taking in New York at the beginning of the summer

6-16--22-2025

Lafay101 DD's cocktails and cold plates 

in coming storm 

Morning around the village and Soho

in the Met 

midtown Jaba 

West village Realmuto Gelato and pastry 

Union Square Farmer's Market 

Lunch at residence

next door  Lanzhou la Mian 

room with a view in the village 

ABT Giselle at Met Opera House 

Olga Smirnova and  Chloe Misseldine 

• very dramatic weather for the beginning of summer:  flooding storms and bright sunny skys,  cool and hot temperatures. 

homemade savory bread and fish stew in Romesco sauce

6-09--15-2025 

DINNERS ---  home baked savory bread: onion, cottage cheese and dill | braised manila clams with herbs and mountain yam noddles | margarita  | cod and potato stew with chorizo and homemade Romesco sauce | burrata, tomato and avocado salad | pan-fried pork cutlet | parboiled baby potato with mustard and rosemary | sauteed zucchini and king mushroom | scrambled eggs with yellow chives |Chinese eggplant with onion and fermented fava bean sauce| sauteed asparagus | sauteed bean sprouts with tai basil and tofu | fried rice | broiled salmon | lychee 

garden into summer 

concert opera