LUNCH IN BAYSIDE WITH THE KIDS

Eunice tossed the coin!  She and I got to take the chickies out again.  I have a feeling that the coin had the same chicken head on both sides.  We took Ethel Louise and Mildred to a restaurant in Bayside.  We figured that since we had gone to Press 195 in Rockville Centre we might as well go to the one in Bayside and meet the Executive Chef Brian Karp.

Ethel Louise and Mildred took a look at the Children's menu.  Mildred was curious about the homemade chicken fingers since they don't have any.  Eth just closed her eyes to it.

It turned out that they ordered it.  Eunice and I were a bit disturbed to see it. Then  again, it wasn't our finger being used!

The restaurant was recommended by our friend, Merle.  We spoke with this kind waitress, Kaitlyn Martinez, who was quite helpful.  However, I think she made a mistake when she brought a plate of Buffalo Chicken Wings....and she knew it!

 We were all pretty hungry and also wanted to sample different sandwiches.   Since turkey is not chicken there was no issue in ordering the Thanksgiving sandwich using a knish instead of bread.

There was another one that looked great....named after Brian's mom that had brisket in it...try saying, "A box of brisket. A box of mixed briskets. And a brisket mixer"  Fast....three times. LOL

Lastly was a sandwich that we missed having in Pittsburgh.  Had the cole slaw and Belgian fries in the sandwich!!

We were really full and all had a good time. 

A DAY WITH THE CHICKIES

Eunice and I gave Marilyn and Minerva a rest as we took the chickies, Ethel Louise and Mildred to a few places in Legg Island.  We started out with the Children's Museum.  There were so many activities for them to do.

We then took a break and went to the Garden City Hotel for lunch while Eth and Mil took a nap.

Off to the Nassau County Firefighters Museum.  We all had such a great time learning all about fire and equipment in the education area.

John Murray gave us a talk about smoke detectors.

HANGING IN WEGGSCHESTER COUNTY

Eunice and I took Ethel Louise to Weggschester County in New Yolk.  She was a bit camera shy until the second day.

We spent the first day in Tarrytown.  Here we are at Silver Tips Tea Room.  It's not one of the posh girly places.  You can have "high tea" any time of the day, not just a the 3p.m tradition.  We had the pleasure of meeting Anupa Mueller, the owner.  She was so nice to use and told us a whole bunch about different types of teas.

Afterward that we went a few stores down to a place called Pure Mountain Olive Oils and Vinegars.  We taste tested some of the wares and took a photo with the the owner and "ehef".

We checked into the Double Tree Hotel and later had dinner at their restaurant called The Bistro.

The following day, Esther and I went to Yorktown to meet our friend Enid.  We wanted to introduce Ethel Louise to her.  Enid was so nice.  She offered Ethel Louise a chocolate chip cookie.  Time to leave.  We've been eating too much!!!

A DAY ON LONG ISLAND

Eunice and I spent a wonderful day on Long Island, New Yolk.  It's a pretty big place consisting of two counties; Nassau and Suffolk.  We were in the Southern part of Nassau .  Having visited the Phileggdelphia Pretzel Factory in Regging, we found one in Bellmore.

Joe, the owner, gave each of us a bite sized pretzel. He apparently works out and wanted to show off on his ability to life weights.  Hey, we're no spring chickens!

On to Rockville Centre to visit Center for Science Teaching and Learning. It's a science and nature center. Although the preserve has nature trails and other stuff, we were only interested in seeing the animals.  They had a replica of some dinosaur and we were told that it was our ancestor....right!

We decided to have  conversations with the animals to find out if they heard the same thing. Our first one was with an owl.

We then asked a pigeon who thought we were odd.  I don't know why.

Birds of a feather, flock together.  That's what we say.  How about the pheasant?

Eunice had to convince me to talk to a hawk.

Eunice thought it was hysterical when I talked with a goat because it wasn't a feather animal.  She laughed so hard that one of the humans had to hold her.

We had a few other conversations with them and they were quite friendly.

Time to go to lunch.  We found this nice place called Press195.  Chris, one of the owners, was real nice. 

Our last stop was to a place called Chocolate Works.  We were hoping to play a trick on a human and suddenly cluck at them when they were looking at one of the shelves. 

Just the thought gave us a tickle.  We had a great day!!!