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No matter how many hip new restaurants pop up in New York between our visits, I always try to save one meal for a visit to Trattoria Dell’Arte. This trip, we found ourselves there three times! It was only two blocks from our hotel and it was still as wonderful as I remembered. On our last night we popped in

I LOVE to walk everywhere in New York City.  With every step there is new inspiration. Around every corner there is a seed for a new idea.  Here are some visuals from a lazy walk back to our hotel: Fat ceramic chickens, jewel-toned glass pitchers, yet another cupcake shoppe, and a Mother’s Day cake oozing with flowers.

I had forgotten about that great cake we saw.  I’m glad you took a picture!  The pattern on the surface of those balloon-like chickens reminded me of the skin on a ceramic antelope we saw at Donna Seager Gallery yesterday when we went to their Art of the Book exhibition.  So here’s one more square of sidewalk stimulation – but