lovely Barbara

April 15th. It rained all day Sunday but we had to get out of the house, so we went to get the makings of a delicious taco dinner. So here is Rachel with her taco salad, I made regular tacos. That was the highlight of that dreary, rainy weekend so we were definitely ready for the great weather that was on the way.
April 22nd. What a beautiful day! We left the house heading towards the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the met). We got some slices of tasty pizza in our neighborhood and saw an old car. Then we walked to a nearby thrift store that Rachel spotted from the train one day. Now, I've been in alot of thrift stores in plenty of places and seen lots of junk but nothing could prepare me for this. WHOA!! These pictures don't really convey all the stuff. There was only a narrow trail as though you were between two cliffs. Chairs, mattresses, games, furniture, bicycles, lamps, books, frames, electrical wires, lots of stuff, more stuff, some junk and then more junk just piled high and then a little more on top. Rachel asked how much a bike was and the lady said $160, which was too much. Leading us to the theory that she has a hard time letting this stuff go. She places too much value on it. She thinks if she has a book that someone might pay $5 for then maybe someone else will pay $6 or more. So now it is just out of control. But it sure was entertaining for me.
We walked around Central Park before heading to the Met. Everyone was there, more people than grass. The months of cold make these days extra special. On the side steps of the museum was a puppet show that I had to watch. Two guys had a cardboard castle and would make the puppets "sing' to pop songs. Though we love visiting the Met for nothing in particular we were on a mission that day. Rachel had to find a drawing before 1807 and then copy it for her drawing class. We walked all over realized that this would be harder than previously realized. We even walked though the open storage section, which is where visitors can see the abundance of early colonial American stuff. It was much better organized than the thrift store. She finally decided on some Egyptian artifacts. When we left the museum I got to watch the puppet show more while we ate ice-cream treats. Then on the way to the train station we were able to add one more celebrity to our list. We saw Barbara Walters, which excited Rachel more than I thought it would. You can find her by the large arrow that floats above her head. She was quite wrinkly.