So Heidi came to visit and we grabbed a cab to...
CAFE NOIR
(32 Grand St) in my little neighborhood! On the corner ... with a
mysteriously curtained doorway... and the outdoor seats facing the
cityscape on wonderfully warm days and nights. Charming and debonair Gregois,
in authentic French accent, ushered us into a fascinating setting with
amazingly creative and delicious tapas (and wine). Had we flowed
through the curtain and into a classic movie world, reminiscent of Casa Blanca?
And how helpful Gregois was in helping me navigate the exotic entrance with my cane!!!
We so much wanted a perfect little "French" haven to celebrate our birthdays. And we found it in Cafe Noir. This year, for the first time in seven, we were celebrating our February birthdays belatedly. We thought new place for dinner would be most fitting this year ... a year of significant changes. The French are fond of reminding us that life is change ... and being dancers at heart, we practice flowing with life's changes.
But we protect and preserve those rhythms and rituals important to us.
Background human interest story:
Heidi had moved away eight months ago to live with the love of her life...up in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Tim's tradition was Becoming a Snowbird for February and March. So Heidi and Elaine advanced our birthday celebration to April!
In close relationships, we find significant ways of sharing in the happiness unfolding in each others' lives. This "Granny" has loved tracking Heidi's new life through phone calls, email, photos and videos ... sent all the way to NYC's SoHo.
Our Seven Year SoHo Birthday tradition began with a phone call from Heidi's California daughters requesting my fullest participation in a birthday surprise for their mother. Knowing Heidi and I shared a great love of "French," they were tickled to find L'Ecole -the famous Culinary Institute -right in my neighborhood . They sent me a check to cover our dinners. And I made our reservations, not even two blocks from my door! And that's how L'Ecole sustained our February birthday dinners in fabulous gourmet style for six years.
Forecast?
We'll be back to Cafe Noir much sooner than our birthday celebration...grab a cab at the corner and within eight blocks we enter an entirely different world that feeds our imaginations as well as it pleases our appetites!
And Alexandra (the dancer in the picture) will be coming to my neighborhood to visit and teach with me in July.
And how helpful Gregois was in helping me navigate the exotic entrance with my cane!!!
We so much wanted a perfect little "French" haven to celebrate our birthdays. And we found it in Cafe Noir. This year, for the first time in seven, we were celebrating our February birthdays belatedly. We thought new place for dinner would be most fitting this year ... a year of significant changes. The French are fond of reminding us that life is change ... and being dancers at heart, we practice flowing with life's changes.
But we protect and preserve those rhythms and rituals important to us.
Background human interest story:
Heidi had moved away eight months ago to live with the love of her life...up in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Tim's tradition was Becoming a Snowbird for February and March. So Heidi and Elaine advanced our birthday celebration to April!
In close relationships, we find significant ways of sharing in the happiness unfolding in each others' lives. This "Granny" has loved tracking Heidi's new life through phone calls, email, photos and videos ... sent all the way to NYC's SoHo.
Our Seven Year SoHo Birthday tradition began with a phone call from Heidi's California daughters requesting my fullest participation in a birthday surprise for their mother. Knowing Heidi and I shared a great love of "French," they were tickled to find L'Ecole -the famous Culinary Institute -right in my neighborhood . They sent me a check to cover our dinners. And I made our reservations, not even two blocks from my door! And that's how L'Ecole sustained our February birthday dinners in fabulous gourmet style for six years.
Forecast?
We'll be back to Cafe Noir much sooner than our birthday celebration...grab a cab at the corner and within eight blocks we enter an entirely different world that feeds our imaginations as well as it pleases our appetites!
And Alexandra (the dancer in the picture) will be coming to my neighborhood to visit and teach with me in July.
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