hastings-on-hudson . . i thought it was cute with its planters and it reminded me of one we used to stop at in sag harbor . .
passing the gwb which we had taken on our way . . (the tappen zee is much cheaper!) . .
. . and the intrepid aircraft carrier . . along west side highway . .
