Esther and Eunice Celebrate Passover

Eunice and I were invited to someone's house to enjoy a Passover seder.  I think we might have gone to one a long time ago, but don't remember.  

Here we are checking out the seder plate that had a roasted egg, lamb shank, parsley and bitter herbs. We couldn't help but wonder about the egg. 

The three maztos were placed on the table and we all had a peace after saying a prayer....something about not having time to leaven bread.  

Part of the tradition is to have an egg in salt water. We kind of passed on the egg itself but had a little of the yolk in the salt water. 

Dinner consisted of chicken, potatoes, broccoli, and salmon.  We had the salmon and discussed whether to have any of the chicken for obvious reasons. 

During the seder we were to partake in four glasses of wine. I might have had too much and even went after the special cup reserved for Miriam.  

We saved room for dessert of poached pear, poached apple and macaroon.

EGGTOBERFEST

Marilyn and Minerva went to a restaurant called Manor Oktoberfest.  They immediately changed the name to Eggtoberfest to reflect our heritage.  The restaurant is located at a shopping center, called Atlas Park, in a part of Queens, NY.  Bavarian style food and lots of beer...oh, oh. I'll let them tell you.

We sneaked in there by way of Merle's big bag.  Most of the time she didn't see us.  Although we perused the menu we managed to taste whatever Merle ordered.  We did check out the menu.

They have these really tasty soft pretzels.  Marilyn was talking about stealing the knife.

Next were the potato pancakes. 

Perogies followed.  They are like fried dumplings with potatoes and cheese.  Some of them also had jalepeno. Marilyn thought it would be a great reason to have a beer...later.

Merle ordered something called Sauerbraten.  We waited for her to leave the table to take pictures.

Along came this plate that had a sausage, smoked pork cutlet, potato salad and cucumber salad.  Marilyn was contemplating stealing this knife.  I had to talk her out of it.  She's such a cut up. 

This huge glass of beer came to the table.  Before I knew it Marilyn stuck her whole body into it and almost drowned if it weren't that she drank enough.  No matter how I dress her, I can't take her anyplace.  

We got our picture taken with some of the staff.  

IT'S BEEN AWHILE BUT

I know it's been some time since we posted.  So much happens and sometimes not enough time to do it.  Most of our episodes are on Merle's facebook page.  Marilyn and Minerva have been doing much of the traveling around.  Here are some updates of where they went and mostly what they ate or drank.

They had gone to Shake Shack and brought home leftovers.  I think one of them might be a bit tipsy from that stein of beer.

It was Merle's birthday and her friend Nancy asked to have them join her in celebrating.  Marilyn was looking to steal the plates!

Celebration continued when Merle's niece, Dawn, came to visit.  We went on a ferry boat from Rockaway to Wall Street.  Josh and his assistant met with us.  Dawn made a new friend as Deveka brought her with us.  After the boat ride we ate at a place called Thai Rock.  Marilyn was again about to steal something....Minerva stopped her.

They went to a restaurant called SHI.  It's Asian fusion.  I think that they both imbibed....sake.  They met the manager, Chan.

KEEPING BUSY IN NEW YOLK

I haven't posted in awhile.  Thought I'd let you know what Eunice and I are up to.

A few weeks ago, we went to an art exhibit.  The artist's name is Nina Edwards and she is a fashion artist.  She had her art placed in the window of a space provided by a local group.  It was very pretty and we met a few nice folks as well.

Another art thing going as we went to a sneak peek at an installation called Rewoven.  This fiber art thing will be held at the art gallery of Queensborough Community College.

 Art curator Luchia Lee is helping Lulu Chen

This past week we went to the Rockaway Artists Alliance.  We then went out to eat at a place called Thai Rock.  New friends and very friendly sharing their food with us.

Today we went to Ben's Best Deli and met the owner Jay Parker.