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We headed to Trader Joe's and bought great snacks, but sadly there was no wine at that location. A bit more wandering and we found a bottle for our little happy hour at 5. We looked for "restaurants near us" online and found Caffe e Vino on DeKalb Avenue. My dinner was not only delicious; it was beautiful. A little treat was the tomato flan served with our bread and the apple tart we shared for dessert. There were only four tables being served the entire time we were there. Hope they can stay in business. "Cash only" was a bit of a surprise at the end but we did have enough to cover it without scrambling forr a neighborhood ATM.
Wednesday: We met Dan for coffee and pastries at Green Grape Annex on Fulton Street before he had to get to work. At 11:30 walked up Flatbush Avenue to 7th Avenue and the First Old Reformed Church. We met Pastor Daniel Meeter who gave us a tour of his beautiful church which is in the middle of major repairs. The sanctuary is unusable at present but is really a treasure that they hope to use again by Christmas 2018. We had lunch at Bare Burger and enjoyed lots of conversation ranging from his church (and ours) to topping onions in Hudsonville, Michigan (where his wife grew up) and the Dead Sea Scrolls, of course!It was a day of eating! At 5:45 we had our own little party in our room in which I finished last night's meal. At 8 pm we met Dan at Bacchus Wine and Bistro where I remembered my hanger steak from last year fondly. It was great again--with Bearnaise sauce and a glass of unpronouncable (for me) red wine.
Thursday: We met Dan again for coffee--this time at Dot and Line--the tiniest coffee shop possible with just three seats for customers. The coffee was great however and so was the conversation. It's so much fun to walk through NYC neighborhoods. This area is less familiar to us with its streets of brownstone homes and apartments--just blocks away from the new skyscrapers where Dan lives.
This time the subway and train rides went very smoothly. We took a taxi to the Hyatt Regency in Carnegie Center and were given a lovely room--4th floor in a quiet corner! We relaxed for a while, took a good walk, and then went to Jeff and Susan's for supper. The Princeton High School Winter Concert was at Princeton University Chapel and as always was an amazing display of talent. The two concerto soloists on violin and piano were virtuosos.
A stop at WaWa on the way home for snacks and our own little party in the room.
Friday: We drove to Gladwyne and were at R's Kindergarten Grandparents' Tea at 1:30. Mrs. Friedman has had three of our grandchildren in her class and this was my second tea. We do Venn diagrams of how Kindergarten was the same in our day and different. We agreed with R that we both had "super stars" and that she had a backpack but we did not. The toy from our childhood that I demonstrated was pickup sticks. It was a big hit there as well as here at the house.
Later in the afternoon the Princeton VKs arrived with Dan in tow. We had snacks, we sang carols from the books I brought along, we ate a ham dinner with Susan's wonderful rolls, and then opened lots of gifts. The socks I bought for everyone were fun. Some had cash stuffed in them; others got books on the side.Saturday: A got hold of the Swiffer and did the floor. What a wet mess! But it is quiet now as the Conways are off to Breakfast with Santa at Longview Gardens. Dan is sleeping; Jim is reading his 30 minutes of Hebrew, and I am at peace. It has been a week of insomnia and succumbing to meds at 12:30 am far too often! But now we can go home and I can be tougher on myself, I hope!
I hope we are home by 12 am and I hope there are no more travel adventures to write about!
_________Nope! We had an easy trip to EWR but a long wait. Our flight was delayed and we had to wait for a crew which arrived around 10:30 pm. We arrived in South Bend after 1 am and were home shortly before 2 am!
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