pumpkins and sinfonia update

it's a beautiful fall with lots of pumpkins and . . 

scarecrow dolls . . 

yellow locust trees . . 

a normal sight . . chanda reading . .

finally . . reading the proper required reading!

practicing for a concert in november and december.

friday dress shopping

chanda and i went up to macy's today because they were having a sale on junior dresses. we were shopping for a dress for her for the dances patrelle fundraiser gala on november 11th. we found a lovely blue velvet which i'll have to post another time . . i neglected to get a picture today.

black crow tile work at the penn station subway stop . . on the local line downtown.

we went right to ballet class, but luckily had time for a ginger tea at "ciao for now," our favorite ballet class coffee shop.

chanda finally has a cell phone, so she can let me know when she arrives safely at her destination, and so i can text her when i'm going to be late picking her up! (after dance class on friday nights, i come by with the car and we drive to the upper east side for nutcracker rehearsal).

friday morning stroll and lunch

it was still very grey out this morning when i woke up.

i like walking cross-town with morgana in the morning.

after i left her, i picked up my favorite mocha from joe coffee on 13th street, and strolled uptown.

i walked through the green market and saw a friend of ours from ellen's classes. she's walking with the lady in blue denim on the left. i didn't know she was there until after i took this picture. i stopped and said hello and found out the woman in blue was her sister. i wasn't surprised. i didn't think they looked alike, but they moved in a similar manner.

the buildings look pretty in the grey light.

i went to eataly and bought a yummy lunch to have with chanda and korrina at home!

mozzarella, imported mortadella, fresh basil, whole wheat baguette, olives and olive oil. i took a sandwich to morgana who was working at HB studio (she puts in three hours every friday). after lunch chanda and i took off for macy's, and korrina got ready for her show.

guitar concert

the days have been dark . . 

tonight, after morgana traipsed to her dance intensive and her ballet class, she made it over to third street for her guitar concert.

she played a piece with the quartet . . 

and with her teacher . .

for dinner we stopped at taim and got take out for home. korrina was still finishing up her play, but came in afterwards and had her eggplant and pita bread.

morning stroll, lunch, ballet class, and dinner

morgana began another dance intensive this week with betty jones and fritz ludin. they were both original dancers with the limon dance company, and this is morgana's second year attending their winter workshops. they come every year for a month from hawaii. this week's session was at peridance on 13th street.

when she returned home at 1:30, we had leftover yellow lentil soup with sauteed spinach.

and a little dollop of yogurt too . . 

chanda's happy because she has her ballet class this afternoon . . 

peeking in at the ballet class at the joffrey ballet school . .

this is our friend isabella. her sister, francesca, takes the same class as chanda. francesca is sitting just inside the door to the right. she participates in the first half of the class with strengthening exercises and stretches, then watches for the reminder of the class. she had broken her foot, and it's in a "walking boot."

dinner tonight was fresh amish chicken, cauliflower and noodles with butter.

eating dinner at monument lane

i met my friend kendall today for dinner at a restaurant called "monument lane."

i thought they specialized in an american type of farm cooking. but the evening's meal was rather spicy! i guess their focus is just on local, sustainable food. i had lamb and kendall had shrimp.

it was a delicious meal . . especially these cookies!

just in from pittsburgh . .

tsameret and moriah came over today. they're back from pittsburgh for a three or four week visit.

it was great to see them and they shared split pea soup with us.

the dresses they are wearing are ones morgana and chanda gave them. my heart skips a beat seeing the checked one . . chanda wore it so often!

sunday diner visit and rehearsal

chanda and i met morgana for soup and cherry pie at the diner near the ballet school where they rehearse.

i worked on my knitting, though it's not what shows here! this is a sock project that i am still only contemplating . . 

 

we walked past a new ralph lee exhibit on the way home through westbeth at night.

cabbages and corn stalks? they don't look too happy. they look a little worried.

a typewriter and a big rat makes me think of the cockroach puppet show i saw years ago.

gotta get home and go to bed . . 

we passed greg on the way out to walk jack . .