Saturday

 

We had a leisurely start today.  About 10:30 AM, we boarded a Downtown C train and headed for Greenwich Village.  Joe was our destination.  For those of you who read the Coffee House Mysteries, Joe was the inspiration for the fictional Village Blend Coffee House.

The coffee is legendary and the line was out the door.  We got our lattes just in time to check in for our Greenwich Village food tour down on Bleecker St.

We met our Foods of New York tour guide, Marie, in front of Murray's Cheese Shop.

The first stop on the tour was Joe's Pizza and the first tasting was a cheese slice.

The "Breakfast of Champions!"  It is a village favorite.

Later on the tour, we stopped back at Murray's for a tasting and got to see the inside of the shop.

7th and last tasting of the tour was at Rocco's Italian pastry shop.

We had freshly filled cannoli!

 After the food tour, we headed over to the Central Village where we walked through Washington Square Park; then on over to SoHO.

In SoHO, there was plenty of art on the streets to be enjoyed.

We have been having some interesting weather here.  Our original plan was to take the subway to Brooklyn, walk the Promenade and the Brooklyn Bridge; then take the subway back up to the Village for supper.  We didn't plan for the High Wind Warnings that are still in effect as I write this.  It was not a day for walking the Promenade or the Bridge.  Instead, we had a glass of wine at the Heights Cafe on Montague St in Brooklyn; then took the subway back to our apartment for a break before supper.  No pictures of the Heights Cafe since we were busy trying to figure out how to get back to Midtown without the help of www.hopstop.com.  It's a little more difficult on the weekends with scheduled service changes and some lines shut down.  However, we did manage to find our way.  

About 6:30 PM we headed back down to the Village and enjoyed a wonderful supper at Bellavitae---modern Italian cuisine.

After supper, we walked around the corner to the Comedy Cellar for the 9:15 PM show.  You can almost read the sign!  There were lots of people on the streets in spite of the high winds that continue to blow.