I took Daughter #2 and her Girlfriend into the city on Sunday. She has been wanting to go there for sometime (she heard the shopping was great) and I thought that Sunday was as good a time as any. Our weekends get filled so quickly that I wasn’t sure when the next opportunity would be available. So back I went – and gladly!! Daughter #1 had no interest in coming along. She was content to stay home – but I think she will come with us next time. That is how it happens that I was in the city again, but this time with two 15-year-old-girls.
We took the subway to Canal Street and started walking. It was wall to wall people – so many shops, vendors and fly-by-night set ups. We were all agog! My companions were popping into every shop and stall. After about four blocks of this, they realized there was no way to see everything and we went off in search of lunch.
Joe Shanghai’s on Pell Street. They are famous for their dumplings, so that is what we ordered. Yum!!
Thus fortified, we went off walking again. We did so much walking, through Little Italy – stopping for some sorbetto – and then into SoHo. The girls were popping into all the stores along the way.
We made a celebrity sighting in SoHo. Will Smith was walking along the sidewalk after just finishing with some filming! He was very friendly – talking to people etc. and he looks exactly the way he appears on screen.
After a full day it was back on the subway to Penn and then home! We are in discussions about our next city adventure!
Being a plucky knitter, I brought my knitting for the train ride! I made a fair amount of headway on the first sleeve!
purlingswine 
Oh my, Ann, I read on KnitKnacks that you had to trek from NYC an hour on the train back to Long Island!!! Me and my pal, Joanne, are from Long Island and would love to find some more wild and crazy knitters. Where are you located? We are in Suffolk (Smithtown & Setauket). What guild to you belong to? When do they meet? What other adventures are there for us? We want to play!!!
i saw the berry hat which i had started and put down since it seemed sooo time consuming. i love it (and i am a good knitter so it’s not that it’s too difficult), it just seemed to move at a snail’s pace. curious as to what you found. it’s the prettiest of any of the infant hat patterns i regularly make.
like your. your blog is fun and full of chatty information –
phyllis in manhattan.