I had an adventure filled day yesterday but foolishly did not take any pictures along the way. Well, I will recount my activities and trust to my Media Library to provide some illustration.
I started with breakfast with friends at Top of the Morning Cafe in North Utica, NY. I had never been there before and wish I had taken pictures. However, the parking lot was quite icy so I did not want to pause and try to aim my camera at their sign. It was a very good breakfast, though. I am sure we will return.
Back home, I was planning the best way to go about cleaning my messy house when my sister Cheryl called and asked did I want to go out to lunch. She needed to get a calendar as well. I told her I knew a place where she could get a swell calendar free: Basloe Library in Herkimer had a stack of canal calendars. I told her to take her time coming over, since I was still full from breakfast.
We went first to the library where Cheryl got the calendar and found a couple of books at the book sale. From there we went to Little Falls and Athenix Books and Brews, where I found a book. I introduced Cheryl to the owner as my sister that did not write novels. I don’t know if he recognized me as the person who said her sister wrote novels, but it amused me.
A very welcoming sign.
Next we walked up Main Street to Chickweed Boutique, where Cheryl found a couple of things she wanted. I noticed that the sleigh out front was gone. The owner told me it had been sold to a man with three kids, so it would get a lot of use.
The sleigh.
I told Cheryl about the sleigh that had been there in December, handmade and beautiful. I would have loved to buy it myself!
By then I was hungry too, so we went back to Herkimer for lunch at Paradise Eatery. I had gotten appetizers there but never lunch. The waitress remembered me, which was flattering. The food was yummy. We will certainly go there again. For one reason, I need to take a better picture.
From a post titled, “Bad Pictures, Good Eatery.”
It was a delightful day. I was glad I had met my friends, and that Cheryl had called me. My messy house was waiting for me when I got home. Full disclosure: I did not clean it today either.
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