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Highlights of the Week that Was: April 4

We had Betty’s half birthday this week. She got some dog bakery bones
What I saw in the theater
This is Georgian food from Chito Gvrito in the Gramercy area of NYC. First off- food delicious!!! We had Khachapuri (stuffed bread) Khinkali (meat dumplings) and Ojakhuri (pork and potatos)
My daughter and I had breakfast at Sunday-Sunday and we forgot to take pics. But the food and coffees were awesome
Gallery Hopping on Orchard Street- Giving a big shout out to the Owners of McKenzie Fine Art and Thomas Nickles Project. The owners of both these galleries took the time to talk to my daughter about the art and artists they represent. Wonderful experience.
Goodnight Moon was my daughters favorite book when she was young. When we read that Fort Maker’s, a gallery on Orchard St. in the Lower East Side had done a room display, we knew we had to see it. Love…
As seen on the streets of NYC- note- the crowd shot- I was doing that for my Insta challenge and it wasn’t until I got home that I noticed the RBG mural in the background…
Faicco’s Italian Butcher has been around forever- and they make some of the best Italian sandwiches around. After my Husband and I went to the movies yesterday, we grabbed some to take home. We have the Italian (with roasted peppers) and the Chicken Parm
New York Botanic Garden (Bronx)
This was Washington Square Part (Village) yesterday. Hundreds of people- New Yorkers have decided that we are open for business-
Here’s the questions I posed this week, and the answers.
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The Orchid Show

I love flowers.  Can’t grow them, but love to look at them.  So, every year I attend the New York Botanic Garden Orchid Show.  When I began going, it was a family event: the husband and the daughter included.  Time passes, and now it’s just husband and me.  It’s bittersweet, because my Daughter has a whole life of her own (which is great) but I miss those little moments.

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I’ve been attending the orchid show almost since its inception 16 years ago.  Though always beautiful, I don’t think this years show is as pretty as past shows.  My husband always makes the same joke every year:  he says, “Didn’t we see this flower last year?”  I smile and snap another 300 pictures.

Today is a wet, cold day in NYC.  School is closed due to threat of impending Nor’easter, though no snow is to be had quite yet. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

And no- I have no idea what any of these flowers are called.  I just think they’re pretty!