I had hopes of making my Throwback Thursday (or some other kind of post) Post on Thursday, but it was a true blogger’s sick day. I left work with a migraine and spent the rest of the day having a headache. Migraine sufferers know, sometimes that is all you can do. But never mind my health woes. It is early Friday morning (woohoo!) and a Throwback Thursday Post is just what I am in the mood for. Media Library, here I come!
Isn’t she cute?
I thought I would throw back to previous Mohawk Valley Adventures. Here is a place I would like to visit again: Franca’s Roma on West Dominick Street in Rome, NY. They play jazz music! They serve great wine and great food! What more could Mohawk Valley Girl ask?
Did somebody say books?
Near Franca’s is Keaton and Lloyd Bookstore. The Franklin Pangborn Parlor hosts readings and other such events. Who doesn’t love an independent bookstore? Oh, I suppose some people don’t, but I think they are wrong.
Books and Groucho Marx? Yes, please!
Here is another view of the bookstore. In case you can’t read the quote, it is, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
Regular readers know I live for the theatre.
I close my Roman memories (memories of roamin’ in Rome? Nah, too cutesy) with an evocative if a little dark shot of the Capitol Theatre, also in the area. It is a beautifully restored 1920’s theatre. I myself performed on the stage and in the orchestra pit roughly a hundred years ago. But we needn’t throw back that far for this post.
There are other delightful destinations on West Dominick Street in Rome. I really must plan another trip there soon.
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