It’s so good to be home with the incomparable San Geraldo and my boys the cats (Dudo and Moose). But I miss My Mother The Dowager Duchess. Here are some random photos from my visit to Brooklyn.
(Click any image to enlarge on the delicious fun.)
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| THE DUCHESS DIDN’T ONLY HAVE JUNK FOOD ON HAND FOR ME. THIS IS CALLED A BIALY (CLICK HERE IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS). |
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| FRESH KIWI. |
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| A WONDERFUL LUNCH WITH COUSIN EVIE AT THE PARKVIEW DINER. THE KID BROTHER FLASHES ME A SMILE. (MORE ON COUSIN EVIE SOON.) |
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| THIS IS HOW THE DOWAGER DUCHESS FOLDS A BAG… FOR RECYCLING. AND SAN GERALDO THINKS I’M OBSESSIVE! |
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| I SHOCKED THE DUCHESS BY SNAPPING THIS PHOTO AT HER BANK. AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR AN HUCHA (COIN SLOT), DON’T YOU THINK? |
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| AS IF OREOS WITH DOUBLE STUFF WEREN’T ENOUGH. |
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| PIZZA AT ROCCO’S, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DUCHESS’S. |
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| THE KID BROTHER WOULDN’T DIG IN TO HIS PEPPERONI PIZZA. UNTIL I PUT THE CAMERA AWAY… SO, I LIED. |
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| HOLIDAY TOILET SEAT COVERS AND TOILET RUGS (UN-PURCHASED). |
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| WHAT THE DUCHESS GAVE ME TO TAKE HOME. (AUSTRALIAN LICORICE, LICORICE ALL-SORTS, CANDY CORN, DOUBLE-STUFF OREOS, TOOTSIE ROLLS, TOOTSIE POPS, AND PEPPERIDGE FARM MILANOS). AND THE DUCHESS RAISED US TO EAT HEALTHY! |
The Dowager Duchess and I went to King’s Plaza in Brooklyn one day. It’s a shopping mall first opened in the ’60s that has recently undergone a major overhaul. It’s now an even better place to shop. I needed a new pair of Levi’s 501s, which cost more than 100 euros here. I got a pair there for the equivalent of 35 euros.
While we shopped, the Duchess wanted to sit down for a rest. I spotted a massage chair and slipped a dollar bill into the arm. The Duchess loved it. I shot a video. If I share the entire video, the Duchess might never buy me candy again. So, here’s just one frame. (But, I think I’m still in big trouble.)
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| OH! MA-MA! |
