Reading and Roaming
FASCINATING FRICK We made two visits to the Frick Collection and highly recommend two current exhibits. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed. On our first visit, we discovered that Wednesday afternoons beginning at 2:00 pm, it’s pay what you wish, and the museum was packed. We took a brief tour around some of the Moroni …
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Italian cuisine dominates the dining scene today, but here and there you can locate a good French bistro. I’ve also discovered that many folks on the Upper East Side eat early. By 6:30, tables at small restaurants will all be taken. Here’s a selection of Manhattan restaurants we’ve enjoyed this past month, most that I …
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SEA OF BLUE Brooklyn Botanic Garden The cherry blossoms were over and done, but there were azaleas and early rhododendrons here and there. The first Japanese garden in the U.S. was created here in 1914. It is welcoming and serene with its bright red gate standing in a pond and a hilly path alongside. However, the real …
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Via Carota For us, no visit to New York would be complete without at least one meal, and preferably two or three, at Via Carota. This temple of rustic comfort food in the West Village doesn’t take reservations so we find ourselves eating at very unfashionable times. We tried to have dinner here on a recent Saturday …
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