Cooking

Thai chicken pies

one of my 60things in 600 days was to make little pies. When I was home in August I did some work at a school that had a fabulous canteen.
On the day I visited the manager/chef of the canteen had made little chicken pies.

I bought a Woman's Weekly Pie cookbook also while I was home and so made these almost from scratch. I didn't make the pastry- that's asking too much of my talents I think.

The pies were yummy!

We had an early birthday celebration

Michele planned and executed a lovely afternoon/ evening with family and friends to celebrate the upcoming big birthday. Four months early but it has meant that I have been able to celebrate with friends and family in the lovely setting of Michele's and my home.

Blog-tober Sixteenth

I decided to take advantage of the early waking and the pleasant weather and took  a stroll through the city as has been my wont in the past.
In my serendipitous walk along 51st St I hadn't noticed or known of this building or organization.

 Perhaps it was the lack of parked cars that enabled me to notice it and then the decorative building was interesting. A little research ....
The present building was planned in the early 1930's designed by noted architect, Frederick Rhinelander King, and built at 3 West 51st Street on the site of the former home of Andrew Carnegie. The cornerstone was laid amid much fanfare and press attention on May 22, 1933, and the new clubhouse was formally opened on March 26, 1934, at ceremonies attended by national, state and local Republican dignitaries.

Then further along in the environs of the Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall my own architecture tour or at least building decoration tour.

By the time I got to 5th Avenue I was on a roll and went into St Thomas'- walked past many a time but never been in.

I continued to be on the lookout for the things I hadn't noticed before and there on a pillar at the front of the Plaza Hotel was....

The Plaza Hotel Barometer- is it social change it records?

One can't be so close to the park and not go in...

Miss me?

I certainly have been feeling as though I have deserted a special place. No excuse is accepatable I know and the mere reason that I have been caught up in having too good a time traveling to Gerece, hosting visitors and trying to fit my work into the spaces in between it all.
I have started a new photography course so a few of the photos that have been finding their way into my class follow.
There you go Martha you said you like the photos- don't worry about the writing!
Theme for this photography project "From the Ground up"

Photos from our trip to Montauk

A photos from the walk along the Highline.... a new "garden area created on the Highline former railway highline...

The first of 600...

The day has dawned beautifully and now is nearly over and so is the first day of the countdown I have taken on...
I have set up a blog which is going to be done differently (I hope) so that it counts down the 60 things I am going to do in the 600 days before I turn 60. Check it out (it is in its infant stage- unlike moi!)
My Sunday has been the usual- washing, shopping, preparing for the week... writing stuff for work...printing things off and getting my head ready for the next five days.
Now to rest perchance to dream... in time for Tami's new class tomorrow and my week of work.