Monthly Archives: August 2025

……………………..I was invited to join Tina, and Abel to celebrate Frank’s Birthday……..The dinner was at “ROBERT’S”, a wonderful restaurant at the top of 2 Columbus Circle…..with the most incredible views of the park, Columbus Circle, and up town on the west side……Dinner was called for 7:00pm, and when we left almost three hours later the city lights were ablaze!…..I noticed on one of the roof tops of another building, a party was going on [I zoomed in for the picture]…..The food is always good at Roberts, but the deserts were outstanding….I had the lemon meringue cheese cake……good….but not as good as my Lemon Cheesecake!….There were little squares of chocolate mousse “birthday” cakes that were scrumptious….Frank had the Mango whatever. Since I’m not a fan of Mango or Papaya I wasn’t even tempted to take the offered bite……………Frank, my fellow LEO….made another successful trip around the SUN!……….Congratulations.

……………..Chapter #6………..”THE WOVEN PATTERNS”, whether they be straw objects or incredibly intricate fabrics, as a designer, they were all incredibly INSPIRING!

…………………….Chapter #5………..I had moved through quite a lot of the exhibit when I came across many cases filled with…..GOLD OBJECTS…….To be honest I wasn’t sure if I had left the African part of the exhibit and wandered into the South American section?…..The pieces looked more Aztec or Columbian to me, and I didn’t think Africa was particularly known for GOLD……What ever the origin they were MAGNIFICENT!…..There were many masks and interesting cups, and some jewelry……..Again, I would have loved to own any one of them!

……………………..Chapter #5………………”POTTERY & CERAMICS”………..There were many ceramic pots on display…..some in the shape of animals and frogs……but many were just beautifully hand painted in wonderful designs…..The designer in me couldn’t help but think what beautiful printed fabrics many would make!

………………….Chapter #3…………”AFRICAN ARTIFACTS”……………I WANTED everything I saw as my friend Tom and I wandered through the show…….Okay, maybe not the BIG ROCK sculpture that Tom was standing behind!!!….but everything else! The amazing hand carved  chair and the tables would look SOOOOO GOOD in my home, and who could help but not love that couple, and the CRAZY face of the man with the WHITE TEETH………I wanted it ALL!