We all headed out for NYC around 11:00 on Saturday morning. Thank God Peter can drive in the city.  Buddy was amazed and I think he was most impressed with Pete’s driving skills.

One Hell of a driver!

One very impressed country boy!

Jeannie and I sat in the back seat (like all the Italians) and just enjoyed the ride.

We arrived at Tinsel Trading and I just couldn’t believe my eyes!  Everyone talks about how wonderful the store is, but you really have to see it to believe it!

Just looking in the window got me excited.  I couldn’t wait to enter the magic store.

Are you ready for this?  I have never seen so much beautiful ribbon in one place in my life.  The prices ranged from $2.00 a yard to $80.00 a yard.  The most expensive I purchased was $20.00 a yard and then I only got one yard.  Feast your eyes on the following pictures.

From ribbons, let’s switch to flowers.

Tassels

More tassels

Mushrooms

More tassels

The store went on forever.  It wasn’t a big store, however, they filled every space available.

After shopping, the men picked us up and we went for a late lunch.  It was a favorite restaurant of Pete and Jeannie.  The Palma restaurant was fabulous!  We started off with two appetizers.  Risotto balls and a special kind of green olive.

We ate the green olives like they were candy.  After we ate, we went to a special deli where you can buy them.  Pete bought some for the cook out the following day.

The risotto rice balls just melted in our mouth.

Jeannie had the calamari as an appetizer.  I’m not a fan.

For lunch I had the clams and linguine.  To die for!!!

Jeannie had the fried artichokes.  Notice the beautiful plates.

Pete and Buddy had some kind of lamb dish.

As you can see from this picture, the court yard where we ate was very small.  I think it only had 4 tables.

This was in back of Jeannie.  Not much of a view, however, the food made up for the lack of a view.

We are on the road to making Buddy an Italian.

Peter with eyes open.  Truly a first!

I love this picture.  Unfortunately, Peter has his eyes closed.  When we left we went to the deli.  I got tired of standing so I went outside to sit on a bench.  Right in front of me there was a group of men sing the old 50″s style of music.  I loved it!  Jeannie bought a tape and we listened to it on the way home.  On the way home, we got stuck in traffic for a couple of hours.  Some things never change.

The Be Bop Boys.

Tomorrow I will tell you about our big cook out.  Until then,

Blessings