Bargain Eats in Long Island City

When the waiter brings you a Bloody Mary with three separate garnishes, you know they care.

The sugar for my coffee was served in a miniature cocktail glass. Love it!

The server couldn't tell us why there were playing cards on the ceiling.

My lunch was a scrambled egg wrap with Spanish rice and beans and white cheddar cheese. Must remember this for the next family get-together. The bacon was stolen from my husband's plate.

Our bill was delivered in this tiny woven basket and was half the cost of what we would have paid in Manhattan.

Remember Paper Snowflakes?!

I decided to decorate the apartment for Christmas, but I didn't want to purchase any new decorations I'd have to store after the holidays: paper snowflakes!

 

This autumn moon outside my living room window is partially framed by the 1930s style Tutor City complex and the modern United Nations building in the background.

New York Windows

 

This being Christmas time, I'll be posting some of the awesome window displays for which New York is so famous. This is just a tiny electronics shop on Third Avenue. I love how they have taken a small artificial Christmas tree, turned it upside down, and hung bright shiny red balls of various sizes on it like a bunch of hanging grapes.