Uber and its ilk firmly entrenched here.
One of my favorite blocks in our neighborhood (actually in Cobble Hill)- Verandah Place. Line of mid-nineteenth century buildings which apparently used to have verandahs. Now facing a lovely pocket park. Thimas Wolfe once lived in one of them.
this past Saturday, Linda and I finally made it to the dragon boats races in Queens. In previous years we'd always managed to hear about it only after it was over. So we trekked out on the 7 train to see it this year. And it was ...just OK. Mostly because you can't get very near the boats. It's hard even to find a vantage point where it's possible to see who wins. Still it was a beautiful day for a trip to Flushing Meadows.
This is the Saw Lady. She was playing a musical saw at the Union Square station
I do a chiropractic trade every other week with my friend Michael. His office is close to Union Square. It's pretty much a given that there will be something to take note of. This week I unfortunately missed getting a shot of the tall skinny guy with the Jesus hair and beard, dancing to New Age music, clad only in a green sequined Speedo (reminded me of old Telegraph Ave. days in Berkeley). But I did get a shot of these pigeons made of felt and their intriguing patron.
No idea
We loved this town. So beautiful with so many interesting neighborhoods. We'll be back
After our day of serious Lyonnaise food (which followed a week of serious meals on the boat), we decided to make use of the fact that we're staying in an apartment and do some urban foraging - not at all difficult in this town. First we fortified ourselves with breakfast out in Vieux Lyon where we had the requisite cafe creme and a gallette complete - the latter is a buckwheat crepe with ham and cheese inside and a fried egg tucked in so that the yolk peeks out. Next we hit the farmer's market around the corner from our hotel for some cheese and veg. Then our big outing for the day was to walk across town to Les Halles, the food market which is sponsored by Paul Bocuse, known as the most famous chef in Lyon (or so we're told). There we got some imterestimg extras like tiny Armenian eggplant rollatini, handmade blue potato chips, a really tasty eggplant and pepper tapenade, and some fresh butter and lettuces. A couple of stops on the way home for wine, bread, and a few extras like salad dressing and we had a beautiful lighter dinner than what we've been eating. No suffering here. (Sorry if the poctures aren't in the right order. Still struggling with uploading them.
Yesterday we stuck a little closer to home and had a relaxed day. Went for a walk around the neighborhood making only one "goal-oriented stop" (see next post). We've enjoyed our stay at the Hotel Citadines near the Place Jacobins. It's right in the heart of the City with several plazas with surrounding cafes to sit at, right near the Saone river with easy a cess across a foot bridge to the old town, and lots of restaurants within the surrounding few blocks. There's also a great fruit and vegetable store, a bakery, a farmer's market, a supermarket, and even a healthfood store so I can get gliten-free products - all within 2 blocks. We were initially worried about the proximity to restaurants ans bars from a noise perspective, but the double glazed windows do a great job of keeping the sound out. Beds verycomfortable. And all for 100 euros a night. Pretty darn good.