Snow on bare branches has an ethereal feel.
While snow on a evergreen looks gorgeous too!
Linking up with Parul’s #ThursdayTreeLove 34
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Dining in the Princeton area can be a delight as there are many quaint upscale restaurants around . Daughter No 1 who is as fond of good food as I am found the award winning Brick Farm Tavern which serves modern American cuisine made from local produce . Ever since she made this discovery she has been dying to introduce me to the place . But we weren’t really interested in the whole fine dining experience and preferred to sample a light meal of soup and sandwiches instead at the equally popular cafe further down the road in Hopewell. NJ
There was snow on the ground still and I was glad to get inside the cozy warmth of the cafe which had a simple no-nonsense air about it . With long tables occupying the central space , the cafe had counters alongside selling fresh local produce like lettuce with roots and squash.
There were shelves selling healthy organic snack foods , exotic teas and ice creams and counters where you could order your meal options from .
And on the mezzanine was a delicatessen selling cheeses and meats from around the world.
The cafe also makes its own cheese .
Our meal
A friend of Daughter No 1 was joining us with her daughter so we ordered a cappuccino and a chive scone while we waited
Scones seemed to be very popular as this was the last one standing !
Ms Papaya had a Mac n Cheese while I had an “El Jefe” Short Rib Sandwich which was a ciabatta made with shredded braised beef, sauteed onions, smashed avocado, carrot-jalapeno relish.
Daughter No 1 had an All-American Burger made from grass-fed burger, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, special sauce
We rounded this off with a sinfully rich lemon panacotta and a frosted cranberry cup cake
I must admit that it was all a bit too much to eat and I actually skipped my dinner and ate the cupcake the next day.
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#FlavoursomeTuesdays is officially on the FIRST Tuesday of every month. Bookings are open for 5th March when the Linky will go live .
However , if you do have yummy memories to share , do post them on your blog with the hashtag #FlavoursomeTuesdays and ping back to this post.
Bon appetit mes amis !
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Most people are handed down old clothes and old toys. I was handed a box of Crayola . And what made this special ?
It was a box of 64 crayons!
Sturdy and strong in shades of blue and pink of every hue. With magical names like periwinkle and fuchsia.
Since then I’ve been fascinated by Crayola and their product range and passionate as I am by stationery and art materials , I was as excited as Ms Papaya to visit the Crayola factory .
Daughter No 1 drove us down to Easton , Pennsylvania, through a picture postcard country side that was white with the snowfall from the night before.
And what a treat it was from start to finish where kids got to spend hours with colour in unique innovative ways over four flours of colourful activity.
Molten magic
There were crayons you could melt and mold into cars or rings . And a machine that you could operate and spin a design. There were activity stations where you could indulge in your passion for Art & Craft .
Interactive activities
There were puzzles and
challenges with tablets that brought an old technology to the digital world . I must admit that the young lad who explained the game to us looked disdainfully at our ineptitude when we gave up defeated!
There was a maze of pipes and stairs for kids to run around in. There were walls of moving images and swirls of colours .
The highlight of course was the shop at the end where you could buy all sorts of products to mark this memorable trip!
Now wasn’t that a perfect way to spend a colourful Sunday ?
