sarah in nyc

Before I talk about our small adventures today I want to talk about the weather. Today we woke up to temperatures below freezing. We bundled up. We were over dressed. The temperature may be low but the air is dry and the sun is strong. We peeled off our layers.  Tomorrow is supposed to be in the high 70s. Apparently this sort of flip flopping is typical.  The Route 66 attractions in Amarillo span several blocks. There are restaurants and many vintage and antique shops. I wasn't able to take photos in the best of the shops, it wasn't permitted.  I did get to see several sets of spectacular sterling silver spurs. I had no idea that they could be so beautiful. The shop also had some pretty wonderful Southwestern silver. Another fabulous item I saw there was an Italian mid century modernist deviled egg platter. It was rectangular and presented the eggs as if they were jewels, along with matching salt and pepper shakers that fit into their fitted spaces.  I also saw one o...

 In the taxi on our way to the airport this ad showed up on the Taxi TV just about every three minutes.  The second time this afternoon turned up my husband pretended to be shocked by the existence of Dementia and an organization to help the demented. After that each time the add showed up we just laughed. We are easily amused. I always feel a little bit sad leaving New York.   We left as the sun was setting and our plane chased the sunset for about an hour. Friday mostly we took care of some not very interesting things but Friday night we went to shul with our son. It's a small but very warm community here. They are big believers in a meal after Friday night services so we got to know some of the lovely members of the synagogue as we ate dinner with them. A few years ago, before a different Texas trip, our son bought us a fat Texas guidebook. Their chapter on Amarillo basically said that there wasn't much to do here. We weren't willing to believe that. So far,we made a p...