Gin & Tonic...Pasta With Fresh Peas!
So here is what I think…not that you asked! This has been one hot summer. Everything is wilted including yours truly. My tomato plants are clinging to their stakes and producing nothing…my zucchini plants have given me blossoms, which I have happily stuffed with fresh ricotta and then happily stuffed into my mouth…but even they are giving up. So I say, invite someone over to dinner…sit under the twirling fan, eat well of what is fresh at the Farmers Market…maybe throw in a gin & tonic…now, tell me, is it possible to have a better evening?
Boston's North End
One hot day in early July, I went off to my favorite neighborhood in all of Boston! I get my hair cut at a barber shop in the North End (Johnnie & Geno on Hanover Street)…I then wander the neighborhood, freshly shorn, pick up my olive oil at the Salumeria Italiana, maybe a bit of that aforementioned pasta, and lastly over to Volle Nolle for the best ever sandwiches and salty chocolate chip cookies in the whole of the city! Who cares if it is ninety degrees in the shade!
Another Sunday at Rowley
Sunday mornings in the winter are never this good…sure, there is the NY Times and the big pot of coffee and maybe a little snow and maybe the heat would be cranked up and maybe the auto parked at the curb out front is covered in snow and the sidewalk is in need of attention and the stairs are iced over…there is no Rowley and no roaming around in an open field and no green flies and no portable potties! I’ll take summer any day!
Old Bike...Butt Not Included
The Wonders of Retail in an Open Field!
One reason I adore this place so much is for just this sort of thing…now, mind you, I didn’t buy bagfulls of the stuff for my own little store though it was tempting! Just the fact that one can wander over to a table with such “good taste” items makes me smile!
Chic Footwear for Rowley's Open Fields
Rita Rose Does an Afternoon Nap
I have been just plain lazy about this blog this summer. Forgive me! Don’t forget…the store will be closed all of August and one week into September (I know just what you’re thinking…is she entitled or what!). I will be off on a road trip antiquing in upstate New York for a few days, then five days in New York City at the dreaded Javits Center for the Gift Show sussing out goods for you all to give others for the holidays, and then a little knee repair with a snip of some cranky knee part. At this point, August will be nearly over, and I will wonder where it all went! There will be books to read waiting for me next to the chaise lounge. A couple pugs to snuggle with and BINGO…there goes time off! One thing I did want to leave you with is something a client said yesterday…she is a poet and an artist…she said she believes we are all made up of water, sunlight and dreams. I agree!