Fun in NYC With Victoria - Day three

We walked to Grand Central Station, which is beautiful.

From Grand Central we took the subway to the Brooklyn Bridge.

We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge which was really cool.

And Victoria ate a very pretty (and tasty)  mango.

We ate more pizza, walked around and had another very nice day!

And I had fun just being with Victoria!

Tomorrow.....back to reality!

NYC With Victoria - Day Two cont.

Continuing our tour of the NYC Downton Abby exhibit... we came out of the kitchen and into the  fantastic Upstairs Dining Room.

They changed into fancy  clothes to have dinner.

Just changing their clothes so often in one day  must have been tedious!

There was much more to this exhibit, well worth the visit.

The main reason for the NYC trip at this time was to see the NYC Ballet dance Coppelia.

It was wonderful!!!

We went to the early performance.

There was just barely time to run to the 1/2 price ticket office in Times Square so we could buy tickets for  Beautiful.

I have always loved Carole King's music and it was superb .

The end of Day Two in NYC.

It was a very fun day!

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NYC with Victoria - Day Two

We began the day walking in the rain, to the Downton Abbey Exhibit. 

I have watched every episode, so I was excited  to see this.

Victoria is such a great travel companion.  She is up for anything. As a college student, this would not have been on her "to do" list.  

 Afterward, she said  that she enjoyed it and found it interesting.

The kitchen was my favorite part.

It's such a warm, inviting and functional room.  

I'm a peasant at heart.

I love the Dish Cupboard!

(and I can imagine my Blue and White dishes stored here)

 Tea Time

And it pleased me to see the Sewing Machine set up and in use.

....more of the Exhibit to come...next post.

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NYC with Victoria

Central Park.

We took a really early flight so we would have more time in this busy and expensive city.

I love that you can walk every where.  We walked from 37th st. to Central Park.

We found a small movie theater across from Central Park.  "The Seagull" was playing, starring Annette Bening. It's a film adapted from the play written by Anton Chekhov. The pretty poster and the word romance enticed us into the theater.  It was an interesting film.   NO happy endings here.  I think Victoria was the only person in line under 60.....should have been a hint!!!

We peeked into St. Patricks as we walked by.

A wedding was about to begin.

Had wonderful NYC pizza.

And took some Juniors Cheesecake back to the hotel with us.

The BEST Cheesecake ever.

If we looked out our window...just so.... we had a nice city view!

End of day one in NYC.

:)

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Good Advice

Good Advice!

Coming to you from the side of my file cabinet.  

I love magnets!

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Three Things I Love

I love Stained Glass Windows!

I love African Violets!

I love fine Scented Soap!

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Featherweight Friends

My Friend and her Featherweight Sewing Machine came to visit again.

I love our sewing time together.

We are still sewing our "Lizzie's Legacy" quilt.

Hers is blue, mine is pink.

All these blocks represent many joyful hours spent sewing with my Friend!

The day passed too quickly.

 After she left I prepared and stitched another block.  I love sewing these blocks. 

Each one is different but similar!!

from Lizzie's Legacy:

"I cut out 10 garments this morning - pants and drawers - sewed some on pants for Jeffy."

November 16, 1874

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Sewing With Bunny

Bunny gave me this Spode Friendship Mug.

I love stitching with Bunny!

This is the second quilt we are sewing together.

(and Yes I am using my Black Featherweight!)

Bunny has the best sense of humor of anyone I know.

We Stitch.  And we Laugh!

"This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24

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Victoria and Albert Museum - Textiles 2

This Swaddling Band was in the same display case as the Bonnet posted earlier.

On my  recent visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum it was my purpose to look at textiles and design.

Click on photo for a close up.

Below is more Mother and Child art.

What I love about London:

The beautiful displays at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Holiday Fun!

Flowers were blooming in gardens everywhere.

I am very impressed with all the parks in the city of London.

This is one of the old Shopping Arcades.  Beautiful!

We did some window shopping.

We saw Les Miserable at the Theater.

(Thank you to my sister for my total addiction to this show)

Vincent Van Gogh "Farms Near Auvers", 1890

Spent time at the National Gallery

We had Tea at the National Gallery, overlooking Trafalgar Square.

(Of course we had Tea!)

Good bye England!

What I love about England:

Being with Victoria!

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Holiday Food

Victoria and I had Dinner in the Crypt Cafe, below St. Martin in The Field, before our concert.

If you go to London, don't miss it!

What I learned about Victoria on our trip:

She loves food!

This wonderful little take away shop sold sweets but more to Victoria's  liking…..you can choose your favorite cupcake to be made into a Milkshake.

We had to go back the next day for her to have another one.

 

Fish and Chips as you can only have in the UK.

And my favorite…Mushy Peas!

The scones are wonderful but what I am crazy about is the clotted cream  that is always served with them.

Yes, Tea again!!

(note the clotted cream)

My favorite beer (?) on this trip was Samuel Smith Extra Stout.

Not sure Stout is a beer but it was dark and I loved it.

What I Love  about the UK:

Clotted Cream!!!!

:)

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