more of white plains

More shopping today. This time a family expedition to Stop n Shop - the food supermarket. Loved the variety and wonderful ice creams but didn't recognise most of the brands. It took ian 15 minutes to choose the bacon. Ethan introduced me to a lovely lady in the parking lot. She's given me her number so that we can go and play in her yard with her kids some time next week.

Macy's, Starbucks and the stars and stripes at half mast due to Virginia Tech.

Our little roof terrace on the tenth floor. We're not used to all this air conditioning and central heating so we'll be glad of the fresh air.

I have been enjoying meeting lots of really friendly people here. Tomorrow we hope to see some more attractive parts of the state when we travel a little further north up the Hudson Valley to Philipsburg Manor for a "sheep to shawl" spring festival featuring sheep shearing, herding and feeding orphaned lambs. The Manor was owned by one of the biggest slave owning families of the 19th century. We hope to do a tour of the house which is given from the perspective of some of the slaves.