Back in NYC

We packed up, went by Barbara's to say goodbye to everybody, and drove to Providence with no problems. The Enterprise people took us to the station and Ray got a sandwich and we made our train comfortably. We snagged the seats near the door, the pair that face forward and backward and put alot of our stuff on the facing seat. I spent the time working on my photos. My iPhoto album has been messed up since I got this computer. Apparently the backup we made didn't snag all the photos. For about a year in there, some of the photos are only thumbnails, no actual photo. Then some of the dates are wrong. I have hundreds of Gerald's photos of his high school friends and other subjects of little interest to me. Anyway, there are over 7000 photos, some are duplicates, some have the wrong dates, and it is very slow work going through them and fixing it up, but kind of a fun excuse to look at them all again. Seemed like a good use of my time. Knitting a bit, looking at the ocean as we go by, or the winter trees or the towns. Maybe some day (probably not in this life), I will move to a tiny house on the ocean--there must be one I can afford somewhere. I might like to keep my southern home for the cold long winters though. And of course, it shouldn't be too low, or it will get washed away.

We were about on time, then shlepped everything through Penn Station to the subway. Since it was raining, we took the 1 one stop instead of walking to the N. And then to Queens. The funny thing is, we went right over it in the train on our way in about an hour earlier. If we could just jump out, James Bond style, we would have been there much sooner. Amelia was cooking again--veggies with coconut milk and rice. Then she went to work and left us to veg a bit. Kevin got home about 6:30 or so and the three of us went to explore. I must say, it is really nice to wander down the street and randomly choose a restaurant. You could eat out at a lot of different restaurants without ever driving or even taking the subway. The Greek restaurant we had been thinking about was closed--who knows why? The one we went to across the street turns out to be just desserts--fabulous looking desserts though. They directed us down the street and we ended up in a little Italian place. The man (owner?) was a caricature--swarthy and outgoing. He said that it was a new restaurant and didn't yet have a liquor license, but we could go next door and get a bottle of wine if we wanted. The menu was very authentic and there was even a separate vegetarian restaurant. Kevin had gnocchi with gorgonzola, I had risotto with spinach and Ray had pasta carbonara with pancetta. All yummy. He had a great salad too--baby greens, cucumber, tomato and a great dressing. They brought us bruschetta when we sat down and Ray ate a bunch of bread with balsamic vinegar and oil. Chocolate mousse cake and an excellent tiramisu for dessert--the real thing. The host said they made their own desserts. I hope Amelia and Kevin will go there again. They tend to go to the places they have been and liked rather than take a chance on a new place.

I could not stay awake after we got home.