virtual concert

it was really warm today and so we had deviled eggs and an escarole salad for dinner with toasted pepitos and parmegiana.

i watched a wonderful virtual music festival with tibetan singers, dancers and musicians online via the mandolin website. it was a celebration of the dalai lama's birthday and a fundraiser for tibet house nyc and offered different ticket levels, including $11 . . the concert is available until the 13th or the 14th and you can access it here.

kedi!

someone is in istanbul for a friend's wedding and sent several photos of the beautiful cats there!

 

 

the morning sun in beautiful istanbul.
 

 "kedi" is turkish for cat . . it's the title of another one of my favorite documentaries (besides the cat rescurers) - below are two trailers for the movie which i believe can be fully accessed on youtube (there are also several other short videos posted by different people about the cats of istanbul if you search "kedi" on youtube). it can also be found on kanopy dot com (many u.s. public libraries subscribe to kanopy and you can set up an account by putting in your library and library card number).

along the river

i had fun hearing about deychen's latest adventures today.

on the high line after dinner . . 

after i finished my paleta, we looked for gelato for greg, which was just a few stands down from the paleta place . . but greg insisted that the prices were cheaper downstairs in chelsea market . . so we had to go down to investigate which really annoyed me this evening for some reason . . and the prices were the same. they've just been raised much like everything else post covid.

anyway, we both had cold treats for dessert, but the weather hasn't been bad . . in the 80's with a nice breeze.

a summer weekend

greg and i went to check on the house this weekend. it was very grey and foggy and a little rainy for the first day and a half, but greg still mowed the lawn as he didn't think it was too wet. he did both the back and front this time and it went quickly as the grass was still quite short (thankfully). we visited the book fair at the library and got in a swim on sunday when the sun finally came out. we left early monday to miss the traffic and had fun visiting chanda at the cafe since we were back so early and she was still working.

last time they were out, my nephews cleaned up and put together two new beds they found on craig's list, and my sister had two of my photographs framed and hung.

at the library fair with the two books he found (waiting for me to finish checking out a few rick steve's dvds about sicily and turkey).

since our favorite seafood place closed at 8 pm, we tried a new taco place which had the sweetest back patio . . 

(we ate at home, however, and played two rounds of rummy which he won).

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at the beach (with a very old umbrella that thankfully did not blow away).

the water was so clear, cold and refreshing.

dinner from our favorite fish place: lobster bisque, kale caesar salad, sweet potato fries, cole slaw and fish and chips.

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monday morning . . 

 

it was nice to leave early and have hampton coffee still be open for egg sandwiches, muffins and coffee. we were well stocked for the drive home . . 

back in the city  . . 

putting in an order . . 

it was actually a slow day for them . . everyone was out of town (our neighborhood was wonderfully quiet).

iced mocha . . 

 

sour dough toast with tahini, bananas, honey and mint and cinnamon.

and leftovers - again - later in the evening for dinner (i have to start making smaller portions, without chanda to help eat everything up, meals seemingly lasts for days).

evening walk