It's not a restaurant. It's a museum. Jackie is a volunteer guide on some weekends, so Barbara, Paul and I went to see her last weekend. www.merchantshouse.org. Totally worthwhile destination. Cute neighborhood for restaurants and shops too.
The tour began all the way upstairs (had to catch my damn breath) in the servant's quarters. We made our way all the way down to the kitchen and yard ourside. Jackie knows it all, she's a great guide and even gave us a tidbit or two off the usual script :)
Afterwards we all went out for a late lunch to Veselka (www.veselka.com) a Ukrainian restaurant specializing in pierogies. We had: Borscht, split pea soup, blintzes, pierogies of all varieties and meatless stuffed cabbage. Tea, hot cider and Ukrainian beer also. Great day!! Michael and I ordered in Chinese for dinner.
Sunday Michael and I went to the Austin Street street fair with Jill and Lenny. Once in the spring and once in the fall we make the same trek. Gyros, crepes, chicken fajitas, pizza, zeppoles, pretzels and a few bottles of water. I bought a great dress from Nanako (www.nanakoclothes.com) and pickles, of course. Jill bought eye glasses, gifts and pickles too. We lost them somewhere along the way and we ended up at the Little League fields where the FDNY had set up a rock climbing wall for the kids. There were also tables around with info from emergency response, fire dept, free kid ID fingerprinting, etc...Leftovers for dinner, plus the small apple pie we got at the farmer's market.
Hope your weekend was just as good!!
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