Well, my friends, it's been a while, hasn't it? We spent last weekend in a charming town in Pennsylvania for my cousin's wedding. It was all fun and so nice to see my extended family and celebrate together. Mario danced his tush off at the reception, which cracked us all up.We also went to Sesame Place while we were there. Never underestimate the fun of having lunch with Big Bird, I tell ya! But more on that later....
This is the final post about my New York City trip. Where else in the world do they grow Basil plants in sauce cans on the curb? Only on Mulberry Street. This made me laugh. But, hey, you have to have fresh Basil, so the curb is as good a place as any to grow it!
The street is blocked off all year round for pedestrians to stroll through and stop to dine and mingle.
Look no further than Caffe Roma for traditional Italian cookies and pastries. We loaded up on boxes of these for ourselves and even managed to save some to take to our sweet men back home.
I knew George would be happy as can be with a box of these. And he was.
I decided it was best that I forget all about my {somewhat} healthy eating habits for the weekend and indulge in some gnocchi.....
....and cannoli!
Hope agreed. Thank goodness because it's so much more fun to be bad with someone else! We look guilty, don't we?
I hope you enjoyed the tour of Little Italy!
I'll be back soon with some new products for the shop. The Gift Show was actually the reason I went to New York {although you'd never know it from these pictures}. We walked the show until we couldn't walk anymore, and I found several new vendors and lots of great new treasures that I'll be bringing in over the next few months. It was hard not to buy everything I loved.
Have a wonderful day!
Andrea, thanks for sharing your trip with us, looks like it was fab! Can't wait to see all the goodness you found from the show....
Posted by: LizzyJ | September 04, 2008 at 10:15 AM
oh you and hope look so cute !!!! can't wait to see what you found !
xo,
beth
Posted by: beth | September 04, 2008 at 11:28 AM
so much fun!
k-
Posted by: kasey | September 04, 2008 at 01:20 PM
What I wouldn't do for a good Italian cookie about now!!!
Looks amazing!
We go to a place here called Cafe Roma!
Glad you had a great time!!!
Holy Cannoli!!
Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | September 04, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Sesame Place on Labor Day weekend, that brings back memeories. We took my daughter there on Labor Day weekend about 10 years ago- BIG MISTAKE! It was so mobbed we could barely move! We went back the next year earlier & it was much better. It is a cute little park, but was too small for the kind of crowds it attracts, I hope they have expanded the park since then or you had better luck!
Posted by: Susan | September 04, 2008 at 02:34 PM
Oh cannoli, you are killing me
;-) xoxoxo Clarice
Posted by: clarice | September 04, 2008 at 03:10 PM
Been reading over your New York posts, sounds like you guys had a ball!
Posted by: sylv | September 04, 2008 at 04:40 PM
Oh it was so much fun wasn't it?! Until next year... but I am not sure I can wait a whole year for to have those cookies again!
Posted by: hope | September 04, 2008 at 07:04 PM
"And to think that {you} saw it on Mulberry street..." Do you remember the Dr. Suess book by that name? It was one of my favorites:) Love, love all the photos, Andrea, thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Leah C | September 04, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Wow, I can't get over the Basil out on the sidewalks. yummm, i would have walked right off with one of those gorgeous and so yummy herbs. What fun...Jamie
Posted by: Jamie | September 04, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Oh, Cannoli! I wanna be bad with you! ;-)
Posted by: Whimsies & Folksies | September 05, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Great!!!
Congratulations!!!
Have a nice weekend.
Posted by: David Santos | September 05, 2008 at 09:18 AM
What a amazingly fun girls day! Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Laura Ingalls Gunn | September 05, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Looks like a great time! Hey! You were close to me in Pennsylvania!~xo
Posted by: Tara | September 05, 2008 at 10:53 AM
~I enjoyed all of your trip pictures. Thanks for sharing~! ~Mandy
Posted by: Amanda | September 05, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I had fun meeting up with you and Hope!!! And lovely snapshots of NYC. . .I miss it already. The kids had so much fun, and I can't wait to go back!
Posted by: leslie | September 05, 2008 at 01:41 PM
o.k. i know this is my second comment, but i just tagged you my friend.
k-
Posted by: kasey | September 05, 2008 at 01:57 PM
It looks like you had so much fun in New York!! :-) love the shirts the boys are wearing in the post a few below. So cute!!!!
xoxo britt
Posted by: britt-sparkledvintagecharm | September 05, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Where else, you say?
Why Toronto, Canada, of course. I did a double-take with that top photo, cans of basil plants included, and the photo of Caffè Roma; it could have been straight out of Little Italy right here where I live.
Siamo tutti collegati!
Ciao, Colette
Posted by: Colette | September 05, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Andrea, what a WONDERFUL trip! Little Italy reminds me so much of "The Burg" in Trenton, NJ - Trenton's "Little Italy", where I spent so many happy days with my Italian friends! Thanks for the memories!
Diane
Posted by: Diane Knott | September 06, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Just discovered your blog and I just love it, especially because I am Italian.Isn't it wonderful that there are so many 'Little Italy' neighbourhoods for everyone to enjoy?
Thank you for the memorable pictures.
Posted by: Anna | September 06, 2008 at 07:12 PM
I see that you were dining at my # 1 favorite restaurant in all of NYC -- DaNico's. I eat here on a regular basis. Nothing beats dining al fresco in their tree-lines oasis out back. You'd never know that you were in the middle of NYC. Next time you want pasties, try La Bella Ferrara's 2 blocks down from DaNico's. Joanne
Posted by: Joanne | September 11, 2008 at 01:28 PM